Bradley's Almanac

[Nac Tracks] September 2015 New Music Playlist

Another month starts, another streaming Soundcloud playlist wraps up. Many of these 49 tracks were part of my first New Music Night DJ set at the ONCE Lounge a couple weeks back, and I’ll be sharing that list up shortly. Keep an eye/ear on the just-started October playlist for a preview of the next NMN, […]

[Nac Tracks] April 2015 New Music Playlist

File under: Better eventually then not at all. With blogging time at a premium (i.e. non-existent), I’m always looking for song-sharing shortcuts, so throwing new Soundcloud tracks that grab me into a monthly playlist is a no-brainer. Here’s the first one: My 35-song April 2015 “Nac Tracks” Soundcloud playlist, embedded for your listening pleasure… The […]

[Tonight in Allston] Exit/Verse, Thalia Zedek Band, & Andrew Sadoway at Great Scott

A rare non-Facebook/non-Twitter heads up for a special show worthy of getting your arse out to Allston on a chilly Monday night (no small task, I know): Exit/Verse plays Great Scott tonight. It’s their first-ever Boston show, and they’ve got special ties to this place, what with Mr. Geoff Farina on guitar & vocals. If […]

[Words & Music] The Boston Book Festival Is Here (& MP3s from 2010 Book Revue)

With last night’s Herbie Hancock Keynote kickoff, the annual Boston Book Festival is officially underway in and around Copley Square. As much as I appreciate (and mutilate) the written word, my favorite parts of the fest always end up being those that throw music in the mix. The BBF never fails to incorporate at least […]

[50 Years of Boston Rock] WMBR’s Pipeline! Announces Anniversary Lineups

WMBR‘s venerable live local music show Pipeline! is marking their 25th year on the airwaves by throwing a 5-weekend party at 5 Boston-area venues this fall, and the lineups have just been let loose. It’s crammed with legends, also-rans, familiar names, and obscure oldsters – reuniting a ridiculous number of bands from throughout, and I […]

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  • About the ‘Nac

    This is Bradley's Almanac. I'm your host, Brad. Barely holding it together since February 2000.

    "I love this song. It's so true. I wish this song was a whole day long. Man, I would have the best day that day."
    - The Kids In The Hall

  • Almanac Archives

  • Boston-Area Action

    Monday, April 23rd
    Surfer Blood
    Winter
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, April 24th
    Halfsour
    Eureka California
    Pleaser
    Kiss Concert
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, April 24th
    Minus the Bear
    The Coathangers
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday & Thursday
    April 25th & 26th
    Sofi Tukker
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, April 25th
    Kate Nash
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, April 26th
    Matt & Kim
    Tokyo Police Club
    Future Feats
    @ the House of Blues

    Friday, April 27th
    Mr. Brownstone
    (Guns n’ Roses tribute)
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, April 27th
    They Might Be Giants
    @ the House of Blues

    Saturday, April 28th
    Hovvdy
    Half Wait
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, April 28th
    Peter Hook & the Light
    performing both of the
    “Substance” collections by
    Joy Division & New Order
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday & Sunday
    April 28th & 29th
    Turnover
    Camp Cope
    Summer Salt
    Funeral Advantage (on Sunday)
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, April 29th
    Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
    @ Atwood’s

    Monday, April 30th
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Makeness
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, May 1st
    No Age
    Behavior
    @ Once Somerville

    Tuesday, May 1st
    Soccer Mommy
    Long Beard
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, May 1st
    Calexico
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, May 2nd
    Frankie Cosmos
    Florist
    Lala Lala
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, May 2nd
    Dr. Dog
    Son Little
    @ the House of Blues

    Thursday, May 3rd
    Haim
    Lizzo
    @ Agganis Arena

    Thursday, May 3rd
    Hop Along
    Saintseneca
    @ the Royale

    Friday, May 4th
    Life Partners
    Black Helicopter
    Ringtail
    the modifierS
    @ the Midway in JP

    Friday, May 4th
    Lake Street Dive
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, May 4th
    Steve Gunn
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday, May 4th
    The Breeders
    Melkbelly
    @ the House of Blues

    Friday, May 4th
    Panda Bear
    Geologist
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, May 6th
    Loma
    (mems of Cross Record & Shearwater)
    Jessica Williamson
    @ Great Scott

    Sunday, May 6th
    Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
    @ the Orpheum

    Monday, May 7th
    Sloan
    DJ Carbo
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, May 7th
    Hinds
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, May 8th
    Trampled By Turtles
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ House of Blues

    Wednesday, May 9th
    Fully Celebrated Orchestra
    with very special guests
    The Hilken Mancini/Thalia Zedek Duo
    @ the Midway in JP

    Thursday, May 10th
    This Will Destroy You
    Alex Roldan
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, May 11th
    Power Trip
    Sheer Mag
    Fury
    Red Death
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, May 13th
    Wye Oak
    Palm
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, May 13th
    Melvins
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, May 14th
    Liam Gallagher &
    Richard Ashcroft
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, May 15th
    Alice Glass
    Pictureplane
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, May 15th
    The Sea & Cake
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, May 15th
    Alice Glass
    Pictureplane
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, May 16th
    Editors
    House of Harm
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, May 17th|
    Quiet Slang (solo Beach Slang)
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, May 18th
    Jonathan Davis
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, May 18th
    The Fratellis
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, May 19th
    Damien Jurado
    Naomi Wachira
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Sunday, May 20th
    King Tuff
    Cut Worms
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, May 22nd
    Helmet
    Prong
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, May 22nd
    Suuns
    Facs
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, May 22nd
    Jukebox the Ghost
    The Greeting Committee
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, May 23rd
    Parquet Courts
    Goat Girl
    @ the Royale

    Monday, May 28th
    Sylvan Esso
    Local Natives
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, May 29th
    Post Animal
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, May 29th
    Julien Baker
    “Beyond the Band”
    presented by Berklee/Do617
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, May 29th
    Primus
    Mastodon
    All Them Witches
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Wednesday, May 30th
    Self Defense Family
    Sanhet
    Weeping Icon
    @ Great Scott

    Thursday, May 31st
    Bat Fangs
    Shepherdess
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, March 31st
    Corin Ashley’s
    50th Birthday Bash!
    @ Atwood’s

    Friday, June 1st
    Ghosts of Sailors at Sea
    Black Helicopter
    Stemwinder
    Reindeer Castle
    @ O’Brien’s

    Friday & Saturday
    June 1st & 2nd
    Japanese Breakfast
    LVL UP
    Radiator Hospital
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday & Monday
    June 3rd & 4th
    Ben Harper &
    Charlie Musselwhite
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, June 5th
    Middle Kids
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, June 6th
    Liz Phair
    Soccer Mommy
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, June 6th
    “Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah
    to The Last Goodbye” Book Q+A
    with author Dave Lory
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, June 8th
    Hot Snakes
    Vundabar
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, June 8th
    Nathaniel Rateliff
    & the Night Sweats
    with Deer Tick
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, June 8th
    Elephants
    Mint Green
    Hexpet
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, June 8th
    Gomez
    @ the Royale

    Friday, June 8th
    Eels
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, June 9th
    Bonnie Prince Billy
    @ the Wilbur

    Saturday, June 9th
    Depeche Mode
    @ TD Garden

    Sunday, June 10th
    Old Gray
    “Farewell Tour”
    I Kill Giants
    Cerce
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, June 11th
    Eternal Summers
    Funeral Advantage
    Strange Passage
    @ Great Scott

    Monday, June 11th
    Jimmy Eat World
    Alex Lahey
    @ House of Blues

    Tuesday, June 12th
    Lucinda Williams
    Steve Earle
    Dwight Yoakam
    King Leg
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, June 12th
    Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
    Lithics
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, June 13th
    Cold Cave
    Black Marble
    Choir Boy
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, June 13th
    Metz
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, June 14th
    King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
    @ the Royale

    Friday, June 15th
    Pianos Become The Teeth, dd
    The World Is A Beautiful Place
    & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday & Saturday
    June 15th & 16th
    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    playing “Hearts of Oak” (on Fri)
    & Lemuria
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Sunday, June 17th
    Matthew Sweet
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, June 18th
    Chromeo
    Pomo
    @ House of Blues

    Monday, June 18th
    Spoon
    Grizzly Bear
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Thursday, June 21st
    Tracyanne & Danny
    (of Camera Obscura/Crybaby)
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday & Sunday
    June 23rd & June 24th
    Ray LaMontagne
    Neko Case
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Monday, June 25th
    Jeremy Enigk (full band)
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, June 26th
    Southern Culture on the Skids
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, June 26th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Speedy Ortiz
    The Homeless Gospel Choir
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, June 27th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Restorations
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, June 27th
    Styx
    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
    Tesla
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, June 29th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Tim Barry
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, June 30th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Dave Hause & The Mermaids
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, July 1st
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    The Hotelier
    War on Women
    @ the Royale

    Monday, July 2nd
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band
    Trapper Schoepp
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, July 3rd
    Phoenix
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, July 6th
    Steve Miller Band
    Peter Frampton
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Wednesday, July 11th
    The Get Up Kids
    Raquet Club
    Ageist
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, July 13th
    Immersion
    (featuring Colin from Wire)
    @ Great Scott

    Thursday, July 12th
    Snail Mail
    Bonny Doon
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, July 14th
    Freezepop
    Party Bois
    Photocomfort
    Symbion Project
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, July 15th
    Beck
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 17th
    Erasure
    Reed & Caroline
    @ the House of Blues

    Tuesday, July 17th
    Coheed and Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    The Story So Far
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 17th
    Weezer
    Pixies
    Sleigh Bells
    @ Xfinity Center

    Wednesday, July 18th
    Arcade Fire
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Thursday, July 19th
    Bent Knee
    Gatherers
    Animal Flag
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, July 20th
    Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls
    @ Atwood’s

    Saturday, July 21st
    The Magic Numbers
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, July 21st
    Camp Cope
    Petal
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday & Sunday
    July 21st & 22nd
    Foo Fighters
    @ Fenway Park

    Monday, July 23rd
    Greta Van Fleet
    @ the House of Blues

    Friday, July 27th
    Arctic Monkeys
    Mini Mansions
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, July 27th
    Boy George & Culture Club
    The B-52s
    Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Saturday, July 28th
    Sleep
    @ the Royale

    Saturday & Sunday
    July 28th & 29th
    Radiohead
    @ TD Garden

    Monday, July 30th
    The Cult
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Bush
    Big Jesus
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 31st
    Quicksand
    Glassjaw
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, July 31st &
    Wednesday, August 1st
    David Byrne
    Benjamin Clementine
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 31st
    The Smashing Pumpkins
    @ TD Garden

    Thursday, August 2nd
    Alex Cameron
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 3rd
    The Essex Green
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, August 3rd
    Jeff Beck
    & Paul Rodgers
    + Ann Wilson (Heart)
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, August 10th
    Pedro the Lion
    H.C. McEntire
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, August 10th
    Billy Joel
    @ Fenway Park

    Saturday, August 11th
    Wussy
    @ Sonia

    Saturday, August 11th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    @ the Wilbur

    Saturday, August 11th
    Journey & Def Leppard
    with Cheap Trick
    @ Fenway Park

    Monday, August 13th
    Cake
    Ben Folds
    Tall Heights
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Wednesday, August 15th
    Sparta
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 17th
    Counting Crows
    Live
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Friday, August 24th
    Beach House
    @ House of Blues

    Sunday, August 26th
    Amen Dunes
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday & Tuesday
    September 2nd & 4th
    Pearl Jam
    @ Fenway Park

    Monday, September 3rd
    The Fixx (playing “Reach
    the Beach” and more)
    @ City Winery Boston

    Saturday, September 8th
    Ex Hex
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, September 11th
    Killing Joke
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday, September 11th
    Van Morrison
    Shana Morrison
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Thursday, September 13th
    MC5
    “MC50: Kick Out the Jams –
    the 50th Anniversary Tour.”
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, September 14th
    The The
    @ the Orpheum

    Saturday, September 15th
    Ash
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, September 21st
    Outlaw Music Festival with
    Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson,
    Nathaniel Rateliff & The
    Night Sweats, Margo Price,
    Lukas Nelson & Promise of the
    Real, Particle Kid
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Friday, September 28th
    Bully
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, October 17th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    “Dizzy Up The Girl
    20th Anniversary Tour”
    @ House of Blues

    Sunday, October 21st
    Courtney Barnett
    Waxahatchee
    @ House of Blues