Bradley’s Almanac

[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2020

No, that is not a typo. It really is supposed to say ‘2020’ up there and not ‘2021’. It’s my laughably late, overlong list of long-players I loved last year. I’d say “embarrassingly” late, but I’m way past caring about timeliness, just that it gets done before the current calendar ends. Besides, “laughably” has that […]

[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of… last year? Yes, of 2019.

Hey, it’s my laughably late faves list. Even in unexceptional times, no one needs another one of these, especially one this tardy. But my coping mechanisms include distracting myself with tedious, relatively meaningless projects… like this one. I shared last year’s list in… July? Absolutely shameful. I told myself then that I’d never be that […]

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    Tuesday, September 19th
    Teenage Wrist
    Spiritual Cramp
    Trauma Ray
    @ Sonia
    Tuesday, September 19th
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre
    Today Junior
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Boris
    Melvins
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Gorillaz
    with
    Kaytranada,
    Lil Yachty,
    and Remi Wolf
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Death From Above 1979
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Wednesday, September 20th
    Zildjian 400th Anniversary Concert
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 20th
    OSEES
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, September 20th
    Death Grips
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, September 20th
    Kurt Vile
    @ Tree House Brewing, Deerfield
    Thursday, September 21st
    The Gravel Pit
    The Mommyheads
    Eggstone (Per Sunding
    + the Mommyheads)
    @ the Lizard Lounge
    Thursday, September 21st
    Bully
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, September 22nd
    Live Skull
    Thalia Zedek Band
    @ the Midway
    Friday, September 22nd
    Minibeast
    Valley of Weights
    Strange Pains
    @ Faces Brewing
    Friday, September 22nd
    Jawbreaker
    Joyce Manor
    Grumpster
    @ MGM Fenway
    Friday, September 22nd
    Fiddlehead
    Never Ending Game
    Praise
    Anklebiter
    Downtalker
    @ the Royale
    Friday, September 22nd
    Wire Lines
    Silver Screams
    Oak, Fallen
    @ The Square Root
    Friday, September 22nd
    Tegan & Sara
    Carlie Hanson
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 22nd
    Lady Lamb
    celebrates 10 years
    of "Ripely Pine"
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, September 23rd
    Field Day
    @ the Jungle
    Saturday, September 23rd
    Stevie Nicks
    Billy Joel
    @ Gillette
    Sunday, September 24th
    The Breeders
    Screaming Females
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, September 25th
    Steve Mason (Beta Band)
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Monday, September 25th
    Slowdive
    @ House of Blues Boston
    Monday & Tuesday
    September 25th & 26th
    boygenius
    Palehound
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, September 26th
    Dead Boys
    Nervous Eaters
    The Plimsouls
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, September 26th
    Old 97's
    John Hollier
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, September 26th
    Ben Folds
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Yes
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Ratboys
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Royal Blood
    Bad Nerves
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday & Thursday
    September 27th & 28th
    Broken Social Scene
    "You Forgot It In People"
    20th anniversary show
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, September 28th
    Ratboys
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, September 30th
    Boyscott
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, October 1st
    Explosions In The Sky
    Pet Fox
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, October 2nd
    Neil Gaiman
    @ the Emerson Colonial
    Tuesday, October 3rd
    Field Medic
    Olivia Barton
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 5th
    Belly
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, October 6th
    Thalia Zedek (solo)
    Tyler & the Names
    @ the Lizard Lounge
    Friday, October 6th
    "A Night for Justine: Tribute
    Concert For Justine Covault"
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, October 6th
    Kingsley Flood
    The Shang Hi Los
    @ the Burren
    Friday, October 6th
    Garrison
    Orangeisland
    Pilot to Gunner
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Saturday, October 7th
    Agent Orange
    Spice Pistols
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, October 10th
    The Good Life
    "Album Of The Year"
    anniversary tour
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, October 10th
    Nick Cave with
    Colin Greenwood (Radiohead)
    on bass
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, October 11th
    Young Fathers
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, October 11th
    Nick Cave
    Book Signing
    12pm @ Harvard Book Store
    Wednesday, October 11th
    The Mission UK
    The Chameleons
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, October 12th
    Drop Nineteens
    Greg Mendez
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, October 13th
    Minibeast
    @ the Middle East Up
    Friday, October 13th
    Violent Femmes
    performing their debut LP
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, October 14th
    The Walkmen
    Rostam
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, October 15th
    Chris Farren
    Mo Troper
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, October 15th
    Thundercat
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, October 15th
    Queen
    @ the Garden
    Monday, October 16th
    Chromeo
    Ric Wilson
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, October 17th
    A Giant Dog
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, October 17th
    The Chats
    Cosmic Psychos
    Schizophonics
    Gymshorts
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, October 18th
    Palehound
    Empath
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, October 18th
    Christine and the Queens
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, October 19th
    The State:
    The Breakin' Hearts &
    Dippin' Balls Tour
    @ the Chevalier, Medford
    Friday, October 20th
    Ruby Rose Fox
    @ the Rec Room, Belmont
    Friday, October 20th
    Faye Webster
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, October 20th
    Lewsberg
    Chris Brokaw
    Minibeast
    @ the Middle East
    Saturday, October 21st
    A. Savage (Parquet Courts)
    Annie Hart
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, October 21st
    Lucinda Williams
    @ the Orpheum
    Friday & Saturday
    October 20th & 21st
    Jonathan Richman
    with Tommy Larkins
    @ Somerville Theatre
    Saturday & Sunday
    October 21st & 22nd
    Gregory Alan Isakov
    The Milk Carton Kids
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, October 22nd
    Milly
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, October 23rd
    Pile
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, October 24th
    Squirrel Flower
    Truth Club
    Knifeplay
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 24th
    M. Ward
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, October 24th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, October 26th
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 26th
    The Zombies
    @ the Cabot
    Thursday, October 26th
    Mudhoney
    Hooveriii
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, October 28th
    Spencer Krug
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, October 28th
    Jethro Tull
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, October 30th
    Porno For Pyros
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 31st
    Depeche Mode
    DIIV
    @ the Garden
    Wednesday, November 1st
    Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, November 1st
    The Hives
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, November 2nd
    Henry Winkler
    @ First Parish Church
    Friday, November 3rd
    Runnner
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, November 3rd
    Slow Pulp
    Babehoven
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    November 3rd, 4th, & 5th
    Bob Dylan
    @ the Orpheum

    Saturday, November 4th
    Quicksand
    playing their "Slip" LP
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, November 4th
    Blonde Redhead
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, November 4th
    Amyl and the Sniffers
    Die Spitz
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 6th
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Sasami
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, November 6th
    Judge John Hodgman
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, November 6th
    Into It. Over It.
    (playing "Intersections")
    Kevin Devine
    Queen of Jeans
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, November 7th
    Lucero
    Jason Boland & the Stragglers
    @ Big Night Live
    Wednesday, November 8th
    Rosie Tucker
    @ Rockwood Music Hall
    Wednesday, November 8th
    Codeine
    Barbara Manning
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, November 10th
    The Menzingers
    Microwave
    Cloud Nothings
    Rodeo Boys
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, November 10th
    Couch
    @ Royale
    Saturday, November 11th
    Dexys (Midnight Runners)
    @ the Emerson Colonial Theatre
    Sunday, November 12th
    Slaughter Beach, Dog
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, November 12th
    The 1975
    @ the Garden
    Wednesday, November 15th
    Future Teens
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, November 15th
    Tool
    @ the Garden
    Thursday, November 16th
    Slaughter Beach, Dog
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday & Saturday
    November 17th & 18th
    Letters To Cleo
    celebrating the 30th anniversary
    of their "Aurora Gory Alice" LP
    with the Gigolo Aunts
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday & Sunday
    November 18th & 19th
    The Hotelier
    & Foxing
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, November 19th
    Men I Trust
    Tops
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 20th
    Beach Fossils
    Turnover
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, November 21st
    Liz Phair
    Blondshell
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, November 22nd
    The Sheila Divine
    Orbit
    Dirty Bangs
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Tuesday, November 28th
    Deafheaven
    Touche Amore
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, November 28th
    Baroness
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, November 30th
    Nation of Language
    Miss Grit
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, December 1st
    Allman Betts Family Revival
    @ the Orpheum
    Saturday, December 2nd
    Buffalo Tom
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, December 2nd
    The Hammer Party
    Black Helicopter
    Spiller
    George Tsiaras
    @ the Midway
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Pussy Riot
    Thick
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Eric Andre
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Bar Italia
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, December 7th
    Wesley Stace
    @ the Charles River Museum
    Tuesday, December 12th
    Dogstar
    (Keanu Reeves' band)
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, December 15th
    Hallelujah the Hills
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    Aaron & the Lord
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, December 16th
    A John Waters Christmas
    @ Berklee Performance Center
    Sunday & Monday
    March 24th & 25th
    The Magnetic Fields
    perform "69 Love Songs"
    over two nights
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, May 1st
    Ty Segall
    @ the Royale