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[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2018

Well, someone’s gotta be the caboose, right? My total inability to share my annual musical-faves list in a timely manner has resulted in a single goal: To just finish it sooner than I did the year before. (*looks at last year’s post*) April 2nd. Big sigh. Not even close! But hey, at least today is […]

[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2017

Ah, the best laid plans and the most brutal excuses. My honest intention to get this sucker done before the new calendar year hit was derailed by a major bout of holiday pneumonia, then as December disappeared in a fevered haze and I gathered myself to finish in January… enter ye olde influenza! Such an […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Pussy Riot
    Thick
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Eric Andre
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Bar Italia
    Gobby
    DJ Carbo
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, December 7th
    Wesley Stace
    @ the Charles River Museum
    Saturday, December 9th
    Hilken & Winston (of Fuzzy)
    Chris Colbourn (of Buffalo Tom)
    Kayde Hazel
    @ Streetcar in JP
    Saturday, December 9th
    Will Dailey & his band
    Hayley Reardon
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, December 9th
    Scream
    Soulside
    Urian Hackney
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, December 12th
    Dogstar
    (Keanu Reeves' band)
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, December 13th
    A 40th Anniversary Tribute
    to the music from "Valley Girl"
    with Josie Cotton,
    the Plimsouls &
    Kurt Baker of the Leftovers
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Thursday, December 14th
    Piebald
    Weakened Friends
    Radio Compass
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Friday, December 15th
    Hallelujah the Hills
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    Aaron & the Lord
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, December 16th
    Bird Streets
    @ the Village Social Club
    Saturday, December 16th
    Fiddlehead
    Downtalker
    @ Gallery X, New Bedford
    Saturday, December 16th
    Rosecomb
    Evelyn Pope
    @ the Haven in JP
    Saturday, December 16th
    A John Waters Christmas
    @ Berklee Performance Center
    Thursday, December 21st
    NOISE FOR TOYS, presented by
    The Ash Gray Proclamation
    bring a toy, hear some noise
    with Dyr Faser, Andy Cohen,
    and Strange Pains
    @ O'Brien's
    Thursday, December 28th
    The Felice Brothers
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, December 30th
    Spirit Ghost
    Black Beach
    Regal Seagull
    @ O'Brien's
    Thursday, January 11th
    Rick Maguire (from Pile)
    @ the Rockwell
    Saturday, January 13th
    Dark Spring Boston presents...
    The Veldt
    Dead Leaf Echo
    Iceblynk
    The Spearmint Sea
    @ O'Brien's
    Sunday, January 14th
    Lupo Citta
    Hidden Fountain
    Killer Motorcycle
    Pledge Pins
    @ O'Brien's
    Friday, January 19th
    O Positive (O+)
    "With A Little Help
    From My Friends" Benefit show
    @ the Paradise
    Monday, January 22nd
    The Salt Collective
    featuring Stéphane Schück &
    Fred Quentin (of Salt), with
    Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Mitch
    Easter (Let's Active), Chris
    Stamey & Gene Holder (the dB's)
    Lynn Blakey (Tres Chicas), and
    Rob Ladd (The Connells)
    with openers Sneakers (!)
    featuring Chris & Mitch
    @ City Winery Boston
    Saturday, January 27th
    Torres
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, January 29th
    Juliana Hatfield
    @ City Winery
    Tuesday, February 13th
    Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy,
    Jon Wurster & friends perform
    R.E.M.'s "Murmur" and more
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday & Friday
    February 15th & 16th
    Mitski
    Tamino
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, February 16th
    Militarie Gun
    Pool Kids
    Spiritual Cramp
    Spaced
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, February 17th
    Cat Power sings Dylan
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Wednesday, February 21st
    Thursday
    Rival Schools
    Many Eyes
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, February 22nd
    Portugal. The Man.
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, February 23rd
    Matt Pond PA
    Alexa Rose
    @ Club Passim
    Friday, February 23rd
    The Kills
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, February 27th
    Two Door Cinema Club
    Joywave
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, February 28th
    Mike Viola
    @ Club Passim
    Saturday, March 2nd
    Mary Timony
    Birthday Girl DC
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, March 5th
    Porno For Pyros
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, March 8th
    Mclusky
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, March 8th
    The Beaches
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, March 12th
    KMFDM
    Morlocks
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, March 13th
    Cherry Glazerr
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, March 15th
    Chelsea Wolfe
    Divide and Dissolve
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, March 17th
    Sleater-Kinney
    @ the Paradise
    Sunday, March 17th
    Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
    Singer Mali
    Rong
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, March 18th
    Ministry
    Gary Numan
    Front Line Assembly
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, March 21st
    Laetitia Sadier
    (of Stereolab)
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, March 22nd
    Fog Lake
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Monday, March 25th
    Unwound (!)
    Cherubs
    @ the Paradise
    Monday, March 25th
    Andy Shauf (solo)
    @ First Church Cambridge
    Thursday, March 28th
    Arlo Parks
    Chloe George
    @ the Royale
    Friday, March 29th
    Grouplove
    Bully
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, March 29th
    The Rolling Stones
    @ Gillette
    Saturday, April 6th
    Destroyer (solo)
    Lightning Dust
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, April 6th
    Colin Hay (Men at Work)
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, April 13th
    DARK SPRING BOSTON FEST
    with Korine, House of Harm,
    Widow Rings, Allie Frost,
    Hemlock for Socrates,
    Midnight Psychic, the
    Spearmint Sea, and more
    @ the Middle East
    Wednesday, April 17th
    Real Estate
    Marina Allen
    @ the Royale
    Friday, April 19th
    Drop Nineteens
    Greg Mendez
    @ the Paradise
    Friday & Saturday
    April 26th & 27th
    The Town & the City Festival
    @ various venues in Lowell, MA
    Saturday, April 27th
    Belle and Sebastian
    The Weather Station
    @ the Orpheum
    Wednesday, May 1st
    Ty Segall
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, May 8th
    Chastity Belt
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, May 10th
    Quicksand
    @ the Royale
    Monday & Tuesday
    May 13th & May 14th
    Mannequin Pussy
    Soul Glo
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    May 16th, 17th, & 18th
    Jukebox the Ghost
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, May 17th
    Buck Meek (of Big Thief)
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Monday, May 20th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, June 4th
    Joe Jackson
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, June 10th
    Bleachers
    Samia
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, July 16th
    Los Campesinos!
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, July 9th
    Alanis Morissette
    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
    Morgan Wade
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Sunday, July 21st
    Foo Fighters
    The Hives
    Amyl and the Sniffers
    @ Fenway Park
    Friday, August 2nd
    Foreigner
    Styx
    John Waite
    @ Xfinity Center
    Wednesday, August 7th
    Green Day
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Rancid
    The Linda Lindas
    @ Fenway Park
    Monday, August 19th
    King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
    @ the Stage at Suffolk Downs
    Tuesday, September 3rd
    Peter Hook & the Light
    doing both the Joy Division
    & New Order "Substance" LPs
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, September 13th
    Hoodoo Gurus
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, September 24th
    Idles
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, October 23rd
    OSEES
    @ the Royale