[Track Debut] Andrew Cohen (Silkworm/Bottomless Pit) & Light Coma’s “The Usual”
Never underestimate the impact of a well-chosen analogy. Seems we owe the welcome return of songwriter/guitarist Andy Cohen to a timely turn of phrase from Light Coma drummer Jim MacGregor, who one night caught Cohen in the midst of an existential “should I keep making music or not?” crisis. After more than 25 years of […]
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EARFULL - words & music
from author Lauren Acampora,
composer Mason Darin with guest
Jeanie Stahl, writer/director
John Sayles, and musician Lizje
@ the Burren Backroom
Saturday, March 25th
Bird Streets (duo show)
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inside Garrison House, Brookline
Saturday, March 25th
Yoni Gorden's
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Saturday, March 25th
Addie
Chris Normann
Thumber
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Sunday, March 26th
Andy Cohen
(Silkworm/Bottomless Pit)
Chris Brokaw
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Sunset Rubdown
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The Residents
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Will Johnson
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Pet Fox
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Kate Bollinger
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Dear Nora
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Andrew Bird
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Jake McKelvie &
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U.S. Girls
Jane Inc.
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Radio Compass
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Duster
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Stars Like Ours
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Barbara Manning
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Peter Case
Ben de la Cour
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Dead Can Dance
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Sloan
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Black Flag
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Jake McKelvie &
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Nova One
Lady Pills
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Fruit Bats
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Nora O'Connor
special intimate solo show
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Joywave
Elliot Lee
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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M83
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Stay In Nothing
Wavier Wire
Indoor Friends
The Dream Today
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Built to Spill
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Wednesday, April 26th
Andy Shauf
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Jake McKelvie &
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with Andy Cohen (of
Silkworm & Bottomless Pit)
and Ezra Cohen &
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@ Notch Brewing, Brighton
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Buffalo Tom, Ted Leo, John Doe Trio,
Vapors of Morphine, Rhett Miller,
Pile, Dave Herlihy (O Positive),
Robin Lane, Justine & the Unclean,
and many, many more
@ lots of walkable Lowell, MA venues
Saturday, April 29th
Screaming Females
Iron Chic
@ Brighton Music Hall
Saturday, April 29th
Lucius
@ Roadrunner
Sunday, April 30th
John Vanderslice
intimate solo show
@ somewhere in Somerville
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Placebo
Deap Vally
@ Roadrunner
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Mill Pond Falls
Norris The Terrible
Modern Day Idols
Jim Healey
@ the Silhouette
Monday, May 1st
Pedro The Lion
performing
"It's Hard To Find A Friend"
and "Control" in full
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, May 3rd
The Natural Lines
(ex-Matt Pond PA)
@ Crystal Ballroom
Friday, May 5th
Fever Ray
@ Roadrunner
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DARK SPRING BOSTON
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Cathedral Ceilings
Hilken Mancini Band
Lupo Citta
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Muna
Nova Twins
@ Roadrunner
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David Cross
Sean Patton
@ the Wilbur
Sunday, May 7th
Meg Baird
Damon & Naomi
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Goth Babe
flipturn
Yoke Lore
@ Roadrunner
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Pixies
Franz Ferdinand
Bully
@ MGM Music Hall
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Natalie Merchant
@ the Emerson Colonial
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Chisel
Hilken Mancini Band
@ the Sinclair
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Graham Nash
@ the Cabot, Beverly
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The Lemon Twigs
Josephine Network
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, May 13th
The Hold Steady
Dinosaur Jr.
Come
@ Roadrunner
Monday, May 15th
Radio Compass
@ Charlie's Kitchen
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The New Pornographers
Wild Pink
@ the Royale
Wednesday, May 17th
Feist
@ MGM Music Hall
Thursday, May 18th
The Pernice Brothers
perform "Overcome By Happiness"
(with a string section!)
@ the Crystal Ballroom
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May 19th, 20th, & 21st
Taylor Swift
Phoebe Bridgers
Gayle
@ Gillette Stadium
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Blink 182
Turnstile
@ the Garden
Wednesday, May 24th
Beach Bunny
Pup
Pool Kids
@ Roadrunner
Monday, May 29th
An Attendant Ana
Adult Learners
Hands and Knees
@ O'Brien's
Tuesday, May 30th
Frank Turner
The Interrupters
Laura Jane Grace
@ MGM Music Hall
Tuesday, May 30th
Crowded House
@ the Wang
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Sisters of Mercy
@ Big Night Live
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Fenne Lily
Christian Lee Hutson
@ the Sinclair
Friday, June 2nd
The Album Leaf
@ the Somerville Armory
Friday, June 2nd
Bruce Cockburn
@ the Cabot, Beverly
Saturday, June 3rd
AJJ
Oceanator
Gladie
@ the Sinclair
Thursday, June 8th
Pixies
Franz Ferdinand
Bully
@ MGM Music Hall
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Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
"Restless Leg Tour"
@ MGM Music Hall
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Bryan Adams
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
@ TD Garden
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June 16th & 17th
Chris Smither
@ Club Passim
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Steve Lacy
James Blake
Toro y Moi
Fousheé
@ the Stage @ Suffolk Downs
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LCD Soundsystem
Jamie xx
Idles
L'Rain
@ the Stage @ Suffolk Downs
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boygenius
Clairo
Dijon
Bartees Strange
@ the Stage @ Suffolk Downs
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The Cure
The Twilight Sad
@ Xfinity Center
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Wednesday
Tenci
@ the Sinclair
Thursday, June 22nd
Tiny Habits
@ the Sinclair
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Teen Suicide
@ the Sinclair
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Sparks
@ the Wilbur
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Jenny Lewis
Cass McCombs
Hayden Pedigo
@ Roadrunner
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Counting Crows
Dashboard Confessional
Frank Turner
@ the Pavilion
Saturday, July 15th
Noel Gallagher's
High Flying Birds
with Garbage
@ MGM Music Hall
Sunday, July 16th
Braid
"Frame & Canvas"
25th Anniversary Tour
with guests
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, July 16th
First Aid Kit
The Weather Station
@ Roadrunner
Tuesday, July 18th
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
with Braxe + Falcon
@ the Paradise
Tuesday, July 18th
Cake
@ the Pavilion
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July 24th & 25th
Le Tigre
@ the Royale
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July 25th & 26th
Billy Strings
@ the Pavilion
Thursday, July 27th
Jason Isbell and
the 400 Unit
@ Roadrunner
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Mellow Bravo
Cask Mouse
Hayley Thompson-King
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, August 5th
Foreigner
Loverboy
@ Xfinity Center
Friday, August 11th
Band of Horses
The Revivalists
@ the Pavilion
Friday, August 11th
Glen Hansard &
Marketa Irglova
(of the Swell Season)
@ the Wang
Saturday, August 19th
Sigur Ros
with an orchestra
@ the Wang
Saturday & Sunday
August 19th & 20th
In Between Days Festival
with
Modest Mouse, Lord Huron, Metric,
Trampled By Turtles, Sunny Day Real
Estate, Cautious Clay, Yoke Lore,
Blitzen Trapper, Allison Ponthier,
Illiterate Light, Slothrust,
Miko Marks, Weakened Friends,
shallow pools, Kat Wright,
Fantastic Cat, Dwight & Nicole,
Paper Tigers, Dutch Tulips,
Carissa Johnson, Mint Green,
Gypsy Moths, & Sweet Petunia
@ Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy
Thursday, August 24th
Jimmy Eat World
Manchester Orchestra
Middle Kids
@ MGM Music Hall
Thursday, August 24th
Bruce Springsteen
& the E Street Band
@ Gillette Stadium
Friday, August 25th
Alex G
Alvvays
@ the Pavilion
Sunday, September 3rd
The Offspring
A Simple Plan
Sum 41
@ the Xfinity Center
Tuesday, September 5th
Beck
Phoenix
Weyes Blood
Sir Chloe
@ MGM Music Hall
Wednesday, September 6th
Duran Duran
Nile Rodgers & Chic
Bastille
@ TD Garden
Tuesday & Wednesday September 12th & 13th
Death Cab For Cutie
The Postal Service
@ MGM Music Hall
Thursday, September 14th
Peter Gabriel
@ the Garden
Wednesday, September 20th
OSEES
@ the Royale
Wednesday, September 20th
Death Grips
@ House of Blues
Friday, September 22nd
Tegan & Sara
Carlie Hanson
@ Roadrunner
Friday, September 22nd
Lady Lamb
celebrates 10 years
of "Ripely Pine"
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, October 11th
The Mission UK
The Chamelons
@ Brighton Music Hall
Monday, October 23rd
Pile
@ the Sinclair
Thursday, October 26th
Mudhoney
Hooveriii
@ Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, October 31st
Depeche Mode
@ the Garden
Saturday, November 4th
Amyl and the Sniffers
Die Spitz
@ Roadrunner
Thursday, November 30th
Nation of Language
Miss Grit
@ the Sinclair