Bradley’s Almanac

[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 […]

  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Thursday, May 8th
    Melvins
    Napalm Death
    Titan to Tachyons
    Dark Sky Burial
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 8th
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, May 9th
    DEVO
    "50 Years of De-Evolution...Continued!" @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, May 10th
    The Hilken Mancini Band
    (long-awaited LP release party!)
    with The Cujo (feat. Jen Trynin) &
    Mary Lou Lord with Annabelle Lord-Patey
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, May 10th
    Lady Pills
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, May 10th
    William Tyler
    @ Warehouse XI
    Saturday, May 10th
    Advance Base
    Kristin Daelyn
    Puppy Problems
    @ the Cantab Lounge
    Saturday, May 10th
    Mallrat
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, May 11th
    Worriers
    Mint Green
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, May 11th
    The Queers
    @ the Middle East
    Sunday, May 11th
    Baroness
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, May 12th
    Kendrick Lamar
    SZA
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Tuesday, May 13th
    Mamalarky
    Kennedy Mann
    @ The Rockwell
    Tuesday, May 13th
    Tequila Sirens
    Cameron Keiber
    Obliterati
    @ O'Brien's
    Wednesday, May 14th
    Ministry
    My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
    Die Krupps
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, May 15th
    Pet Symmetry
    Pony
    Jimmy Montague
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, May 16th
    The Chelsea Curve
    (7-inch release show!)
    with Diaglogate & Yess Nanny
    @ Faces in Malden
    Friday, May 16th
    The FUs
    Silver Screams
    Deprogrammer Cult
    The Angry-LAs
    @ Koto, Salem
    Saturday, May 17th
    Chris Brokaw (LP release!)
    Beth Kaplan
    Kathy Snax
    @ Streetcar in JP
    Saturday, May 17th
    Califone (full band)
    Dead Gowns
    @ the Rockwell
    Saturday, May 17th
    Sunflower Bean
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, May 17th
    Superheaven
    Glare
    Spy
    Prize Horse
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, May 17th
    Amyl & the Sniffers
    Sheer Mag
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday & Sunday
    May 17th & 18th
    Amy Poehler & Tina Fey
    @ the Wang
    Sunday, May 18th
    Plight
    Bedroom Eyes
    The Dreamtoday
    Louder Joy (members of
    Taxpayer & Mean Creek)
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, May 19th
    Joan Shelley
    @ Club Passim
    Monday, May 19th
    Model/Actriz
    AFK
    @ Deep Cuts
    Monday, May 20th
    Bimbo
    Slo-Anne
    Thought Partner
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    May 20th & 21st
    Hamilton Leithauser
    (of the Walkmen)
    & Johanna Samuels
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Slide Away Presents:
    Swirlies
    Mark Robinson
    Her New Knife
    Beach-O (film)
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Peter Bjorn and John
    "Writers Block" album tour
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Alison Bechdel
    (graphic novelist)
    presents "Spent"
    @ the Brattle
    Saturday, May 24th
    The Wedding Present
    "Bizarro" 35th Anniversary Tour
    with The Tubs
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    May 23rd, 24th, & 25th
    Boston Calling Music Festival
    @ the Harvard Athletic Complex
    Saturday, May 24th
    Gibby Haynes & the
    Paul Green Rock Academy
    perform the music of
    The Butthole Surfers
    @ the Middle East Down
    Sunday, May 25th
    Volume
    @ the Middle East Up
    Wednesday, May 28th
    Scott Thompson
    (of Kids in the Hall)
    is Buddy Cole
    @ City Winery Boston
    Wednesday, May 28th
    Barry Manilow
    "the last Boston concert"
    @ the Garden
    Thursday, May 29th
    Annie Dirusso
    Squirrel Flower
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, May 30th
    Thalia Zedek Band
    record release show!
    with Vivid Bloom
    & Harsh Foxing
    @ O'Brien's
    Friday, May 30th
    Florist
    Allegra Krieger
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, May 30th
    Orbit
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    Harris
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, May 30th
    Teddy Swims
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday, May 30th
    OK GO
    @ the Royale
    Friday, May 30th
    Tennis
    Billie Marten
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, May 30th
    Bloc Party
    (performing "Silent Alarm" & more)
    with Blonde Redhead
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, May 31st
    Jet
    Band of Skulls
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, June 1st
    Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, June 3rd
    Halsey
    Alvvays
    @ Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, June 3rd
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Nicole Graev Lipson
    & Jennifer Haigh
    and musicians
    Ava Valianti
    & Naseem Khuri
    @ Branch Line
    Wednesday, June 4th
    Young Widows
    Rid of Me
    Kal Marks
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, June 5th
    Screeching Weasel
    @ the Regent Theatre
    Thursday, June 5th
    Dean Wareham
    Escape-Ism
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 6th
    Aimee Mann
    Jonathan Coulton
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday, June 6th
    Jack's Mannequin
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 6th
    Sleigh Bells
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, June 6th
    The Ocean Blue
    playing their self-titled LP
    and their "Cerulean" LP
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Saturday, June 7th
    Dutch Interior
    @ Warehouse XI
    Saturday, June 7th
    Lily Seabird
    Hemlock
    @ the Lilypad
    Saturday, June 7th
    Toby Tantrum
    Sun Urchins
    Yoni Gordon
    Lunch Mother
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Monday, June 9th
    Head North
    Good June
    Trash Sun
    Fun City Fan Club
    @ Warehouse XI
    Monday, June 9th
    Billy Corgan and
    the Machines of God
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, June 10th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Ben Shattuck
    & Tova Mirvis
    and musicians
    Chris Harford
    & TAS Band Trio
    @ Branch Line
    Tuesday, June 10th
    Heart Attack Man
    The Dirty Nil
    Carpool
    Dear Seattle
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    The Kills
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday
    June 10th, 12th, & 13th
    Paul Simon
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, June 11th
    Turnover
    "Peripheral Vision" tour
    with Balance & Composure
    & Citizen
    @ the House of Blues
    Thursday, June 12th
    Clutch
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Saturday, June 14th
    Shawn Colvin
    Rodney Crowell
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Sunday, June 15th
    Simple Minds
    Soft Cell
    Modern English
    @ Xfinity Center
    Sunday, June 15th
    Karate
    @ The Sinclair
    Tuesday, June 17th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Ernest Thompson
    and musicians
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Samantha Farrell
    @ Branch Line
    Friday, July 18th
    Whirr
    Nothing
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, June 19th
    Tanya Donelly & friends
    with Danielle Miraglia
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Thursday, June 19th
    Blondshell
    Daffo
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, June 19th
    This Will Destroy You
    Jesse Beaman
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, June 21st
    BRADLEY'S ALMANAC
    (that's me) presents...
    SAVAK
    Lupo Citta
    The Whimbrels
    Andy Cohen (of Silkworm)
    @ O'Brien's
    Saturday, Jun 21st
    Hallelujah the Hills
    DECK release show
    with Bongwish and
    Choo Choo La Rouge
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, Jun 22nd
    Todd Rundgren
    @ Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington
    Tuesday, June 24th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Jessica Berger Gross
    & Jessica Shattuck
    and musicians
    Tenzin Chopak
    & The Starlings
    @ Branch Line
    Saturday, June 21st
    Outloud Music Festival
    with Kim Petras, Trixie Mattel (DJ set),
    Flo Milli, Rebecca Black, G Flip,
    Frankie Grande, Oompa, Hannah Rad,
    Big Body Kweeng, MATH3CA
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Wednesday, June 25th
    Deerhoof
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, June 25th
    BABYMETAL
    Black Veil Brides
    Bloodywood
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, June 26th
    Faster Pussycat
    The Supersuckers
    The Rumours
    The Lonely Ones
    @ Koto in Lowell
    Thursday, June 26th
    Benmont Tench
    @ City Winery Boston
    Thursday, June 26th
    Counting Crows
    The Gaslight Anthem
    @MGM Music Hall
    Friday, June 27th
    Khruangbin
    John Carroll Kirby
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Saturday, June 28th
    Friendship
    2nd Grade
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 28th
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, June 28th
    Tree
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, June 29th
    Preoccupations
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, July 1st
    Julie Doiron
    Caged Animals
    @ the Middle East
    Sunday, July 6th
    Greg Norton & Büddies
    Celebrate 40 Years of Hüsker Dü
    @ Faces Brewing
    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, July 8th
    Lifeguard
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, July 10th
    Wavves
    Beach Goons
    chokecherry
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 11th
    Winona Fighter
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, July 11th
    Cap'n Jazz
    Coffin Prick
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 11th
    Wu-Tang Clan (final tour)
    with Run the Jewels
    @ the Garden
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Daryl Hall
    Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
    @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Shakey Graves
    Hovvdy
    @ the House of Blues Boston
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Tripping Daisy
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Mekons
    Johnny Dowd
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, July 17th
    Cyndi Lauper's
    Farewell Tour
    with Jake Wesley Rogers
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday & Friday
    July 17th & 18th
    The Lumineers
    Young the Giant (on the 17th)
    St. Vincent (on the 18th)
    Hippo Campus
    @ Fenway Park
    Friday, July 18th
    Samantha Crain
    @ Warehouse XI
    Friday, July 18th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Snail Mail
    Easy Action
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday & Saturday
    July 18th & 19th
    PIXIES
    performing "Bossanova"
    & "Trompe Le Monde" (18th)
    with Momma opening
    and a set of classics (19th)
    with Kurt Vile & the Violators
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 19th
    Michael McColgan
    & the Bomb Squad
    with Badterms and
    Nick & the Adversaries
    @ the Middle East
    Saturday, July 19th
    Bad Moves (farewell tour)
    Theo Grizol (of Nana Grizol)
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, July 19th &
    Friday, September 5th
    Men I Trust
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, July 20th
    Thus Love
    Lahnah
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, July 21st
    Ghost
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, July 23rd
    Ben Folds & a Piano
    @ Shalin Liu, Rockport
    Thursday, July 24th
    Kesha
    Rose Gray
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday, July 26th
    Toto
    Christopher Cross
    Men At Work
    @ Leader Bank Pavilion
    Saturday, July 26th
    Rod Stewart
    Cheap Trick
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, July 29th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Dashboard Confessional
    @ the Pavilion
    Wednesday, July 30th
    TV on the Radio
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, July 30th
    The "Happy Together" Tour
    featuring The Turtles,
    Jay & the Americans,
    Little Anthony, Mark Lindsay
    (of Paul Revere & the Raiders),
    The Vogues, & the Cowsills
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Wednesday, July 30th
    The Offspring
    Jimmy Eat World
    New Found Glory
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday, July 31st
    New Bob Turks
    The Drowns
    Static Friction
    @ Sonia
    Friday, August 1st
    LOST 80's LIVE
    with A Flock of Seagulls,
    Big Country, General Public,
    The Vapors, Belouis Some,
    The Icicle Works, China Crisis,
    Josie Cotton, Polecats,
    and more
    @ the Wang

    Friday, August 1st The Church @ the Somerville Theatre
    Saturday, August 2nd
    Pantera
    Amon Amarth
    @ Great Woods
    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    August 7th, 8th, & 9th
    Somergloom V festival
    in Somerville
    Friday, August 8th
    Stevie Nicks
    @ TD Garden
    Tuesday, August 12th
    John Moreland
    Jared Hart
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Clipping.
    @ The Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
    @ The Center for Arts, Natick
    Friday, August 15th
    The Doobie Brothers
    The Coral Reefer Band
    @ Xfinity Center
    Saturday, August 16th
    The Black Keys
    Gary Clark Jr.
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, August 16th
    Architects
    Erra
    Holy Water
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, August 16th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    KT Tunstall
    Six Pence None the Richer
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Wednesday, August 20th
    The Joe Perry Project
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Saturday, August 23rd
    Tugboat Annie
    Vic Firecracker
    Forevers
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    August 26th & 27th
    James Taylor
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, August 28th
    Hotline TNT
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, August 30th
    Coheed & Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    Foxing
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    The 13th Annual JP Music Festival!
    @ Pinebank Field in JP
    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    Slow Crush
    Faetooth
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    "Seisiún: a two-day Irish
    music & cultural gathering"
    6th: Dropkick Murphys,
    the Hold Steady, Stiff Little Fingers,
    The Scratch, The Rumjacks,
    Holy Locuts, & more
    7th: The Pogues, The Waterboys,
    Cardinals, Just Mustard,
    Lisa O'Neill, Mairead,
    John Francis Flynn, & more
    @ the Stage at Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, September 7th
    The Outlaw Music Festival
    10th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Sunday, September 7th
    Rilo Kiley
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 7th
    My Chemical Romance
    Idles
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, September 9th
    James plays "Laid"
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, September 9th
    Mac DeMarco
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, Sept. 11th
    Sparks
    @ Berklee Performance Center
    Thursday, September 11th
    Bruce Dickinson
    (Iron Maiden)
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, September 12th
    Superchunk
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, September 12th
    The Brian's Jonestown Massacre
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, September 12th
    Ethel Cain
    9million
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 12th
    Supergrass
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, September 12th
    Saturday, September 13th
    Black Moth Super Rainbow
    Ricky Eat Acid
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, September 13th
    Pulp
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, Sept 14th
    Alabama Shakes
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 14th
    Wet Leg
    Mary In The Junkyard
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 15th
    PUP
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Ekko Astral
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 15th
    Steve Winwood
    @ The Cabot
    Wednesday, September 17th
    Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Willie Watson
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, September 18th
    Garbage
    Starcrawler
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 19th
    Soccer Mommy
    Dummy
    @ House of Blues
    Friday, September 19th
    George Thorogood
    & the Destroyers
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Sunday, September 21st
    Sebadoh
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Sunday, September 21st
    Shonen Knife
    @ Sonia
    Monday, September 22nd
    Elvis Costello & the Imposters
    "Radio Soul!" tour
    with Charlie Sexton
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, September 23rd
    The Minus 5
    The Baseball Project
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Viagra Boys
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday through Sunday
    Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th
    John Mulaney
    "Mister Whatever" tour
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Friday, September 26th
    Stereolab
    The Memorials
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, September 27th
    Car Seat Headrest
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, October 2nd
    Amy Millan (Stars/BSS)
    @ the Middle East
    Thursday, October 2nd
    Elbow
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday & Sunday
    October 4th & 5th
    An Inconceivable Evening
    with Cary Elwes
    & a screening of
    The Princess Bride
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, October 6th
    Swans
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, October 8th
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    'Howl' 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Humanist
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, October 8th
    The Murder Capital
    @ Sonia
    Friday, October 10th
    Destroyer
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues
    Sunday, October 12th
    The Miki Berenyi Trio
    (that's Miki from Lush)
    Gina Birch
    The Unreasonables
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, October 13th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 14th
    Grandaddy
    celebrating the 25th anniversary
    of "The Sophtware Slump"
    with Greg Freeman
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, October 21st
    Big Thief
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 21st
    Everclear
    Local H
    Sponge
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday, October 23rd
    Neko Case
    Des Demonas
    @ The Wilbur
    Thursday, October 23rd
    Belly
    "King" 30th Anniversary Tour!
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 25th
    Rufus Wainwright
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, October 25th
    Minus The Bear
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, October 27th
    Autechre
    Mark Broom
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 29th
    Herbie Hancock
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Wednesday, October 29th
    The Beta Band
    @ the Royale
    Friday & Saturday
    November 7th & 8th
    Steve Martin & Martin Short
    three shows @ the Wang
    Saturday, November 8th
    The Mars Volta
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, November 13th
    Janeane Garofalo
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Saturday, November 22nd
    Couch
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 24th
    Patti Smith
    Horses 50th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Orpheum