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[Music Docs] IFFBoston is back!

Tonight, it returns. Among the many, many things that were canceled in the wake of the covid’s arrival on U.S. shores in the Spring of 2020, one of the most personally painful was the almost-here 18th edition of the Independent Film Festival Boston. I’ve seen at least a couple films, and usually more, every single […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Friday, August 12th
    Rod Stewart
    Cheap Trick
    @ Xfinity Center
    Friday, August 12th
    Rise Against
    The Used
    Senses Fail
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, August 13th
    Joyce Manor
    Citizen
    Prince Daddy & the Hyena
    PHONY
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, August 13th
    Here and There Festival
    with Courtney Barnett,
    Lucy Dacus, Men I Trust
    Faye Webster, The Beths
    Bartees Strange, & Hana Vu
    @ Mass MoCA
    Sunday, August 14th
    Blondie
    The Damned
    @ the Pavilion
    Sunday, August 14th
    Puppy Problems
    Holiday Music
    Moon By Moon
    First Passionate Frisbee Club
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, August 15th
    Vundabar
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, August 15th
    Elvis Costello & the Imposters
    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
    @ the Pavilion
    Monday, August 15th
    Franz Ferdinand
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, August 16th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    @ the Pavilion
    Tuesday, August 16th
    Peter Hook & the Light
    Playing Joy Division's
    "Closer" & "Unknown Pleasures"
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, August 17th
    Puppy Problems
    @ O'Brien's
    Wednesday, August 17th
    Bonnie "Prince" Billy
    Footings
    Charlie Chronopoulos
    @ Mill No. 5 in Lowell
    Thursday, August 18th
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Lucy
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, August 18th
    Sharon Van Etten
    Julien Baker
    Angel Olsen
    Spencer
    @ the Pavilion
    Saturday, August 20th
    Richard Mirsky (record release!)
    Kid Gulliver
    Chris Brokaw
    @ the Cantab Lounge
    Saturday, August 20th
    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
    Damon & Naomi
    @ the Brattle
    Saturday, August 20th
    In Between Days Festival
    with Manchester Orchestra
    Hippo Campus, Tennis,
    The Blue Stones, Kevin Devine,
    Sidney Gish, Blac Rabbit, & Catbite
    @ Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy
    Sunday, August 21st
    The Decemberists
    Brigid Mae Power
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, August 22nd
    Comedy Bang! Bang!
    with Scott Aukerman,
    Paul F Tompkins, & more
    @ the Chevalier
    Monday, August 22nd
    Los Campesinos!
    Proper
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, August 25th
    Bully
    Lord Huron
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, August 24th
    The Fixx
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday, August 26th
    Korn
    Evanescence
    @ Xfinity Center
    Friday, August 26th
    Sleigh Bells
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, August 26th
    "Heat Wave '22" with
    The FU's, Worm,
    Kermit's Finger,
    Rockin' Bob Punk Band,
    and more to be announced
    @ the C Note Hull
    Saturday, August 27th
    The Shins
    (playing "Oh, Inverted World")
    & Joseph
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, August 27th
    Aoife O'Donovan
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ Lowell Summer Music Series
    @ Boarding House Park
    Saturday, August 27th
    Glacier
    @ ONCE @ Boynton Yards
    Saturday, August 27th
    Charlie Martin (Hovvdy)
    Teethe
    Maplehead
    @ the Lilypad
    Saturday, August 27th
    Local Natives
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, August 31st
    Built to Spill
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, September 1st
    The Dents
    Rockin' Bob Punk Band
    Chrissy Vaccaro
    @ Notch Brighton
    Friday, September 2nd
    The Mountain Goats
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, September 3rd
    Boris
    Nothing
    @ the Paradise
    Sunday, September 4th
    The Ocean Blue
    @ City Winery
    Wednesday, September 7th
    Neko Case
    Sean Rowe
    @ Emerson Colonial Theatre
    Friday, September 9th
    Boy George & Culture Club
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Saturday, September 10th
    She & Him
    (Brian Wilson tribute)
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, September 10th
    Crowded House
    @ the Wang
    Saturday, September 10th
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    St. Vincent
    Thundercat
    @ Fenway Park
    Sunday, September 11th
    Lagwagon
    I Am The Avalance
    Grumpster
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, September 12th
    Courtney Barnett
    @ House of Blues Boston
    Monday, September 12th
    Ghost
    Mastodon
    Spiritbox
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, September 13th
    Pet Fox
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, September 13th
    Phoenix
    Porches
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, September 13th
    Bauhaus
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, September 14th
    Quivers
    Let's Whisper (LP release!)
    Yours Are The Only Ears
    @ O'Brien's
    Wednesday, September 14th
    Porcupine Tree
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, September 14th
    Arlo Parks
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, September 15th
    Clutch
    Quicksand
    Helmet
    JD Pinkus
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, September 15th
    Richard Thompson
    @ Natick Center For Arts
    Thursday & Friday
    September 15th & 16th
    They Might Be Giants
    'Flood' 30th anniversary
    @ the Royale
    Thursday & Friday
    September 15th & 16th
    Vundabar
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, September 17th
    The Afghan Whigs
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, September 17th
    Roxy Music
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, September 17th
    Idles
    Injury Reserve
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, September 18th
    The Dream Syndicate
    40th Anniversary Tour playing
    "The Days of Wine & Roses" & more
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, September 18th
    Julia Jacklin
    Kara Jackson
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, September 18th
    Heaven 17
    @ City Winery
    Monday, September 19th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, September 19th
    Girlpool
    @ the Paradise
    Monday, September 19th
    Southern Culture on the Skids
    @ the Middle East
    Monday, September 19th
    New Order
    Pet Shop Boys
    @ Some Bank Pavilion
    Monday, September 19th
    Stevie Nicks
    @ Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, September 20th
    Sports Team
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Tuesday, September 20th
    Spiritualized
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, September 21st
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ the House of Blues
    Wednesday, September 21st
    OSEES
    Bronze
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, September 22nd
    The National
    Indigo Sparke
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 23rd
    Soulside
    Verbal Assault
    Bed Maker
    Wrong War
    @ ONCE @ the Armory
    Saturday, September 24th
    The Get Up Kids
    play "Four Minute Mile"
    & Sparta
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, September 24th
    Supersuckers
    @ the Middle East
    Saturday, September 24th
    Speedy Ortiz, Haasan Barclay,
    Mallcops, Sorry Ma, Clifford,
    Paper Lady, and more
    @ ONCE @ Boynton Yards
    Sunday, September 25th
    Come
    Home Despot
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Sunday, September 25th
    Amyl and the Sniffers
    @ Big Night Live
    Monday, September 26th
    Carly Rae Jepsen
    Empress Of
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 28th
    Pavement
    The Goon Sax
    @ the Wang
    Thursday, September 29th
    Japanese Breakfast
    Yo La Tengo
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 30th
    The B-52s (farewell tour)
    KC & the Sunshine Band
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday & Saturday
    September 30th & October 1st
    Kay Hanley
    (of Letters to Cleo)
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, October 1st
    The Mars Volta
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, October 1st
    Kid Gulliver
    @ the Jungle
    Saturday, October 1st
    Death Cab For Cutie
    Low
    @ Some Bank Pavilion
    Saturday, October 1st
    The Mommyheads
    Abbie Barrett
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Sunday, October 2nd
    Cigarettes After Sex
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, October 3rd
    Sunny Day Real Estate
    The Appleseed Cast
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, October 3rd
    The Killers
    Johnny Marr
    @ the Garden
    Tuesday, October 4th
    Stereolab
    Fievil is Glauque
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, October 4th
    The Gaslight Anthem
    Jeff Rosenstock
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, October 6th
    Fontaines D.C.
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    October 7th, 8th, & 9th
    "As Summer Into Autumn Slips" 3 days of music featuring...
    Day 1: Surprise Me Mr. Davis,
    Marco Benevento Trio, & William Tyler
    Day 2: The Slip, WOLF! (featuring
    Scott Metzger), & William Tyler
    Day 3: The Slip, Club d'Elf,
    & William Tyler
    @ Soundcheck Studios, Pembroke
    Saturday, October 8th
    Billy Bragg
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, October 9th
    Oliver Sim of the XX
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, October 9th
    L7
    30th Anniversary of
    "Bricks Are Heavy" tour
    @ Big Night Live
    Tuesday, October 11th
    Craig Finn &
    The Uptown Controllers
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, October 11th
    Gorillaz
    EarthGang
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, October 14th
    The Black Angels
    The Vacant Lots
    @ the Paradise
    Sunday, October 16th
    Future Teens
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, October 16th
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Janes Addiction
    Poppy
    @ the Garden
    Monday, October 17th
    House of Love
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 19th
    Melt-Banana
    Ed Shrader's Music Beat
    Psychic Graveyard
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 20th
    June of 44
    Thalia Zedek Band
    Helms
    @ the Middle East Down
    Friday, October 21st
    Bad Suns
    Last Dinosaurs
    Quarters of Change
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, October 22nd
    Slothrust
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, October 23rd
    Illuminati Hotties
    Enumclaw
    Olivia Barton
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, October 24th
    Kevin Morby
    Coco
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, October 25th
    Metric
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    October 25th & 26th
    Calexico
    Ada Lea
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 27th
    Titus Andronicus
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, October 28th
    Tegan and Sara
    Tomberlin
    @ the Royale
    Friday, October 28th
    The Joy Formidable
    Cuffed Up
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, October 30th
    Pile
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, October 30th
    Kurt Vile & the Violators
    Come
    @ the Royale
    Monday, October 31st
    Mint Green
    @ O'Brien's
    Wednesday, November 2nd
    Silversun Pickups
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, November 2nd
    Two Door Cinema Club
    Day Wave
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, November 4th
    Rina Sawayama
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, November 5th
    Young Jesus
    @ Middle East Downstairs
    Saturday, November 5th
    Let's Eat Grandma
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, November 5th
    Turnover (Record Release)
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, November 6th
    Soccer Mommy
    Lightning Bug
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, November 8th
    Russian Circles
    Rezn
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 8th
    Arcade Fire
    Beck
    @ MGM Fenway Music Hall
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 8th & 9th
    Alex G
    Hatchie
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, November 9th
    Field Medic
    Sadurn
    @ Cafe 939
    Sunday, November 13th
    Plains
    (featuring Katie Crutchfield
    of Waxahatchee + Jess Williamson)
    MJ Lenderman
    @ Royale
    Monday, November 14th
    Bartees Strange
    Pom Pom Squad
    Spring Silver
    No They Hate Change
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 15th
    Cloud Nothings
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 15th
    The Menzingers
    play "On The Impossible Past"
    Touché Amoré
    Screaming Females
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, November 16th
    The Smile
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, November 16th
    The Chills
    @ City Winery Boston
    Friday, November 18th
    Alvvays
    Slow Pulp
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday & Sunday
    November 19th & 20th
    Turnstile
    Snail Mail
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 21st
    Preoccupations
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, November 26th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Guided By Voices
    Eugene Mirman
    @ the House of Blues
    Wednesday, November 30th
    Mclusky
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, December 1st
    Archers of Loaf
    Weird Nightmare
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, December 4th
    beabadoobee
    Lowertown
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, December 6th
    Local H
    "Here Comes The Zoo"
    20th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Friday, December 9th
    Patrick Watson
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, December 13th
    Bonny Light Horseman
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, December 17th
    The Lemonheads
    "It's A Shame About Ray"
    30th Anniversary Tour
    with Juliana Hatfield
    & On Being An Angel
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, December 17th
    Foals
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, March 20th, 2023
    Bruce Springsteen
    & the E Street Band
    @ TD Garden
    Sunday, April 16th
    Dead Can Dance
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
    The Mission UK
    The Chamelons
    @ Brighton Music Hall