[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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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