Bradley's Almanac

[Vinyl Giveaway] The Loyal Seas are Tanya Donelly & Brian Sullivan

Last Friday gratefully brought us “Strange Mornings In The Garden”, the long-awaited and absolutely wonderful debut full-length from bi-coastal duo The Loyal Seas. Longtime friends & collaborators Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Belly, Breeders, duh) & Brian Sullivan (Dylan in the Movies) teased us with a first taste back in December 2000, when CT-based label American […]

[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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    Wednesday, September 21st
    A Night With
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ the House of Blues
    Wednesday, September 21st
    OSEES
    Bronze
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, September 22nd
    Torres (Mackenzie Scott)
    solo @ a living room in Allston
    Thursday, September 22nd
    Thalia Zedek Band
    @ Notch Brewery, Brighton
    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,
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    Paper Lady, and more
    @ ONCE @ Boynton Yards
    Sunday, September 25th
    Come
    Home Despot
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
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    Amyl and the Sniffers
    Bob Vylan
    Leopard Print Taser
    @ Big Night Live
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    Empress Of
    @ Roadrunner
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    Pavement
    Guerilla Toss
    @ the Wang
    Thursday, September 29th
    Japanese Breakfast
    Yo La Tengo
    @ Roadrunner
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    & John Brookhouse
    @ Deacon Giles Distillery
    Friday, September 30th
    Wolf Alice
    Luna Li
    @ Big Night Live
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    The B-52s (farewell tour)
    KC & the Sunshine Band
    @ MGM Music Hall
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    September 30th & October 1st
    Kay Hanley
    (of Letters to Cleo)
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, October 1st
    The Mars Volta
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, October 1st
    Simone's Birthday Show!
    with Linnea's Garden,
    Justine & the Unclean,
    Kid Gulliver, and
    The Chelsea Curve
    @ the Jungle
    Saturday, October 1st
    Death Cab For Cutie
    Thao
    @ Some Bank Pavilion
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    The Mommyheads
    Abbie Barrett
    Jed Parish (The Gravel Pit)
    @ 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
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    The Killers
    Johnny Marr
    @ the Garden
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    Fievil is Glauque
    @ Roadrunner
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    The Gaslight Anthem
    Jeff Rosenstock
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    Day 2: The Slip, WOLF! (featuring
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    Day 3: The Slip, Club d'Elf,
    & William Tyler
    @ Soundcheck Studios, Pembroke
    Saturday, October 8th
    Hallelujah the Hills
    Cassie Berman
    @ the Lilypad
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    Billy Bragg
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, October 9th
    Oliver Sim of the XX
    @ the Royale
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    L7
    30th Anniversary of
    "Bricks Are Heavy" tour
    @ Big Night Live
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    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, October 11th
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    EarthGang
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, October 12th
    Wild Pink
    Trace Mountains
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Friday, October 14th
    The Black Angels
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    @ the Paradise
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    October 15th & 16th
    Violent Femmes
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    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
    Bill Janovitz
    @ the Burren
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    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
    Ichiko Aoba
    Charlie Martin
    @ Crystal Ballroom
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    Metric
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    October 25th & 26th
    Calexico
    Ada Lea
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 27th
    Titus Andronicus
    @ Crystal Ballroom
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    Tegan and Sara
    Tomberlin
    @ the Royale
    Friday, October 28th
    The Joy Formidable
    Cuffed Up
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday & Saturday
    October 28th & 29th
    WEEN
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, October 30th
    Pile
    Kal Marks
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, October 30th
    Kurt Vile & the Violators
    Come
    @ the Royale
    Monday, October 31st
    Mint Green
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, November 1st
    Peel Dream Magazine
    Winter
    @ the Lilypad
    Tuesday, November 1st
    She Wants Revenge
    ChameleonsVox
    D'Arcy
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, November 2nd
    Silversun Pickups
    @ House of Blues
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    Two Door Cinema Club
    Day Wave
    @ Roadrunner
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    @ the Middle East
    Friday, November 4th
    Rina Sawayama
    @ Roadrunner
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    Young Jesus
    @ Middle East Downstairs
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    Let's Eat Grandma
    @ the Sinclair
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    Turnover (Record Release)
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, November 6th
    Beth Orton
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    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
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    MJ Lenderman
    @ Royale
    Monday, November 14th
    Bartees Strange
    Pom Pom Squad
    Spring Silver
    No They Hate Change
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 15th
    Cloud Nothings
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    Tuesday, November 15th
    The Menzingers
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    Touché Amoré
    Screaming Females
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, November 16th
    The Smile
    @ Roadrunner
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    Unwed Sailor
    @ City Winery Boston
    Friday, November 18th
    Alvvays
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    @ Roadrunner
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    November 19th & 20th
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    Snail Mail
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 21st
    Preoccupations
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 22nd
    The London Suede
    Manic Street Preachers
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    Dinosaur Jr.
    Guided By Voices
    Eugene Mirman
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    Sunday, November 27th
    The Sheila Divine
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    Mclusky
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    Archers of Loaf
    Weird Nightmare
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    Stars
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, December 4th
    Morrissey
    @ MGM Music Hall
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    beabadoobee
    Lowertown
    @ Roadrunner
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    Local H
    "Here Comes The Zoo"
    20th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Friday, December 9th
    Patrick Watson
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    Monday, December 12th
    The Sinclair's 10th Birthday
    with Deer Tick
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, December 13th
    Bonny Light Horseman
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    Wednesday, December 14th
    Men I Trust
    Feng Suave
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, December 16th
    Modest Mouse
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    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
    Tuesday, December 27th
    The Return of the...
    Aimee Mann & Ted Leo
    Christmas Show!
    with special guests
    @ the Wilbur
    Thursday, January 12th, 2023
    Kid Gulliver
    @ the Plough & Stars
    Wednesday, January 24th
    Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers
    @ the Middle East
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    The Beths
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    Weyes Blood
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    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, April 16th
    Dead Can Dance
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday, May 30th
    Crowded House
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    The Mission UK
    The Chamelons
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