Bradley's Almanac

[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 […]

[Ticket Giveaway] THE NINES FEST in Devens, MA

It’s been too long since I’ve done a proper giveaway here on the ‘Nac, and handing out a pair of free tickets to next Saturday’s first-ever edition of THE NINES FESTIVAL in Devens, MA is a worthy reason to end that drought. The single day, multi-stage, outdoor fest has a solid musical lineup that includes […]

[Vinyl Giveaway] IDAHO and CAMP RADIO’s latest LPs

As promised a couple weeks back in my Faves of 2011 post, I have extra vinyl editions of two of those fine records to grant to some lucky souls. And they couldn’t be more different: Camp Radio‘s “Campista Socialista” full-length and Idaho‘s “You Were A Dick” LP. A blast of Canadian trio power-pop and one […]

[A Special Giveaway] KRISTIN HERSH books, music, + tee

Here’s a giveaway that’s been very long in the posting… since Autumn, in fact, when Kristin Hersh‘s debut memoir, “Rat Girl” was published in the U.S. and I started putting together this little contest to mark the occasion. Life got in the way, Kristin kept planning more cool stuff I thought I’d wait for, and […]

[Boston Ticket Giveaway] THE CORIN TUCKER BAND on 10/25 at the Paradise

This coming Monday, singer/guitarist Corin Tucker brings her new songs and backing band to Boston as part of her first-ever East coast solo tour, and I’m probably one of the few people more excited about her drummer than the former (and hopefully future) Sleater-Kinney member herself. Sure, when I heard Corin was working on her […]

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  • About the ‘Nac

    This is Bradley's Almanac. I'm your host, Brad. Barely holding it together since February 2000.

    "I love this song. It's so true. I wish this song was a whole day long. Man, I would have the best day that day."
    - The Kids In The Hall

  • Almanac Archives

  • Boston-Area Action

    Tuesday, June 19th
    “Red Set: A History of Gang of Four”
    book launch with author Jim Dooley,
    Boston music journalist Jim Sullivan,
    & Go4  drummer Hugo Burnham (!)
    7pm @ Brookline Booksmith

    Wednesday, June 20th
    Blk Squirrl (Record Release)
    w/special guests Sundog
    and Andy California
    @ the Midway in JP

    Thursday, June 21st
    Tracyanne & Danny
    (of Camera Obscura/Crybaby)
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, June 23rd
    The English Beat
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday & Sunday
    June 23rd & June 24th
    Ray LaMontagne
    Neko Case
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 24th
    Body/Head
    Gunn-Truscinski Duo
    @ Great Scott

    Monday, June 25th
    Jeremy Enigk (full band)
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, June 26th
    Mal Blum
    Heavy Pockets
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, June 26th
    Southern Culture on the Skids
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, June 26th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Speedy Ortiz
    The Homeless Gospel Choir
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, June 27th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Restorations
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, June 27th
    Styx
    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
    Tesla
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, June 29th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Tim Barry
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, June 30th
    Kal Marks
    Baerd
    Edge Petal Burn
    Pink Navel
    Prior Panic
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, June 30th
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Dave Hause & The Mermaids
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, July 1st
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    The Hotelier
    War on Women
    @ the Royale

    Monday, July 2nd
    Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
    Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band
    Trapper Schoepp
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, July 3rd
    Phoenix
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, July 6th
    Steve Miller Band
    Peter Frampton
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 10th
    Adult Swim presents…
    The Pillows featuring FLCL
    with Noodle & Cullen Omari
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, July 10th
    Fable Grazer
    Grex
    The Modern Voice
    Brown Lasers
    @ the Midway in JP

    Wednesday, July 11th
    The Get Up Kids
    Raquet Club
    Ageist
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, July 11th
    Quiet Slang (solo Beach Slang)
    Abi Reimold
    @ Great Scott

    Wednesday & Thursday
    July 11th & 12th
    Neil Young
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Thursday, July 12th
    Snail Mail
    Bonny Doon
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, July 13th
    Immersion
    (featuring Colin from Wire)
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, July 14th
    Freezepop
    Party Bois
    Photocomfort
    Symbion Project
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, July 15th
    Snail Mail
    Bonny Doon
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, July 15th
    Beck
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 17th
    Erasure
    Reed & Caroline
    @ the House of Blues

    Tuesday, July 17th
    Coheed and Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    The Story So Far
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 17th
    Weezer
    Pixies
    Sleigh Bells
    @ Xfinity Center

    Wednesday, July 18th
    Arcade Fire
    Hamilton Leithauser
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Wednesday, July 18th
    Faust
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, July 19th
    Bent Knee
    Gatherers
    Animal Flag
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, July 20th
    Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls
    @ Atwood’s

    Friday, July 20th
    Hallelujah The Hills
    Adam Remnant
    Planet of Adventure
    @ the Midway in JP

    Saturday, July 21st
    The Magic Numbers
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, July 21st
    Camp Cope
    Petal
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday & Sunday
    July 21st & 22nd
    Foo Fighters
    The Struts & Monsieurs (21st)
    Dinosaur Jr. & Speedy Ortiz (22nd)
    @ Fenway Park

    Monday, July 23rd
    Greta Van Fleet
    @ the House of Blues

    Friday, July 27th
    Arctic Monkeys
    Mini Mansions
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, July 27th
    Boy George & Culture Club
    The B-52s
    Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Saturday, July 28th
    Sleep
    Heavy Blanket
    Dylan Carson
    @ the Royale

    Saturday & Sunday
    July 28th & 29th
    Radiohead
    @ TD Garden

    Monday, July 30th
    The Cult
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Bush
    Big Jesus
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 31st
    Quicksand
    Glassjaw
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, July 31st &
    Wednesday, August 1st
    David Byrne
    Benjamin Clementine
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 31st
    The Smashing Pumpkins
    Metric
    @ TD Garden

    Thursday, August 2nd
    Alex Cameron
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 3rd
    The Essex Green
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, August 3rd
    Jeff Beck
    & Paul Rodgers
    + Ann Wilson (Heart)
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Monday, August 6th
    Free Cake For Every Creature
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Puppy Problems
    Tuft
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, August 10th
    Pedro the Lion
    H.C. McEntire
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, August 10th
    Billy Joel
    @ Fenway Park

    Saturday, August 11th
    Mourn
    Chastity
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, August 11th
    Wussy
    Sleepyhead
    @ Sonia

    Saturday, August 11th
    Joan of Arc
    @ the Middle East

    Saturday, August 11th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    @ the Wilbur

    Saturday, August 11th
    Journey & Def Leppard
    with Cheap Trick
    @ Fenway Park

    Monday, August 13th
    Cake
    Ben Folds
    Tall Heights
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Monday & Tuesday
    August 13th & 14th
    The Gaslight Anthem
    Matt Mays
    Worriers
    @ House of Blues

    Wednesday, August 15th
    Agent Orange
    Silver Screams
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, August 15th
    Sparta
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, August 16th
    Ra Ra Riot
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 17th
    Counting Crows
    Live
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Saturday, August 18th
    Alkaline Trio
    Together Pangea
    @ the House of Blues

    Saturday, August 18th
    Calpurnia
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, August 23rd
    Belly
    @ the Royale

    Friday, August 24th
    Hellrazor
    Halfsour
    Freak Heat Waves
    Kristian North
    @ O’Brien’s

    Friday, August 24th
    Beach House
    Papercuts
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, August 25th
    Luna
    Old Yolk
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, August 26th
    Amen Dunes
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, August 27th
    LVL UP (final tour)
    @ Great Scott

    Sunday & Tuesday
    September 2nd & 4th
    Pearl Jam
    @ Fenway Park

    Monday, September 3rd
    The Fixx (playing “Reach
    the Beach” and more)
    @ City Winery Boston

    Friday, September 7th
    The Jesus Lizard
    All Souls
    @ the Royale

    Friday, September 7th
    First Aid Kit
    Julia Jacklin
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Saturday, September 8th
    Ex Hex
    @ Great Scott

    Sunday, September 9th
    Saint Etienne
    DJ Carbo
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, September 10th
    Let’s Eat Grandma
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, September 11th
    Killing Joke
    <PIG>
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday, September 11th
    Van Morrison
    Shana Morrison
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, September 11th
    Interpol
    with Sunflower Bean
    @ the Orpheum

    Thursday, September 13th
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, September 13th
    Car Seat Headrest
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, September 13th
    MC5
    “MC50: Kick Out the Jams –
    the 50th Anniversary Tour.”
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, September 14th
    The The
    @ the Orpheum

    Friday, September 14th
    Remo Drive
    Field Medic
    Prince Daddy & the Hyena
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, September 14th
    Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, September 15th
    Ash
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, September 19th
    Mothers
    @ Great Scott

    Wednesday, September 19th
    The Growlers
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, September 19th
    Arthur Buck
    (Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck)
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, September 19th
    Michael Nesmith &
    The First National Band
    @ the Somerville Theatre

    Thursday, September 20th
    Gary Numan
    Nightmare Air
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, September 21st
    Outlaw Music Festival with
    Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson,
    Nathaniel Rateliff & The
    Night Sweats, Margo Price,
    Lukas Nelson & Promise of the
    Real, Particle Kid
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Friday, September 21st
    Rooney
    Mating Ritual
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, September 25th
    Alvvays
    Hatchie
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, September 26th
    Mt. Joy
    @ the Royale

    Friday, September 28th
    Bully
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, October 1st
    Blizten Trapper
    @ Great Scott

    Monday, October 1st
    The Charlatans
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, October 2nd
    Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem)
    Craig Finn (the Hold Steady)
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 3rd
    Simple Minds
    @ the Orpheum

    Wednesday, October 5th
    Great Lake Swimmers
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 6th
    Active Bird Community
    @ Great Scott

    Saturday, October 6th
    Social Distortion
    Will Hoge
    Pony Bradshaw
    @ the House of Blues

    Sunday, October 7th
    Nothing
    Swirlies
    Big Bite
    Smut
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, October 7th
    Ben Howard
    Wye Oak
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Monday, October 8th
    Liz Phair
    Speedy Ortiz
    @ the Royale

    Monday, October 8th
    Gruff Rhys
    @ Great Scott

    Tuesday, October 9th
    White Denim
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, October 11th
    Swearin’
    Empath
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, October 12th
    Florence & the Machine
    @ the TD Garden

    Saturday, October 13th
    The Jayhawks
    @ the Somerville Theatre

    Sunday, October 14th
    The Vaccines
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, October 14th
    Gorillaz
    Little Dragon
    @ TD Garden

    Sunday, October 14th
    Death Cab for Cutie
    Charly Bliss
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, October 17th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    “Dizzy Up The Girl
    20th Anniversary Tour”
    @ House of Blues

    Thursday, October 18th
    Big Thief
    The Range of Light Wilderness
    michael
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, October 18th
    The Proletariat
    Savageheads
    Silver Screams
    @ Sonia

    October 19th & 20th
    Nine Inch Nails
    The Jesus & Mary Chain
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Saturday, October 20th
    Mitski
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, October 20th
    Chvrches
    @ the Orpheum

    Sunday, October 21st
    Johnny Marr
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, October 21st
    Courtney Barnett
    Waxahatchee
    @ House of Blues

    Tuesday, October 23rd
    The Church
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, October 23rd
    Garbage
    @ House of Blues

    Wednesday, October 24th
    Lily Allen
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, October 28th
    Monster Magnet
    Electric Citizen
    Dark Sky Choir
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, November 1st
    Tune-Yards
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, November 2nd
    Roky Erickson
    @ the ONCE Ballroom

    Monday, November 5th
    Shannon & the Clams
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, November 5th
    Tenacious D
    @ the House of Blues

    Tuesday, November 6th
    The Joy Formidable
    Tancred
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 9th
    Low
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, November 13th
    Pale Waves
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, November 14th
    Wild Nothing
    @ the Royale

    Friday, November 16th
    Jim James (from MMJ – solo)
    Alynda Segarra
    (from Hurray for the Riff Raff)
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Saturday, November 24th
    Kurt Vile
    @ the House of Blues

    Wednesday, December 5th
    Reverend Horton Heat
    & Junior Brown with
    The Blasters
    Big Sandy
    @ the Royale