Ticket Giveaway: Wye Oak @ Allston’s Great Scott
This coming Sunday night, on the 4th of May, Baltimore duo Wye Oak returns to Boston for their second show here this year, but this time they’ll have copies of their debut disc in hand, the wonderful “If Children”, recently (re)released on Merge. The four-band Great Scott bill includes personal fave Drew O’Doherty along with […]
Reminder: Tonight! The ‘Nac presents Film School @ TTs
film school Just a quick reminder to brave the late-April showers tonight and head down to TT the Bears in Central Square, Cambridge, where I’m happy to present a three-band bill headlined by San Francisco quintet Film School. Up first is personal faves The Broken River Prophet followed by a long-awaited return to the stage […]
The ‘Nac Presents: Film School @ TTs on 4/28 (free tix + merch)
In just a few days, on Monday night, April 28th, I’m seriously proud to be part of the first-ever “Bradley’s Almanac presents…” show at TT the Bears in Cambridge. The three-band bill is headlined by San Francisco quintet Film School, who released one of my favorite discs of last year in “Hideout”. Joining them are […]
Independent Film Fest of Boston: The Music
As regular attendees know, the Independent Film Festival of Boston has made no small effort to incorporate music-related aspects over the past few years, either with band-centric documentaries or films scored by excellent musicians. 2006 was a boon, as that year the fest gave us both the Pixies documentary “loudQUIETloud” and the Mission of Burma […]
Ticket Giveaway: Tapes ‘n Tapes @ the Paradise (tomorrow)
Minneapolis quartet Tapes ‘n Tapes returns to Boston tomorrow night (4/17) for a show at the Paradise with support from Austin tourmates White Denim. I’ve got a couple guest list spots to offer up courtesy of Beggars Banquet for one fortunate ‘Nac reader and a friend. I’ll keep it simple: Drop an email to giveaways […]
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Monday, April 23rd
Surfer Blood
Winter
@ Great Scott
Tuesday, April 24th
Halfsour
Eureka California
Pleaser
Kiss Concert
@ Great Scott
Tuesday, April 24th
Minus the Bear
The Coathangers
@ the Royale
Wednesday & Thursday
April 25th & 26th
Sofi Tukker
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, April 25th
Kate Nash
@ the Royale
Thursday, April 26th
Matt & Kim
Tokyo Police Club
Future Feats
@ the House of Blues
Friday, April 27th
Mr. Brownstone
(Guns n’ Roses tribute)
@ the Sinclair
Friday, April 27th
They Might Be Giants
@ the House of Blues
Saturday, April 28th
Hovvdy
Half Wait
@ Great Scott
Saturday, April 28th
Peter Hook & the Light
performing both of the
“Substance” collections by
Joy Division & New Order
@ the Paradise
Saturday & Sunday
April 28th & 29th
Turnover
Camp Cope
Summer Salt
Funeral Advantage (on Sunday)
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, April 29th
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
@ Atwood’s
Monday, April 30th
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Makeness
@ the Royale
Tuesday, May 1st
No Age
Behavior
@ Once Somerville
Tuesday, May 1st
Soccer Mommy
Long Beard
@ Great Scott
Tuesday, May 1st
Calexico
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, May 2nd
Frankie Cosmos
Florist
Lala Lala
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, May 2nd
Dr. Dog
Son Little
@ the House of Blues
Thursday, May 3rd
Haim
Lizzo
@ Agganis Arena
Thursday, May 3rd
Hop Along
Saintseneca
@ the Royale
Friday, May 4th
Life Partners
Black Helicopter
Ringtail
the modifierS
@ the Midway in JP
Friday, May 4th
Lake Street Dive
@ the Sinclair
Friday, May 4th
Steve Gunn
@ the Somerville Armory
Friday, May 4th
The Breeders
Melkbelly
@ the House of Blues
Friday, May 4th
Panda Bear
Geologist
@ the Paradise
Sunday, May 6th
Loma
(mems of Cross Record & Shearwater)
Jessica Williamson
@ Great Scott
Sunday, May 6th
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
@ the Orpheum
Monday, May 7th
Sloan
DJ Carbo
@ Brighton Music Hall
Monday, May 7th
Hinds
@ the Sinclair
Tuesday, May 8th
Trampled By Turtles
Hiss Golden Messenger
@ House of Blues
Wednesday, May 9th
Fully Celebrated Orchestra
with very special guests
The Hilken Mancini/Thalia Zedek Duo
@ the Midway in JP
Thursday, May 10th
This Will Destroy You
Alex Roldan
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, May 11th
Power Trip
Sheer Mag
Fury
Red Death
@ the Paradise
Sunday, May 13th
Wye Oak
Palm
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, May 13th
Melvins
@ the Paradise
Monday, May 14th
Liam Gallagher &
Richard Ashcroft
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Tuesday, May 15th
Alice Glass
Pictureplane
@ the Sinclair
Tuesday, May 15th
The Sea & Cake
@ Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, May 15th
Alice Glass
Pictureplane
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, May 16th
Editors
House of Harm
@ the Paradise
Thursday, May 17th|
Quiet Slang (solo Beach Slang)
@ Great Scott
Friday, May 18th
Jonathan Davis
@ House of Blues
Friday, May 18th
The Fratellis
@ the Paradise
Saturday, May 19th
Damien Jurado
Naomi Wachira
@ Brighton Music Hall
Sunday, May 20th
King Tuff
Cut Worms
@ Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, May 22nd
Helmet
Prong
@ Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, May 22nd
Suuns
Facs
@ Great Scott
Tuesday, May 22nd
Jukebox the Ghost
The Greeting Committee
@ the Royale
Wednesday, May 23rd
Parquet Courts
Goat Girl
@ the Royale
Monday, May 28th
Sylvan Esso
Local Natives
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Tuesday, May 29th
Post Animal
@ Great Scott
Tuesday, May 29th
Julien Baker
“Beyond the Band”
presented by Berklee/Do617
@ the Sinclair
Tuesday, May 29th
Primus
Mastodon
All Them Witches
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Wednesday, May 30th
Self Defense Family
Sanhet
Weeping Icon
@ Great Scott
Thursday, May 31st
Bat Fangs
Shepherdess
@ Great Scott
Saturday, March 31st
Corin Ashley’s
50th Birthday Bash!
@ Atwood’s
Friday, June 1st
Ghosts of Sailors at Sea
Black Helicopter
Stemwinder
Reindeer Castle
@ O’Brien’s
Friday & Saturday
June 1st & 2nd
Japanese Breakfast
LVL UP
Radiator Hospital
@ the Sinclair
Sunday & Monday
June 3rd & 4th
Ben Harper &
Charlie Musselwhite
@ the Sinclair
Tuesday, June 5th
Middle Kids
@ Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, June 6th
Liz Phair
Soccer Mommy
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, June 6th
“Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah
to The Last Goodbye” Book Q+A
with author Dave Lory
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, June 8th
Hot Snakes
Vundabar
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, June 8th
Nathaniel Rateliff
& the Night Sweats
with Deer Tick
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Friday, June 8th
Elephants
Mint Green
Hexpet
@ Great Scott
Friday, June 8th
Gomez
@ the Royale
Friday, June 8th
Eels
@ House of Blues
Saturday, June 9th
Bonnie Prince Billy
@ the Wilbur
Saturday, June 9th
Depeche Mode
@ TD Garden
Sunday, June 10th
Old Gray
“Farewell Tour”
I Kill Giants
Cerce
@ the Sinclair
Monday, June 11th
Eternal Summers
Funeral Advantage
Strange Passage
@ Great Scott
Monday, June 11th
Jimmy Eat World
Alex Lahey
@ House of Blues
Tuesday, June 12th
Lucinda Williams
Steve Earle
Dwight Yoakam
King Leg
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Tuesday, June 12th
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Lithics
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, June 13th
Cold Cave
Black Marble
Choir Boy
@ the Paradise
Wednesday, June 13th
Metz
@ Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, June 14th
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
@ the Royale
Friday, June 15th
Pianos Become The Teeth, dd
The World Is A Beautiful Place
& I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
@ the Sinclair
Friday & Saturday
June 15th & 16th
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
playing “Hearts of Oak” (on Fri)
& Lemuria
@ Brighton Music Hall
Sunday, June 17th
Matthew Sweet
@ Brighton Music Hall
Monday, June 18th
Chromeo
Pomo
@ House of Blues
Monday, June 18th
Spoon
Grizzly Bear
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Thursday, June 21st
Tracyanne & Danny
(of Camera Obscura/Crybaby)
@ the Sinclair
Saturday & Sunday
June 23rd & June 24th
Ray LaMontagne
Neko Case
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Monday, June 25th
Jeremy Enigk (full band)
@ 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
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
Wednesday, July 11th
The Get Up Kids
Raquet Club
Ageist
@ the Paradise
Friday, July 13th
Immersion
(featuring Colin from Wire)
@ Great Scott
Thursday, July 12th
Snail Mail
Bonny Doon
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, July 14th
Freezepop
Party Bois
Photocomfort
Symbion Project
@ 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
@ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Thursday, July 19th
Bent Knee
Gatherers
Animal Flag
@ the Sinclair
Friday, July 20th
Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls
@ Atwood’s
Saturday, July 21st
The Magic Numbers
@ Great Scott
Saturday, July 21st
Camp Cope
Petal
@ the Sinclair
Saturday & Sunday
July 21st & 22nd
Foo Fighters
@ 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
@ 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
@ 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
Friday, August 10th
Pedro the Lion
H.C. McEntire
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, August 10th
Billy Joel
@ Fenway Park
Saturday, August 11th
Wussy
@ Sonia
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
Wednesday, August 15th
Sparta
@ the Sinclair
Friday, August 17th
Counting Crows
Live
@ the Xfinity Center
Friday, August 24th
Beach House
@ House of Blues
Sunday, August 26th
Amen Dunes
@ the Sinclair
Sunday & Tuesday
September 2nd & 4th
Pearl Jam
@ Fenway Park
Monday, September 3rd
The Fixx (playing “Reach
the Beach” and more)
@ City Winery Boston
Saturday, September 8th
Ex Hex
@ Great Scott
Tuesday, September 11th
Killing Joke
@ the Paradise
Tuesday, September 11th
Van Morrison
Shana Morrison
@ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Thursday, September 13th
MC5
“MC50: Kick Out the Jams –
the 50th Anniversary Tour.”
@ the Paradise
Friday, September 14th
The The
@ the Orpheum
Saturday, September 15th
Ash
@ Brighton Music Hall
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 28th
Bully
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, October 17th
Goo Goo Dolls
“Dizzy Up The Girl
20th Anniversary Tour”
@ House of Blues
Sunday, October 21st
Courtney Barnett
Waxahatchee
@ House of Blues