Bradley’s Almanac

(The return of) Music Miscellany: Upcoming Boston-area shows (TT’s tonight!)

Posted on December 21, 2010 at 5:03 pm | No Comments

Hey, remember me? Name’s Brad. Used to run a music blog, back in the day. Don’t blame you if it doesn’t ring a bell.

Let’s get reacquainted, shall we? Time to blow a little dust off this place, shake out the sheets with some personally inspiring show-related randomness. I’ll spare you the many excuses for my too-long absence (that’ll be a whole ‘nother post) and just jump straight in…

The impending new year will bring a whole mess of great bands to the Boston-area. Seriously, I’m buying more tickets lately than Christmas presents (uh, sorry, family), and new shows keep popping up every day. Here’s a quick look at few I’m excited about in January — not necessarily all of the ones I’m looking forward to, but definitely the ones you should get tickets to before they disappear. There’s also a show tonight you should check out, and a couple beyond the end of January I’ll mention while I’m at it…


camper van beethoven

  • The ongoing “bands playing entire albums” trend looks like it will continue into 2011, with David Lowery bringing both his bands (Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker) to the Middle East Downstairs on January 16th. CVB will run through all of 1989’s “Key Lime Pie” (the last album before their 1990 breakup, notable for the single “(I Was Born In A) Laundromat” and their cover of “Pictures of Matchstick Men“), and Cracker will serve up their 1993 sophomore breakthrough “Kerosene Hat”. I was never much of a Cracker fan, but as a massive Camper Van devotee, I’d be infinitely more excited to see them do KLP’s immediate predecessor, “Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart”. Doesn’t mean I won’t still be there for CVB’s set, though. Tickets, yo.

    As long as we’re on the subject of Mr. Lowery – he’ll be releasing his very first solo record on February 1st courtesy of 429 Records. It’s called “The Palace Guards”, and he’s shared up the title track as a preview…

  • I can’t help but feel some pride, however completely unjustified, when bands from my homestate of Vermont get well-deserved attention outside its borders. So I’ve been particularly keen on the ascendance of longtime Lyndonville resident (and now West Virginian) Dean Wells, aka The Capstan Shafts, over the past couple of years. While he’s been using that name for about a decade, all the P4K props and live-band action are relatively recent. January 18th brings some of that live action to the Boston area, finally, when he (and his backing band?) opens for our own Hallelujah The Hills at TT the Bears. A guaranteed, can’t-miss, wintertime hootenanny will ensue. Get those tickets.
  • The following Friday sees a ridiculously stacked solo-guitar-guy triple-bill at the soon-to-open Brighton Music Hall in Allston (formerly Harper’s Ferry). Seriously, just look at this: Ted Leo headlines, Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom precedes him, and Drew O’Doherty (ex-Ivory Coast, and one of Ted’s former Pharmacists) kicks things off. I mean, jeez, all killer no filler. Last time I saw Drew open for Ted, they used a Springsteen song as an aural relay baton – wonder if those three gents will come up with some kind of cool handoff to segue between each set this time around. One can hope. Grab tickets online, or save on fees and pick them up at the Paradise Box Office, who also handle BMH ticket sales.
  • Not music, but this will rock in it’s own way: On Saturday, January 22nd at 2pm, ace funny-man and occasional actor Patton Oswalt hits town for an afternoon appearance at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, courtesy of the Brookline Booksmith. The special occasion? He’s got a book to sell, meaning you’ve got one to buy. His imminent memoir is titled “Zombie Spaceship Wasteland”, and for $5 you can be there when he cracks wise in Coolidge Corner. Stop by the Booksmith to grab a ticket, and soon.
  • I’ve never been a huge Decemberists fan, and less so after the last couple albums, but I’ll still be at one of their two late-January shows at Boston’s House of Blues. Why? Two words, two people: Wye Oak. Jenn & Andy are opening both nights, January 28th & 29th, and I’m hoping/assuming we’ll get to hear some songs from their out-in-March-on-Merge third album, “Civilian”. I have two wishes: Their set isn’t cut too short due to the opening slot, and if it is, that they come back to town very soon for a headline date once the album arrives. I missed their last Boston-area show, and that ain’t gonna happen again. Make with the ticket buying: night one / night two.
  • The month of January ends with two competing locally-focused shows that might have you hoping for the quick arrival of cloning technology: Saturday, January 29th gives a choice between the foursome of Mean Creek, Taxpayer, Girlfriends, and Dirty Dishes at the Brighton Music Hall vs. a show across the river at the Lizard Lounge with Aloud, This Blue Heaven, Oranjuly, and One Happy Island. A tough call, to be sure, but you should think about advance tickets no matter where your decision falls.

    Be forewarned: That Lizard Lounge show is the night One Happy Island officially releases a 4-track split single with personal UK fave Standard Fare (!). The bands cover a song by each other, and each offer up a new one. Cannot wait to hold that piece of wax in my happy little hands, especially so I can hear OHI’s take on one of my favorite Standard Fare tracks, “A Night With A Friend“.

  • Looking a bit further ahead into February, you must acquire grab tickets for the Radio Dept. at the Middle East Downstairs on February 4th if you haven’t already, and if you’re a fan of seminal Aussie quartet The Church, buy one for their February 18th appearance at Showcase Live in Foxboro. I’ve seen, and loved, them at that general-admission, seated venue before, and this time they’ll make it more special: Three entire albums (1988’s “Starfish”, 1992’s “Priest=Aura”, 2009’s “Untitled #23) played top-to-bottom in one night. Yup, there’s that ongoing trend again, with the Church tripling down.
  • Two shows in March jump out at me: Walter Schreifels (Quicksand/Gorilla Biscuits) and his recently-rekindled Rival Schools show up on Saturday, March 5th at the Brighton Music Hall, and all-girl uber-group Wild Flag plays there two days later on Monday, March 7th. Why “uber”? ‘Cuz it’s former Bostonian Mary Timony (Helium) with Janet Weiss (Quasi), Carrie Brownstein (that’s 2/3 of Sleater-Kinney), and Rebecca Cole (the Minders). Been a long time since a new band has gotten so much digital ink before any officially-released recordings, or even before their first show (which happened last month), but given that pedigree, they kinda deserve it. Austin’s Yellow Fever and Boston’s JP’s own Shepherdess open up that show. Tickets right here.

    Think they’ll play this cover when they hit town?…

    Yeah, I kinda think they will, too.

  • I’d be remiss if I didn’t also mention one show that’s happening before we ring in another new year: TONIGHT, Tuesday the 21st, new fave In The Audience opens up a 3-band night on the side-stage at TT the Bears. The self-described musical collective pulls members from both Portland (ME) and Toronto, and I’ve really liked everything I’ve heard from them so far. There’s an 8-track album (“What Lives”, released in October) available over at their Bandcamp site, and they’re in the midst of recording a new album as well. Keep an eye on their MySpace site, where they’re promising to share up some fresh demos. They’ve been kind enough to send some to me, and they’re a marked improvement on the already-good songs from that first release. Pretty psyched to see them play, and I’m hoping there are more people in the crowd to see them than you’d expect for the opening-slot-on-a-holiday-week-Tuesday. In other words: Join me at TT’s tonight, k? Get there at 9 sharp so you don’t miss a note. Here’s something from their poppier side that should help you make those plans…

    [MP3] In The Audience – “For Courtney”

    Hit up Bandcamp to stream (or better yet, buy) some more. Give a listen to “Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament“, and head to MySpace for their cover of Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” (yes, that was the second Bruce mention in this post).

    One show that hasn’t been announced yet, but surely will, is the reunited Sebadoh‘s return to town. They’ve just announced a slew of West Coast dates, and the East Coast itinerary is imminent. The occasion? A re-release/reissue/repackage/remaster of what is, as far as I’m concerned, their best album: Bakesale. You want bonus trax? How about freakin’ 25 of them.

    Naturally we’ll get Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein both, but no Eric Gaffney this time around. Bakesale-drummer Bob Fay unfortunately isn’t along for the ride either, but we’ll get treated instead to Bob D’Amico behind the kit. Bob’s been playing with Jason for years, and has been doing rhythmic duty alongside Jason in Fiery Furnaces lately. Cannot wait to see them rock those Bakesale tracks out. I’ll be the one kinda freaking out during “Drama Mine“.

    Postscripts:

    1. Tonight: TTs!

    2. It appears as though I’ll be at Brighton Music Hall more times in their first few months of existence than I was during all the years it was Harper’s Ferry. BMH booker for the win!

    3. Hey, look, I made a blog post! Feel free to slow clap.

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Friday, July 11th
    The Zombies film
    "Hung Up on A Dream" with
    Colin Blunstone playing live
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, July 11th
    Neptune
    Landowner
    Germ House
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, July 11th
    Winona Fighter
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, July 11th
    Cap'n Jazz
    Coffin Prick
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, July 11th
    Wu-Tang Clan (final tour)
    with Run the Jewels
    @ the Garden

    Saturday, July 12th
    A Monolithic Dome
    Warmachine
    Astral Bitch
    @ 4th Wall, Arlington

    Saturday, July 12th
    Walter Sickert & the
    Army of Broken Toys
    with Eight Foot Manchild
    & Lovina Falls
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, July 15th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang

    Tuesday, July 15th
    Daryl Hall
    Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
    @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium

    Tuesday, July 15th
    Authors Stephen Weiner
    and Dan Mazur present their book
    "Will Eisner: A Comics Biography"
    @ Brookline Booksmith

    Wednesday, July 16th
    Slo-anne (last show for awhile)
    Toluca Lake
    Watson Park
    @ Deep Cuts

    Wednesday, July 16th
    Shakey Graves
    Hovvdy
    @ the House of Blues Boston

    Wednesday, July 16th
    Kyle Mooney
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, July 16th
    Tripping Daisy
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, July 16th
    Mekons
    Johnny Dowd
    @ City Winery

    Thursday, July 17th
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Special Live Music & Film Event
    with a Solo Performance, short film,
    & conversation with Lance Bangs
    @ the Brattle Theatre

    Thursday, July 17th
    Cyndi Lauper's
    Farewell Tour
    with Jake Wesley Rogers
    @ Xfinity Center

    Thursday & Friday
    July 17th & 18th
    The Lumineers
    Young the Giant (on the 17th)
    St. Vincent (on the 18th)
    Hippo Campus
    @ Fenway Park

    Friday, July 18th
    Meg Toohey
    @ Club Passim

    Friday, July 18th
    Samantha Crain
    @ Warehouse XI

    Friday, July 18th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Snail Mail
    Easy Action
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, July 18th
    Whirr
    Nothing
    @ the Royale

    Friday & Saturday
    July 18th & 19th
    PIXIES
    performing "Bossanova"
    & "Trompe Le Monde" (18th)
    with Momma opening
    and a set of classics (19th)
    with Kurt Vile & the Violators
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, July 19th
    Happy Little Clouds
    (album release show!)
    with Eddie Japan
    @ the Burren

    Saturday, July 19th
    Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
    with Ken Marino, David Wain, & more
    @ City Winery

    Saturday, July 19th
    Michael McColgan
    & the Bomb Squad
    with Badterms and
    Nick & the Adversaries
    @ the Middle East

    Saturday, July 19th
    Bad Moves (farewell tour)
    Theo Grizol (of Nana Grizol)
    @ Deep Cuts

    Saturday, July 19th &
    Friday, September 5th
    Men I Trust
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, July 20th
    Thus Love
    Lahnah
    @ O'Brien's

    Monday, July 21st
    Pelican
    Porcelain
    Glacier
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, July 21st
    Ghost
    @ TD Garden

    Wednesday, July 23rd
    Ben Folds & a Piano
    @ Shalin Liu, Rockport

    Wednesday, July 23rd
    Cloudbelly
    Lost Film
    @ Bellforge Arts Center

    Thursday, July 24th
    Kesha
    Rose Gray
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Friday, July 25th
    Tinkertown
    Ghosts & Shadows
    @ the Burren Backroom

    Friday, July 25th
    Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage
    Noah Britton
    @ the Rockwell

    Saturday, July 26th
    Toto
    Christopher Cross
    Men At Work
    @ Leader Bank Pavilion

    Saturday, July 26th
    The Dogmatics
    (record release party!)
    with Black Cheers,
    Jay Allen & The Archcriminals
    Last Stand, Gypsy Moths
    Tom Baker & The Double Down
    Stop Calling Me Frank, Band 19
    3:30pm @ the French American
    Victory Club in Waltham

    Saturday, July 26th
    Rod Stewart
    Cheap Trick
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Saturday & Sunday
    July 26th & 27th
    GRUB SWEAT & BEERS
    So many metal bands
    @ O'Brien's

    Tuesday, July 29th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Dashboard Confessional
    @ the Pavilion

    Wednesday, July 30th
    Femi Kuti & the Positive Force
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, July 30th
    TV on the Radio
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, July 30th
    The "Happy Together" Tour
    featuring The Turtles,
    Jay & the Americans,
    Little Anthony, Mark Lindsay
    (of Paul Revere & the Raiders),
    The Vogues, & the Cowsills
    @ Lynn Auditorium

    Wednesday, July 30th
    The Offspring
    Jimmy Eat World
    New Found Glory
    @ Xfinity Center

    Thursday, July 31st
    New Bob Turks
    The Drowns
    Static Friction
    @ Sonia

    Friday, August 1st
    LOST 80's LIVE
    with A Flock of Seagulls,
    Big Country, General Public,
    The Vapors, Belouis Some,
    The Icicle Works, China Crisis,
    Josie Cotton, Polecats,
    and more
    @ the Wang

    Friday, August 1st
    The Church
    @ the Somerville Theatre

    Friday, August 1st
    Sharpie Smile
    @ the Rockwell

    Saturday, August 2nd
    Chicago
    @ the Pavilion

    Saturday, August 2nd
    Pantera
    Amon Amarth
    @ Great Woods

    Sunday, August 3rd
    Clipse
    EarthGang
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    August 7th, 8th, & 9th
    SOMERGLOOM V
    with Sumac, Body Void,
    The Keening, Morne, Chepang,
    Moths, Cowardice, Slow Quit,
    Vudu Sister, Guhts, Lepra,
    Lesotho, A Monolithic Dome,
    Main Era, Chainlacing, &
    Tears From A Grieving Heart
    @ Deep Cuts &
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    a Rhode Island exception...
    Sunday, August 10th
    Rick Maguire (Pile)
    Carl Shane (Kal Marks)
    2pm-5pm @ Myrtle

    Tuesday, August 12th
    Stevie Nicks
    @ TD Garden

    Tuesday, August 12th
    John Moreland
    Jared Hart
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, August 13th
    Clipping.
    @ The Sinclair

    Wednesday, August 13th
    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
    @ The Center for Arts, Natick

    Wednesday, August 13th
    Open Mike Eagle
    Oceanator
    @ the Middle East Upstairs

    Thursday, August 14th
    The Armed
    Prostitute
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 15th
    The Doobie Brothers
    The Coral Reefer Band
    @ Xfinity Center

    Saturday, August 16th
    The Black Keys
    Gary Clark Jr.
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, August 16th
    Architects
    Erra
    Holy Water
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, August 16th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    KT Tunstall
    Six Pence None the Richer
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Wednesday, August 20th
    The Joe Perry Project
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, August 20th
    Viruette
    Mallcops
    @ Bellforge Arts Center

    Thursday, August 21st
    The Smiths Tribute (NYC)
    Staring at the Sea (Cure tribute)
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 22nd
    Cave In
    "Jupiter" 25th Anniversary show
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, August 23rd
    Tugboat Annie
    Vic Firecracker
    Forevers
    @ the Burren Back Room

    Sunday, August 24th
    "Twin Peaks: A Conversation
    With The Stars" featuring
    Ray Wise, Harry Goaz,
    Kimmy Robertson, &
    Executive Producer
    Sabrina S. Sutherland
    @ the Wilbur

    Tuesday, August 26th
    The Who
    @ Fenway Park

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    August 26th & 27th
    James Taylor
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Thursday, August 28th
    Hotline TNT
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden

    Saturday, August 30th
    Coheed & Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    Foxing
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Friday, September 5th
    The Sheila Divine
    Viruette
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, September 5th
    James Austin Johnson
    (comedian/SNL)
    @ the Cut

    Friday & Saturday
    September 5th & 6th
    TOUGH LUCK FEST 2025
    day one: Slow Joy, Trophy Wife,
    Actor Observer, Exit 18, 5ever,
    & Sophie's Body
    day two: Great American Ghost,
    Move, Euclid, Blood Tithe,
    Survive the Sun, & Sevalynn
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    The 13th Annual JP Music Festival!
    @ Pinebank Field in JP

    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    Slow Crush
    Faetooth
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    Ron Sexsmith
    @ Club Passim

    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    "Seisiún: a two-day Irish
    music & cultural gathering"
    6th: Dropkick Murphys,
    the Hold Steady, Stiff Little Fingers,
    The Scratch, The Rumjacks,
    Holy Locuts, & more
    7th: The Pogues, The Waterboys,
    Cardinals, Just Mustard,
    Lisa O'Neill, Mairead,
    John Francis Flynn, & more
    @ the Stage at Suffolk Downs

    Sunday, September 7th
    The Outlaw Music Festival
    10th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Sunday, September 7th
    Rilo Kiley
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Sunday, September 7th
    My Chemical Romance
    Idles
    @ Fenway Park

    Tuesday, September 9th
    James plays "Laid"
    @ the House of Blues

    Tuesday, September 9th
    Mac DeMarco
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 10th
    Alex G
    Nilüfer Yanya
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 10th
    Glitterfox
    @ the Rockwell

    Wednesday, September 10th
    Robbie Fulks
    @ Club Passim

    Thursday, Sept. 11th
    Sparks
    @ Berklee Performance Center

    Thursday, September 11th
    Alex G
    Nilüfer Yanya
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, September 11th
    Bruce Dickinson
    (Iron Maiden)
    @ the House of Blues

    Friday, September 12th
    Superchunk
    Tee Vee Repairmann
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, September 12th
    The Brian's Jonestown Massacre
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, September 12th
    Ethel Cain
    9million
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 12th
    Supergrass
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Friday, September 12th
    Greg Hawkes with Eddie Japan
    performing the music of The Cars
    @ the Spire Center, Plymouth

    Friday, September 12th
    Saturday, September 13th
    Black Moth Super Rainbow
    Ricky Eat Acid
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, September 13th
    The Del Fuegos
    @ Bellforge Arts Center

    Saturday, September 13th
    Dwight Yoakam
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, September 13th
    Pulp
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Sunday, Sept 14th
    Alabama Shakes
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Sunday, September 14th
    Wet Leg
    Mary In The Junkyard
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, September 15th
    PUP
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Ekko Astral
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, September 15th
    Steve Winwood
    @ The Cabot

    Tuesday, September 16th
    Molly Tuttle
    Cecelia Castleman
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, September 17th
    Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Willie Watson
    @ the Pavilion

    Thursday, September 18th
    The Bouncing Souls
    H2O
    Smoking Popes
    Jer
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, September 18th
    Rose City Band
    Wet Tuna
    @ Deep Cuts

    Thursday, September 18th
    J. Robbins
    Drew & Finley Do O'Doherty
    @ the Old Fire Station
    in Woods Hole, MA

    Thursday, September 18th
    Garbage
    Starcrawler
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 19th
    Soccer Mommy
    Dummy
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, September 19th
    George Thorogood
    & the Destroyers
    @ Lynn Auditorium

    Friday, September 19th
    Russian Circles
    Blackwater Holylight
    @ the Royale

    Friday & Saturday
    September 19th & 20th
    Boston Fuzzstival 2025
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Saturday, September 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, September 20th
    Turnstile
    Mannequin Pussy
    SPEED
    Jane Remover
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Saturday, September 20th
    Morrissey
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, September 20th
    Wolf Alice
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, September 20th
    Silver Screams
    Sonic Bomb
    Linnea's Garden
    @ Koto Salem

    Sunday, September 21st
    Sebadoh
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Sunday, September 21st
    Laura Stevenson
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, September 21st
    Marina
    Mallrat
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, September 21st
    Múm
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Sunday, September 21st
    Nation of Language
    Greet Death
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, September 21st
    Shonen Knife
    @ Sonia

    Monday, September 22nd
    Elvis Costello & the Imposters
    "Radio Soul!" tour
    with Charlie Sexton
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    The Minus 5
    The Baseball Project
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Viagra Boys
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 24th
    The Beaches
    Debbii Dawson
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, September 25th
    Cowboy Junkies
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Thursday, September 25th
    Junior Varsity
    @ the Rockwell

    Thursday, September 25th
    Iggy Pop
    Sex Pistols
    The Molotovs
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Thursday through Sunday
    Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th
    John Mulaney
    "Mister Whatever" tour
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Friday, September 26th
    The Front Bottoms
    Sincere Engineer
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 26th
    Lorde
    Blood Orange
    The Japanese House
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, September 26th
    Stereolab
    The Memorials
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, September 27th
    Car Seat Headrest
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, September 27th
    Rolo Tomassi
    @ the Rockwell

    Saturday, September 27th
    X
    Los Lobos
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Sunday, September 28th
    An Evening with author
    Samin Nosrat discussing
    her cookbook "Good Things"
    with Hrishikesh Hirway
    @ Emerson Colonial Theatre

    Sunday, September 28th
    The Tubs
    @ Deep Cuts

    Monday, September 29th
    Melvins
    Red Kross
    @ Fete in Providence

    Tuesday, September 30th
    Murray Hill
    @ City Winery

    Wednesday, October 1st
    Tropical F*ck Storm
    Mark Robinson
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Wednesday, October 1st
    Bad Suns
    Yot Club
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, October 2nd
    Amy Millan (Stars/BSS)
    @ the Middle East

    Thursday, October 2nd
    DEVO
    The B-52s
    Lene Lovich Band
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Thursday, October 2nd
    Elbow
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, October 3rd
    Home Is Where
    Forests
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    October 2nd, 3rd, & 4th
    David Byrne
    @ the Wang

    Saturday & Sunday
    October 4th & 5th
    An Inconceivable Evening
    with Cary Elwes
    & a screening of
    The Princess Bride
    @ the Wilbur

    Monday, October 6th
    Swans
    Little Annie
    Paul Wallfisch
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, October 6th
    Yusuf/Cat Stevens
    "An Evening Of Tales,
    Tunes And Other Mysteries"
    Book Tour show
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Anamanaguchi
    Ovlov
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    (acoustic show)
    @ the Wang

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    'Howl' 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Humanist
    @ House of Blues

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Water From Your Eyes
    Her New Knife
    Editrix
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, October 8th
    The Murder Capital
    @ Sonia

    Thursday, October 9th
    Team Dresch
    Vitapup
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Thursday, October 9th
    The Rapture
    @ House of Blues

    Thursday, October 9th
    Violent Femmes
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Friday, October 10th
    AFI
    TR/ST @ the House of Blues

    Friday, October 10th
    Jukebox the Ghost
    Boys Go To Jupiter
    @ the Royale

    Friday, October 10th
    Destroyer
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, October 11th
    Pile
    Nnamdï
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues

    Sunday, October 12th
    The Miki Berenyi Trio
    (that's Miki from Lush)
    Gina Birch
    The Unreasonables
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, October 13th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, October 14th
    Grandaddy
    celebrating the 25th anniversary
    of "The Sophtware Slump"
    with Greg Freeman
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 15th
    Modest Mouse
    Built to Spill
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Wednesday, October 15th
    Disclosure (Live)
    Fcukers
    Villager
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, October 16th
    Moving Targets
    Billy Batts & the Made Men
    Spiller
    @ Faces Brewing

    Friday, October 17th
    The Psychedelic Furs
    Gary Numan
    @ MGM Musis Hall

    Saturday, October 18th
    Patty Griffin &
    Rickie Lee Jones
    @ the Chevalier

    Sunday, October 19th
    Guerilla Toss
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Sunday, October 19th
    Ruston Kelly
    Sam MacPherson
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, October 20th
    Leisure
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, October 21st
    Big Thief
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, October 21st
    Everclear
    Local H
    Sponge
    @ Big Night Live

    Thursday, October 23rd
    Neko Case
    Des Demonas
    @ The Wilbur

    Thursday, October 23rd
    Belly
    "King" 30th Anniversary Tour!
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday & Friday
    October 23rd & 24th
    Ali McGuirk
    "Watertop" Release Shows
    @ the Lizard Lounge

    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    October 24th, 25th, & 26th
    Jonathan Richman
    with Tommy Larkins
    @ the Somerville Theatre

    Saturday, October 25th
    Rufus Wainwright
    @ City Winery

    Saturday, October 25th
    Ezra Furman
    The Golden Dregs
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 25th
    Minus The Bear
    @ the House of Blues

    Monday, October 27th
    Laufey
    Suki Waterhouse
    @ TD Garden

    Monday, October 27th
    Autechre
    Mark Broom
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, October 29th
    Herbie Hancock
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, October 29th
    The Beta Band
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, October 30th
    Cage the Elephant
    Hey, Nothing
    Common People
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Friday, October 31st
    Fleshwater
    Chat Pile
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, November 1st
    Andy Bell (of Erasure)
    @ the Wilbur

    Sunday, November 2nd
    Fruit Bats (solo)
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, November 5th
    Boris
    "Pink" 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Uniform
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, November 6th
    Colin Hay (Men at Work)
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Thursday & Friday
    November 6th & 7th
    The Lone Bellow
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    November 6th, 7th, & 8th
    Buffalo Tom's 2nd annual
    "Please Come to Boston" fest
    with special live performances
    & guests each night
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday & Saturday
    November 7th & 8th
    Steve Martin & Martin Short
    three shows @ the Wang

    Saturday, November 8th
    Cracker
    with special guests
    @ Abbot Hall, Marblehead

    Saturday, November 8th
    The Mars Volta
    @ House of Blues

    Sunday, November 9th
    The Samples
    @ City Winery

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 11th & 12th
    Micky Dolenz (the Monkees)
    Songs & Stories
    @ City Winery

    Thursday, November 13th
    Janeane Garofalo
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday, November 14th
    Geese
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, November 14th
    Spiller
    The Long Wait
    @ the Middle East

    Saturday, November 15th
    Beach Fossils
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, November 16th
    The Faint
    Hercules & Love Affair
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, November 19th
    Author Joe Hill
    presenting 'King Sorrow'
    @ Brookline Booksmith

    Thursday, November 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 21st
    Queensrÿche
    Accept
    @ Somerville Theatre

    Saturday, November 22nd
    Couch
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, November 24th
    Bar Italia
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, November 24th
    Patti Smith
    Horses 50th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Orpheum

    Wednesday, November 26th
    The Lemonheads
    @ The Wilbur

    Saturday, November 29th
    Portugal. The Man
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, December 1st
    (second show added)
    The Beths
    Phoebe Rings
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, December 13th
    A John Waters Christmas
    @ Berklee Performance Center

    Thursday, January 15th, 2026
    Cate Le Bon
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, January 19th, 2026
    Shame
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, June 26th, 2026
    The Church
    The Singles Tour
    (rescheduled from 8/1/25)
    @ Somerville Theatre