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[Nac Tracks] April 2015 New Music Playlist

Posted on May 4, 2015 at 9:55 am | No Comments

File under: Better eventually then not at all. With blogging time at a premium (i.e. non-existent), I’m always looking for song-sharing shortcuts, so throwing new Soundcloud tracks that grab me into a monthly playlist is a no-brainer. Here’s the first one: My 35-song April 2015 “Nac Tracks” Soundcloud playlist, embedded for your listening pleasure…

The May 2015 edition is already in progress.

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Monday, July 7th
    Cameron Peak
    Heather Lynn
    Emily Irving
    @ the Wishing Well
    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, July 8th
    Lifeguard
    @ Deep Cuts
    Wednesday, July 9th
    WHICH SIDE?
    A Protest Music Teach-Out
    A Music Series with Discussion
    Hosted by James Sullivan
    featuring the Paid Protesters
    & a revolving cast of singers
    a 'pay what you can' affair
    @ the Lizard Lounge
    Thursday, July 10th
    Wavves
    Beach Goons
    chokecherry
    @ the Sinclair
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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, & 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
    Thursday & Friday
    November 6th & 7th
    The Lone Bellow
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday & Saturday
    November 7th & 8th
    Steve Martin & Martin Short
    three shows @ the Wang
    Saturday, November 8th
    The Mars Volta
    @ House of Blues
    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
    Saturday, November 15th
    Beach Fossils
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, November 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair
    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
    Wednesday, June 26th, 2026
    The Church
    The Singles Tour
    (rescheduled from 8/1/25)
    @ Somerville Theatre