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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Friday, June 9th
    Mercury On Mars
    Airport
    The Lights Out
    Fox Canadian
    @ the Jungle
    Friday, June 9th
    Steep Leans
    Kremlin Bats
    The Calendars
    Audrey & Karina
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Friday, June 9th
    Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
    "Restless Leg Tour"
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, June 10th
    Bryan Adams
    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
    @ TD Garden
    Sunday, June 11th
    Matt Talbot (of HUM)
    live in a living room
    @ Somerville, MA
    Wednesday, June 14th
    The Magnetic Fields
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, June 15th
    Fiddlehead
    Citizen
    @ House of Blues
    Friday, June 16th
    The Waco Brothers
    Matt York
    @ Haymarket Lounge
    @ City Winery
    Friday, June 16th
    Juliana Hatfield
    Kay Hanley
    Two shows! 4pm & 7pm
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Friday, June 16th
    Cloud Nothings
    Wavves
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, June 16th
    Toad The Wet Sprocket
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday, June 16th
    Steve Lacy
    James Blake
    Toro y Moi
    Fousheé
    @ the Stage @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday & Saturday
    June 16th & 17th
    Chris Smither
    @ Club Passim
    Saturday, June 17th
    LCD Soundsystem
    Jamie xx
    Idles
    L'Rain
    @ the Stage @ Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, June 18th
    boygenius
    Clairo
    Dijon
    Bartees Strange
    @ the Stage @ Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, June 18th
    Califone
    @ the Cantab
    Sunday, June 18th
    The Cure
    The Twilight Sad
    @ Xfinity Center
    Sunday & Monday
    June 18th & 19th
    Yo La Tengo
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, June 21st
    Lupo Citta
    Valley of the Weights
    Nat Freed
    @ the Silhouette
    Wednesday, June 21st
    Wednesday
    Tenci
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, June 22nd
    Dave Hill
    with Tony Nagy
    @ the Burren
    Thursday, June 22nd
    Alice Austin
    @ the Porch
    Thursday, June 22nd
    Tiny Habits
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 23rd
    Mike Gent (of the Figgs)
    Solo LP release show
    @ the Burren
    Saturday, June 24th
    Oldjack's Last Saturdays with...
    Phil Aiken
    OldJack
    Eric Salt & the Electric City
    @ The Lizard Lounge
    Saturday, June 24th
    Teen Suicide
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, June 26th
    Gretchen Shae & the Middle 8
    Salem Wolves
    Graveyard of the Atlantic
    @ the Silhouette
    Tuesday, June 27th
    GZA performing "Liquid Swords"
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, June 29th
    Cozy Throne
    Gia Greene
    Josephine With A Cause
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton
    Thursday, June 29th
    Corin Ashley
    @ Medford Brewing
    Friday, June 30th
    Pile (solo Rick)
    Squitch
    @ Yellow Mailbox, Somerville
    Friday, June 30th
    Ronan MacManans
    with The Goon Squad
    (Ed Valauskas, Dan Kopko,
    Chris Anzalone, & Phil Aiken)
    @ Sally O'Brien's
    Friday, June 30th
    Major Stars
    Adult Learners
    Major Stars
    @ Faces Brewing
    Saturday, July 1st
    Sparks
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, July 2nd
    X
    Squirrel Nut Zippers
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, July 2nd
    Dream Theater
    Devin Townsend
    Animals As Leaders
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, July 6th
    Elvis Costello & the Imposters
    with guest Charlie Sexton
    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, July 9th
    Fear
    @ Big Night Live
    Wednesday, July 12th
    The Dirty Nil
    Daniel Romano's Outfit
    Family Dinner
    @ Sonia
    Wednesday, July 12th
    Waveform*
    They Are Gutting A Body Of Water
    & Teethe
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, July 15th
    Jenny Lewis
    Cass McCombs
    Hayden Pedigo
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, July 15th
    Counting Crows
    Dashboard Confessional
    Frank Turner
    @ the Pavilion
    Saturday, July 15th
    Noel Gallagher's
    High Flying Birds
    with Garbage
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, July 16th
    Braid
    "Frame & Canvas"
    25th Anniversary Tour
    with J. Robbins (Jawbox)
    & Oceanator
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, July 16th
    First Aid Kit
    The Weather Station
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, July 18th
    Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
    with Braxe + Falcon
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, July 18th
    Peter Frampton
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, July 18th
    Cake
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday to Sunday
    July 20th to 23rd
    NICE, a fest, featuring...
    Karate, Swirlies, Guerilla Toss,
    Frances Forever, and over 70
    local-Boston artists
    @ Davis Square, Somerville
    Friday, July 21st
    Defeater
    Caspian
    Stand Still
    Rough Francis
    Stay Inside
    @ the Middle East Down
    Friday, July 21st
    Staring at the Sea
    (a tribute to the Cure)
    @ Medford Brewing
    Saturday, July 22nd
    Walter Sickert &
    the Army of Broken Toys
    with Sapling, Astral Bitch,
    and Dropbear
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday & Tuesday
    July 24th & 25th
    Le Tigre
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, July 25th
    Shady Bug
    Pet Fox
    Holiday Music
    Ski Club
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, July 25th
    Culture Club
    Howard Jones
    Berlin
    @ Xfinity Center
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    July 25th & 26th
    Billy Strings
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, July 27th
    Iron & Wine
    Half Gringa
    @ Tree House Brewing, Charlton
    Thursday, July 27th
    Jason Isbell and
    the 400 Unit
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, July 28th
    King Krule
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, July 30th
    Please Don't Destroy (SNL)
    live on stage
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, July 31st
    The Drums
    Cold Hart
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, August 5th
    Extreme
    Living Colour
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, August 5th
    Mellow Bravo
    Cask Mouse
    Hayley Thompson-King
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, August 5th
    Foreigner
    Loverboy
    @ Xfinity Center
    Wednesday, August 9th
    The Clientele
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, August 11th
    Band of Horses
    The Revivalists
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, August 11th
    Glen Hansard &
    Marketa Irglova
    (of the Swell Season)
    @ the Wang
    Friday, August 18th
    Sarah Sherman (SNL)
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, August 19th
    The Baseball Project
    with Fenway organist Josh Kantor
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, August 19th
    Sigur Ros
    with an orchestra
    @ the Wang
    Saturday & Sunday
    August 19th & 20th
    In Between Days Festival
    with
    Modest Mouse, The Beths, Metric,
    Trampled By Turtles, Lord Huron,
    Sunny Day Real Estate,
    Cautious Clay, Yoke Lore,
    Blitzen Trapper, Allison Ponthier,
    Illiterate Light, Slothrust,
    Miko Marks, Weakened Friends,
    shallow pools, Kat Wright,
    Fantastic Cat, Dwight & Nicole,
    Paper Tigers, Dutch Tulips,
    Carissa Johnson, Mint Green,
    Gypsy Moths, & Sweet Petunia
    @ Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy
    Thursday, August 24th
    Jimmy Eat World
    Manchester Orchestra
    Middle Kids
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, August 24th
    Bruce Springsteen
    & the E Street Band
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Friday, August 25th
    Alex G
    Alvvays
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, August 25th
    John Oliver
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, August 26th
    The Pixies
    Modest Mouse
    Cat Power
    @ Mass MoCA
    Sunday, September 3rd
    Future Teens
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, September 3rd
    The Offspring
    A Simple Plan
    Sum 41
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, September 5th
    Beck
    Phoenix
    Weyes Blood
    Sir Chloe
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, September 6th
    Duran Duran
    Nile Rodgers & Chic
    Bastille
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, September 6th
    Damien Jurado
    Lilly Miller
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, September 7th
    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    Tami Hart (MEN)
    Thursday, September 7th
    Sting
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, September 8th
    Speedy Ortiz
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, September 8th
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Sidney Gish
    Gladie
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, September 9th
    Billy Idol
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, September 9th
    Buffalo Tom
    @ Bellforge Arts Center
    Monday, September 11th
    Mr. Bungle
    Tove Lo
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 11th
    Luna
    Ryder the Eagle
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, September 12th
    Squeeze
    Psychedlic Furs
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday & Wednesday September 12th & 13th
    Death Cab For Cutie
    The Postal Service
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, September 14th
    Gin Blossoms
    Sugar Ray
    Tonic
    Fastball
    @ the Chevalier
    Thursday, September 14th
    Peter Gabriel
    @ the Garden
    Friday, September 15th
    Godflesh
    Cel Genesis
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Boris
    Melvins
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Gorillaz
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Death From Above 1979
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Wednesday, September 20th
    OSEES
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, September 20th
    Death Grips
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, September 21st
    Bully
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, September 22nd
    Fiddlehead
    @ the Royale
    Friday, September 22nd
    Tegan & Sara
    Carlie Hanson
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 22nd
    Lady Lamb
    celebrates 10 years
    of "Ripely Pine"
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, September 23rd
    Stevie Nicks
    Billy Joel
    @ Gillette
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Ratboys
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Royal Blood
    Bad Nerves
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, September 28th
    Ratboys
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, October 1st
    Explosions In The Sky
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, October 2nd
    Neil Gaiman
    @ the Emerson Colonial
    Thursday, October 5th
    Belly
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, October 6th
    Kingsley Flood
    The Shang Hi Los
    @ the Burren
    Friday, October 6th
    Garrison
    Orangeisland
    Pilot to Gunner
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Saturday, October 7th
    Agent Orange
    Spice Pistols
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, October 10th
    Nick Cave with
    Colin Greenwood (Radiohead)
    on bass
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, October 11th
    Young Fathers
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, October 11th
    The Mission UK
    The Chamelons
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, October 13th
    Violent Femmes
    performing their debut LP
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, October 15th
    Thundercat
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, October 15th
    Queen
    @ the Garden
    Monday, October 16th
    Chromeo
    Ric Wilson
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, October 17th
    The Chats
    Cosmic Psychos
    Schizophonics
    Gymshorts
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, October 18th
    Christine and the Queens
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday & Sunday
    October 21st & 22nd
    Gregory Alan Isakov
    The Milk Carton Kids
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, October 23rd
    Pile
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, October 24th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, October 26th
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 26th
    Mudhoney
    Hooveriii
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, October 28th
    Jethro Tull
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 31st
    Depeche Mode
    @ the Garden
    Wednesday, November 1st
    The Hives
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, November 2nd
    Henry Winkler
    @ First Parish Church
    Saturday, November 4th
    Blonde Redhead
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, November 4th
    Amyl and the Sniffers
    Die Spitz
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, November 8th
    Codeine
    Barbara Manning
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, November 10th
    Couch
    @ Royale
    Wednesday, November 15th
    Tool
    @ the Garden
    Sunday, November 19th
    Men I Trust
    Tops
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, November 21st
    Liz Phair
    Blondshell
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, November 30th
    Nation of Language
    Miss Grit
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, December 5th
    Bar Italia
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, December 16th
    A John Waters Christmas
    @ Berklee Performance Center