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[Boston-Area Action 5/28/25] My Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements

Posted on May 28, 2025 at 12:05 pm | No Comments

Another Wednesday! New Comic Book Day! No, wait, that’s not it. I mean, it is, but it’s not what I post about every week on this particular morning. I share a list of Boston-area shows I’ll be attending in the next week, along with ones around here that have been newly-announced. Here goes.

Highlights: Release shows! Both the Thalia Zedek Band & Kathy Snax are commemorating new recordings, with TZB’s excellent LP having arrived last week (celebrating Friday at O’Brien’s), and Kathy Snax offering up a new cassette EP at a Lizard Lounge show on Saturday. Both lineups are ace, so get thee to one or both of those. Tonight I’m gonna try to hit up the Silhouette to see some Mill Pond Falls, and I’m tempted to catch Sunday’s tribute show for the sadly-departed Jill Sobule, where Tanya Donelly will be making an appearance.
And in a familiar refrain, there’s a conflict that I wish I could somehow double-dip on: That TZB release show on Friday is up against Orbit & Eldridge Rodriguez & Harris at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville. Waaaaay on the other side of the river. Oof.

Anyway, here’s my ideal itinerary, followed by a relatively short list of new show announcements (Built to Spill! Oceanator! The Armed!). Did I miss any new show news you’re psyched about? Comment with it. Anything in the next few days you’re looking forward to seeing? Share it. Did I screw something up in the details of this thing? (answer: yes) Set me straight.
The full list of shows on my radar is, as it has been for 25 years (gulp), available over in the right hand column.

My impending show-going plans…

Wednesday, May 28th
Matt Charette & the Truer Sound
Pete Mancini & the Hillside Airmen
Mill Pond Falls
@ the Silhouette Lounge

Friday, May 30th
Thalia Zedek Band
record release show!
with Vivid Bloom
& Harsh Foxing
@ O’Brien’s

Friday, May 30th
Orbit
Eldridge Rodriguez
Harris
@ the Crystal Ballroom

Saturday, May 31st
Happy Little Clouds
Girl with a Hawk
Kathy Snax Band (tape release!)
@ the Lizard Lounge

Sunday, June 1st
Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule
benefiting the
It Was A Good Life Foundation
with Vance Gilbert, Tanya Donelly,
Antje Duvekot, Catie Curtis, & more
@ Club Passim

Tuesday, June 3rd
Earfull Series
Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
with authors
Nicole Graev Lipson
& Jennifer Haigh
and musicians
Ava Valianti
& Naseem Khuri
@ Arsenal Branch Line

Next, new Boston-area show announcements

Saturday, June 7th
Will Dailey
@ Club Passim

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

Thursday, August 14th
The Armed
Prostitute
@ The Sinclair

Wednesday, September 10th
– second show added –
Alex G
Nilüfer Yanya
@ Roadrunner

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

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

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Wednesday, December 10th
    The Dream Syndicate
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Wednesday, December 10th
    Fully Celebrated Orchestra
    Thalia Zedek
    Andy California
    @ the Midway Cafe

    Wednesday, December 10th
    EARFULL series
    "Writers reading, songwriters playing"
    with authors Stewart O'Nan & Gish Jen
    and bands
    High Tea & Consuelo Candelaria-Barry
    @ Regattabar, Cambridge

    Thursday, December 11th
    The Ladybug Transistor
    Giant Day
    Gold Dust
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, December 12th
    Let's Rock Cancer 2025
    a benefit for the dana-farber
    cancer care access program
    hosted by DJ Henry Santoro
    with Vapors of Morphine,
    the Chelsea Curve,
    Muck & the Mires,
    The Ray Liriano Experience,
    and ... go! (+ guests)
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Saturday, December 13th
    Paula Poundstone
    @ the Mosesian Center, Watertown

    Saturday, December 13th
    The Strangeroos
    Tad Overbaugh & the Late Arrivals
    Hot Franks
    @ Underbones

    Saturday, December 13th
    Anachronist
    (added as opener for the
    J. Robbins Band doing
    Burning Airlines songs)
    @ Deep Cuts

    Saturday, December 13th
    Will Dailey
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, December 13th
    Converge's SADDEST DAY Fest
    with Touché Amoré, Coalesce,
    The Hope Conspiracy, Soul Glo,
    Year of the Knife, Stress Positions,
    Wormwood, and more
    @ Roadrunner

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

    Saturday, December 13th
    J. Robbins Band plays
    Burning Airlines
    @ Deep Cuts

    Sunday, December 14th
    Juliana Hatfield (full band)
    'Lightning Might Strike’ LP Release
    @ the Burren Backroom

    Sunday, December 14th
    Chris Brokaw
    Kathy Snax
    Kass Richards
    @ the Model Cafe

    Sunday, December 14th
    Cursive
    AJJ
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, December 15th
    Algernon Cadwallader
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, December 17th
    Patti Smith
    Book Tour Stop
    @ the Chevalier

    Saturday, December 20th
    The Del Fuegos
    early & late shows
    @ City Winery

    Sunday, December 21st
    Samantha Fish
    Cedric Burnside
    Jon Spencer
    @ the Wilbur

    Saturday, December 27th
    John Oliver
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Sunday, December 28th
    The Felice Brothers
    Charlotte Cornfield
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday & Tuesday
    December 29th & 30th
    The Disco Biscuits
    Monday @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday @ the Royale

    Thursday, January 8th
    Ms. Ezra Furman
    doing what she wants
    with Ryan Walsh
    (of Hallelujah the Hills)
    opening with a solo set
    @ the Rockwell

    Wednesday, January 14th
    Bishop Allen
    Mates of State
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, January 15th
    Cate Le Bon
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, January 15th
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    "Piano & Voice" performance
    @ the MFA Boston

    Monday, January 19th
    Shame
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, January 22nd
    Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers
    @ the House of Blues

    Thursday, January 27th
    The Residents
    Eskimo Live! Tour
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, January 29th
    Bad Bad Hats
    performing "Psychic Reader"
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, January 30th
    Greg Freeman
    Golomb
    @ the Red Room at Cafe 939

    Saturday & Sunday
    January 31st & February 1st
    Something In The Way Fest 2026
    with Explosions In The Sky,
    Sunny Day Real Estate, Citizen,
    Tigers Jaw, The Hotelier, Momma,
    Angel Dust, February, First Day Back,
    Glitterer, Glixen, Gollylagging, Guv,
    Graham Hunt, Horse Jumper of Love,
    How Much Art, No Warning, Pelican,
    Park National, Pool Kids, Sheer Mag,
    Wicca Phase Springs Eternal,
    and Teen Suicide
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, February 12th
    Brandi Carlile
    The Head and the Heart
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, February 13th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, February 20th
    Marissa Nadler
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Saturday, February 21st
    Margo Price
    @ the Royale

    February 28th
    Ratboys
    Florry
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, March 3rd
    Spiritual Cramp
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, March 4th
    Cat Power
    "The Greatest 2026" tour
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, March 6th
    Michael Shannon,
    Jason Narducy,
    & friends play REM's
    "Life's Rich Pageant"
    with opener
    Eugene Mirman
    @ the Royale

    Friday, March 13th
    Quarters
    Paper Lady
    @ the Royale

    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    March 13th, 14th, & 15th
    Dropkick Murphys
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, March 17th
    Dropkick Murphys
    @ House of Blues

    Thursday, March 19th
    Julianna Barwick
    & Mary Lattimore
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday, March 20th
    The Hives
    The Chats
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, March 21st
    Cass McCombs
    Chris Cohen
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, March 21st
    Joyce Manor
    Militarie Gun
    Teen Mortgage
    Combat
    @ House of Blues

    Sunday, March 22nd
    Maria Somerville
    @ the ICA Boston

    Monday, March 23rd
    Westerman
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, March 26th
    The Format
    Piebald
    Adult Mom
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, March 29th
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    @ Sanders Theatre

    Wednesday, April 1st
    Wednesday (the band)
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, April 2nd
    On Cinema Live! with
    Tim Heidecker
    & Gregg Turkington
    @ the Wilbur

    Friday, April 3rd
    Patrick Watson
    @ Somerville Theatre

    Friday & Saturday
    April 3rd & 4th
    Hayley Williams
    Water From Your Eyes
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, April 4th
    The Dirty Three
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, April 4th
    Puscifer
    Dave Hill
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, April 8th
    Mclusky
    Pile
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, April 9th
    Circle Jerks
    Gorilla Biscuits
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, April 16th
    Rhiannon Giddens
    @ the Orpheum

    Saturday, April 18th
    The Last Dinner Party
    Florence Road
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, April 19th
    Heavenly
    Swansea Sound
    Jeanines
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, April 30th
    Oklou
    @ the Royale

    Monday, May 4th
    Yumi Zouma
    Ducks Ltd.
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, May 14th
    Melody's Echo Chamber
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    May 19th & 20th
    Belle and Sebastian
    play "Tigermilk" (19th) and
    "If You're Feeling Sinister" (20th)
    @ the Orpheum

    Thursday, June 11th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ Roadrunner

    Tuesday, June 23rd
    Wolfmother
    @ House of Blues

    Wednesday, June 24th
    The Church
    The Singles Tour
    (rescheduled from 8/1/25)
    @ Somerville Theatre

    Tuesday, July 14th
    Joe Jackson
    @ the Chevalier

    Friday, September 4th
    Peter Hook & the Light
    play New Order's "Get Ready"
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, September 12th
    Rush
    @ TD Garden