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[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2018

Well, someone’s gotta be the caboose, right? My total inability to share my annual musical-faves list in a timely manner has resulted in a single goal: To just finish it sooner than I did the year before. (*looks at last year’s post*) April 2nd. Big sigh. Not even close! But hey, at least today is […]

[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2017

Ah, the best laid plans and the most brutal excuses. My honest intention to get this sucker done before the new calendar year hit was derailed by a major bout of holiday pneumonia, then as December disappeared in a fevered haze and I gathered myself to finish in January… enter ye olde influenza! Such an […]

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    Thursday, October 10th
    Gene Loves Jezebel
    Sumthing Strange
    @ the Middle East Down

    Thursday, October 10th
    Boyscott
    Raavi
    Lily Konigsberg
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Thursday, October 10th
    Low Cut Connie
    Will Dailey
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, October 10th
    Johnny Marr
    James
    @ the Orpheum

    Friday, October 11th
    Time & Place
    Tigerman Woah
    Christians and Lions
    @ Faces Brewing

    Friday, October 11th
    Chinese Football
    @ the Rockwell

    Friday, October 11th
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    Bird Language (release show!)
    Bad at Drawing
    Pleasure Island
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, October 11th
    Amy Rigby
    @ City Winery Boston

    Friday, October 11th
    Yard Act
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, October 11th
    Billie Eilish
    @ the Garden

    Saturday, October 12th
    Chris Brokaw Rock Band
    (Brokaw/Conley/Gray)
    with Sky Furrows
    @ the Lilypad

    Sunday, October 13th
    Kathy Snax
    Rams Montero
    Frissons
    @ O'Brien's

    Sunday, October 13th
    Fontaines D.C.
    Been Stellar
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, October 13th
    Wesley Stace
    @ Club Passim

    Sunday, October 13th
    OMD
    @ the House of Blues

    Monday, October 14th
    Billy Bragg
    Steven Page
    @ the Chevalier

    Monday, October 14th
    "Fight for the Right:
    A Benefit for Kamala Harris"
    with Amanda Palmer,
    Gail Ann Dorsey,
    Melissa Ferrick,
    and Ali McGuirk
    @ City Winery Boston

    Monday, October 14th
    Tigers Jaw
    @ the Royale

    Tuesday, October 15th
    Air
    playing "Moon Safari
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Wednesday, October 16th
    Illuminati Hotties
    Daffo
    @ The Sinclair

    Wednesday, October 16th
    Empress Of
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, October 16th
    The Dead Pixels
    Glass House
    Thrust Club
    Reklema
    @ the Silhouette

    Wednesday, October 16th
    Orville Peck
    Nikki Lane
    Vincent Neil Emerson
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Wednesday & Thursday
    October 16th & 17th
    Nick Lowe with
    Los Straitjackets
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, October 17th
    Tanukichan
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Thursday, October 17th
    Maggie Rogers
    Ryan Beatty
    @ the Garden

    Saturday, October 19th
    Kingsley Flood
    Magen Tracy &
    the Missed Connections
    @ the Burren Backroom

    Saturday, October 19th
    John Douglas
    (of Trashcan Sinatras)
    Lauren Calve
    @ City Winery

    Saturday, October 19th
    The The
    @ the Orpheum

    Saturday, October 19th
    Rival Schools
    Webbed Wing
    Hollow Suns
    Twowayradio
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 19th
    Todd Rundgren
    @ the Lynn Auditorium

    October, October 20th
    Julie
    They Are Gutting a Body of Water
    Her New Knife
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, October 21st
    Boris
    Starcrawler
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday, October 22nd
    EARFULL
    Writers reading.
    Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    J Courtney Sullivan
    & Marianne Leone
    and performers
    Naomi Westwater
    & Kris Delmhorst
    @ the Burren Back Room

    Tuesday, October 22nd
    MJ Lenderman & the Wind
    Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 23rd
    Beach Weather
    @ The Sinclair

    Wednesday, October 23rd
    Slift
    Meatbodies
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, October 23rd
    OSEES
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 23rd
    Massive Attack
    (with Liz Fraser!)
    DJ Milo
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, October 24th
    Otis Shanty
    Lost Film
    Small Pond
    Night Moth
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, October 25th
    Trace Mountains
    Long Beard
    Lake Saint Daniel
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, October 25th
    Moving Targets
    The Long Wait
    Spiller
    @ the Middle East Up

    Saturday, October 26th
    Fog Lake
    Foxes in Fiction
    @ the Lilypad

    Saturday, October 26th
    Cyndi Lauper
    farewell tour
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, October 26th
    Halloween Show! featuring...
    Audrey, Karina, Justin, & Ben
    as Cyndi Lauper,
    Talk Chalk as The B52s
    The Kremlin Bats as The Cars
    & Toby Tantrum as The Stooges
    @ the Loft, Somerville

    Sunday, October 27th
    Foxing
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday & Tuesday
    October 28th & 29th
    Clairo
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    @ Roadrunner

    Tuesday, October 29th
    Jean Paul Jean Paul
    M.G. Lederman
    Cameron Keiber
    @ O'Brien's

    Tuesday, October 29th
    Robyn Hitchcock
    Imogen Clark
    @ City Winery

    Wednesday, October 30th
    Gang of Four
    with the Mini-Mekons
    (Sally Timms & Jon Langford)
    Wednesday, October 30th
    André 3000:
    New Blue Sun Live In Concert
    @ the Wang

    Wednesday, October 30th
    The Go! Team
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 1st
    The Dresden Dolls
    Gogol Bordello
    Johnny Manchild
    & the Poor Bastards
    @ Roadrunner

    Saturday, November 2nd
    The Dresden Dolls
    Gogol Bordello
    Emperor Norton's
    Stationary Marching Band
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday through Sunday
    November 1st - 3rd
    Buffalo Tom's
    "Please Come To Boston" minifestival
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Sunday, November 3rd
    The Juliana Hatfield Three
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, November 3rd
    Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
    @ the ICA

    Sunday & Monday
    November 3rd & 4th
    Leon Bridges
    Hermanos Gutiérrez
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, November 6th
    Cursive
    Gladie
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Wednesday, November 6th
    The Wallflowers
    @ the Wilbur

    Saturday, November 9th
    Greg Hawkes (of the Cars)
    with Eddie Japan
    performing the songs of
    The Cars
    @ the Cut

    Saturday, November 9th
    Silver Screams
    Black Helicopter
    Jay Allen & The Archcriminals
    @ the Square Root in Rozzie

    Saturday, November 9th
    TRAITRS
    Dead Leaf Echo
    Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight
    @ the Middle East Upstairs

    Sunday, November 10th
    Judge John Hodgman: Road Court
    @ Coolidge Corner Theatre

    Sunday, November 10th
    David Cross
    Sean Patton
    @ the Royale

    Monday, November 11th
    James Vincent McMorrow
    Young Jesus
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Tuesday, November 12th
    Lucinda Williams & her band
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Sunday, November 10th
    Slow Pulp
    Free Range
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 12th & 13th
    Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief)
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Friday, November 15th
    Hallelujah the Hills perform
    "I'm You" in its entirety
    with
    Upper Wilds & Sidebody
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, November 15th
    Ratboys
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 15th
    Rob Sheffield presents
    his new Taylor Swift
    book "Heartbreak Is The
    National Anthem"
    7pm @ First Parish Church

    Friday, November 15th
    Trash Sun
    @ the 4th Wall

    Saturday, November 16th
    Kal Marks
    Paper Lady
    @ Deep Cuts

    Saturday, November 16th
    Tokyo Police Club (the final tour)
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, November 17th
    Chat Pile
    Mamaleek
    Trainlodge
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, November 19th
    Modest Mouse
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Wednesday, November 20th
    A.C. Newman (New P0rnographers)
    celebrates the 20th anniversary
    of his LP "The Slow Wonder"
    @ City Winery

    Thursday, November 21st
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Spencer Radcliffe & Everything
    Primal Rat Screw
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 22nd
    Dawes
    Winnetka Bowling League
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, November 22nd
    Amy Helm
    (full band show)
    @ the Cut

    Friday, November 22nd
    Yoke Lore
    Runnner
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, November 23rd
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Alan Sparhawk (of Low)
    @ Roadrunner

    Saturday, November 23rd
    J Mascis
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, December 1st
    Interpol
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, December 1st
    Gillian Welch &
    David Rawlings
    @ the Wilbur

    Wednesday, December 4th
    The Ladybug Transistor
    Lightheaded
    Mark Robinson (Unrest/Air Miami)
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, December 6th
    Basic
    Chris Brokaw
    @ the Middle East Upstairs

    Friday, December 6th
    Mike Viola
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday, December 6th
    BEAT plays the music
    of 80s King Crimson
    featuring Adrian Belew, Steve Vai,
    Tony Levin, & Danny Carey
    @ the Lynn Auditorium

    Saturday, December 7th
    Ted Leo & Aimee Mann's
    The Christmas Show!
    with Paul F. Tompkins,
    Nellie McKay, Josh Gondelman,
    & "other fun stuff"
    @ the Cabot, Beverly, MA

    Monday, December 9th
    Joyce Manor celebrating
    10 years of 'Never Hungover Again'
    with Algnernon Cadwallader
    & the Ergs
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, December 12th
    Wednesday (solo)
    Cryogeyser (solo)
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Thursday, December 12th
    The Jesus Lizard
    Pile
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, December 13th
    Suki Waterhouse
    Bully
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, December 15th
    Tiny Moving Parts
    Action/Adventure
    Greywind
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Tuesday, December 31st
    Aerosmith (farewell tour)
    with the Black Crowes
    @ TD Garden

    Saturday, January 4th
    The Sheila Divine
    Baabes
    Teardrops
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday
    January 19th, 20th, & 21st
    Robert Glasper
    two shows each day
    @ City Winery

    Saturday, January 25th
    Stereo MC's
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, January 31st
    Half Waif
    See You At The Maypole
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday, January 31st
    Jamie XX
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, January 31st
    Frank Black & his band
    play "Teenager of the Year"
    @ the House of Blues

    Saturday & Sunday
    February 1st & 2nd
    The Bowery Presents &
    Run For Cover Records
    present "Something In The Way"
    with
    Slowdive, Balance & Composure,
    Soccer Mommy, American Football,
    Fiddlehead, Mannequin Pussy,
    Militarie Gun, Sweet Pill, Anxious,
    One Step Closer, Ovlov, Glare,
    Enumclaw, Sadurn, Gouge Away,
    Mini Trees, Great Grandpa, Dazy,
    Wishy, My Fictions, Women in Peril,
    & more TBA
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, February 7th
    Rubblebucket
    Hannah Mohan
    @ Big Night Live

    Monday, February 10th
    Tim Heidecker
    DJ Douggpound
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, February 15th
    Travis
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, February 27th
    Pom Pom Squad
    Caroline Kingsbury
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, February 28th
    The Bevis Frond
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, March 7th
    Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy,
    & friends mark the 40th anniversary of
    R.E.M.'s "Fables of the Reconstruction"
    (and more) with opener Dave Hill
    @ the Royale

    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    March 14th, 15th, & 16th
    Dropkick Murphys
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, March 15th
    Dream Theater
    40th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Wang

    Wednesday, March 19th
    Quicksand
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, March 20th
    Neil Degrasse Tyson
    @ the Wilbur

    Sunday, March 23rd
    Ida & Tsunami!
    the Coin-Flip tour!
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Thursday, March 27th
    José González
    @ the Cabot in Beverly

    Saturday, March 29th
    Maya Hawke
    Katy Kirby
    @ Roadrunner

    Saturday, April 5th
    Snow Patrol
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, April 5th
    Franz Ferdinand
    @ the Orpheum

    Tuesday, April 8th
    Deftones
    The Mars Volta
    Fleshwater
    @ TD Garden

    Wednesday, April 9th
    Kylie Minogue
    @ the Garden

    Friday, April 11th
    Mogwai
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, April 13th
    Heart
    @ Agganis Arena

    Tuesday, April 15th
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    St. Vincent
    @ Agganis Arena

    Friday, April 18th
    Bright Eyes
    @ House of Blues

    Sunday, April 20th
    Gang of Four
    "The Long Goodbye" farewell tour
    playing "Entertainment!" & more
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday & Saturday
    April 25th & 26th
    The Town and the City Festival!
    @ various venues in Lowell

    Friday, May 30th
    Teddy Swims
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues

    Tuesday, July 14th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang