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[NMN Playlist] New Music Night XII at River Gods

The 12th edition of New Music Night is in the books. As ever, four hours of all-new music, split between myself and Mr. Jay of the Clicky Clicky. The Sox may have lost, but at least we provided the River Gods crowd with a solid soundtrack to their disappointment. Win some, lose some. My meticulously-crafted […]

Before the Bordello: When Eugene was a Fag

And here’s the post that, as if it hasn’t happened already, officially adds the Almanac to the profanity-blocking filters of every American school system… I’m compelled to following along with Eugene Hutz‘s story over the last 15 or so years: First, a newly-immigrated Ukrainian guitarist/songwriter putting up ‘bandmates wanted’ signs around Burlington, Vermont; Soon after, […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Monday, May 4th
    Yumi Zouma
    Ducks Ltd.
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, May 4th
    Harvard Bookstore presents
    Gaelynn Lea in conversation
    with Adrian Anantawan
    and Colleen Flanagan
    @ Cambridge Public Library
    Tuesday, May 5th
    Dry Cleaning
    YHWH Nailgun
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, May 5th
    The Messthetics
    and James Brandon Lewis
    Trinary System
    @ City Winery Boston
    Tuesday, May 5th
    Gladie
    Noun
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    May 5th & 6th
    Joe Pernice
    @ Club Passim
    Wednesday, May 6th
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading, songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Allegra Goodman & Jayne Anne Phillips
    and musicians
    Jason Narducy & Debo Ray
    @ the Regattabar
    Wednesday, May 6th
    Future Teens Paint Night +
    Record Release Listening Party!
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, May 7th
    Cardinals
    @ the Rockwell
    Friday, May 8th
    Purity Ring
    mmj (solo acoustic)
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, May 8th
    Major Stars
    Rope Trick
    Strawberry Coffin
    @ Faces
    Friday, May 8th
    Jon Butcher Axis
    "The Final Show"
    with Johnny A
    @ the Cut
    Saturday, May 9th
    Remember Sports
    Cusp
    Jake McKelvie
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, May 9th
    Blood Feeder
    Wire Lines
    Silver Screams
    @ Pour Farm Tavern
    Saturday, May 9th
    7-11 Jesus
    LP release show
    @ Fifth Column
    Saturday, May 9th
    Somerville Porchfest
    all around Somerville
    Sunday, May 10th
    The Cribs
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, May 11th
    EMF
    @ City Winery
    Tuesday, May 12th
    Silkworm
    Come
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, May 13th
    Courtney Barnett
    Momma
    Truman Sinclair
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, May 13th
    Failure
    All Under Heaven
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, May 14th
    Case Oats
    @ Club Passim
    Thursday, May 14th
    The Head & the Heart
    The Brudi Brothers
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Thursday, May 14th
    (moved from March 5th)
    The Joy Formidable
    Rhydian Dafydd
    Shy Western
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Thursday, May 14th
    Melody's Echo Chamber
    @ the Royale
    Friday, May 15th
    Nova One (LP release show!)
    Bong Wish
    Winkler
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, May 15th
    Natural Information Society
    Jake Meginsky & Lemual Marc
    @ Hope Central Church
    Friday, May 15th
    J Po's 60th B-Day
    with Sidewalk Driver
    & the Powhida Infirmary
    @ the Lizard Lounge
    Sunday, May 16th
    Ryan Lee Crosby
    Jay Scheffler duo
    @ Remnant Satellite
    Sunday, May 16th
    Bentanzaganza
    A benefit for Ben Tan
    with
    Johnnie & the Foodmasters
    Delons, Noah Britton, and
    Sound Dream Machine
    @ the Midway Cafe
    Sunday, May 17th
    Tracy Bonham
    Spring Residency night 4
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Thursday, May 19th
    Chapterhouse
    She's Green
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, May 19th
    Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach-Out
    with this month's guests
    Joan Anderman, The Bags,
    Mark Erelli, Najee Janey,
    Brendan Murphy of Autumn Hollow,
    Safiya, and The Paid Protesters
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Thursday, May 19th
    Brown Horse
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    May 19th & 20th
    Belle & Sebastian
    play "Tigermilk" (19th) and
    "If You're Feeling Sinister" (20th)
    with
    The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
    @ the Orpheum
    Friday, May 22nd
    The Sheila Divine
    "The Middle Ages" LP release show!
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, May 22nd
    The Wallflowers
    @ the Cabot Theater
    Friday, May 22nd
    Lucinda Williams
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Friday, May 22nd
    King Tuff
    Mod Lang
    @ the Middle East Up
    Friday, May 22nd
    Memorials
    @ O'Brien's
    Friday, May 22nd
    The Black Angels
    L.A. Witch
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, May 23th
    Robber Robber
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, May 24th
    David Lee Roth
    @ the House of Blues
    Sunday, May 24th
    Bruce Springsteen
    & the E Street Band
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, May 27th
    Ms. Ezra Furman doing
    whatever she wants
    @ the Rockwell
    Friday, May 29th
    Field Day
    @ Village Social Club, Brookline
    Saturday, May 30th
    Napalm Death
    Acid Bath
    Pig Destroyer
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, May 30th
    Corinne Bailey Ray
    @ Cary Hall, Lexington
    Sunday, May 31st
    James Blake
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, May 31st
    Major Stars
    Rose Thomas Bannister
    Debby Schwartz
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, June 1st
    Haute & Freddy
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, June 1st
    Ann Wilson (Heart)
    in conversation with
    director Barbara Hall
    presenting their documentary
    "In My Voice"
    @ City Winery Boston
    Tuesday, June 2nd
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Allison King
    & Lauren Acampora
    and musicians
    Hope for Rain
    & The Franc Graham Band
    @ Branch Line, Watertown
    Wednesday, June 3rd
    Ryan Bingham
    & the Texas Gentlemen
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, June 3rd
    The Fiery Furnances
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Thursday, June 4th
    St. Vincent
    with the Boston Pops Orchestra
    @ Boston Symphony Hall
    Friday, June 5th
    Jon Butcher
    Barrence Whitfield
    TJ Welch & the Wasted
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Friday, June 5th
    Freddie Gibbs
    Geordie Greep
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 5th
    Major Stars
    Spatulas
    Tyler and the Names
    @ the Lilypad
    Friday, June 5th
    Pete & Bas Save America
    Delivery Boys
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday & Saturday
    June 5th & 6th
    They Might Be Giants
    @ the House of Blues
    Saturday, June 6th
    Bent Shapes
    Colleen Green
    Beeef
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, June 7th
    Kevin Morby
    Liam Kazar
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, June 7th
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    @ the Cabot
    Tuesday, June 9th
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Lesley Mahoney O'Connell
    & Elizabeth Graver
    and musicians
    Syd Straw & Todd Thibaud
    @ Branch Line, Watertown
    Wednesday, June 10th
    The Avett Brothers
    and Mike Patton
    present AVTT/PTTN
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, June 10th
    Primus
    Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
    The Lennon Delirium
    @ the Pavilion
    Wednesday, June 10th
    Cracker
    @ the Middle East Down
    Thursday, June 11th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, June 11th
    A Concert & Conversation with
    Hrishikesh Hirway & Min Jin Lee
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 12th
    Killswitch Engage
    Machine Head
    Iron Reagan
    Havok
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 12th
    Dave Matthews Band
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday, June 13th
    Pride Festival
    featuring Melissa Ferrick
    @ Bellforge Arts Center
    Sunday, June 14th
    Robyn Hitchcock
    full band electric!
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, June 14th
    Kiefer Sutherland
    with Rocco Deluca
    @ the Wilbur
    Tuesday, June 16th
    Bleachers
    Hovvdy
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, June 16th
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Laura Zigman & Tom Perrotta
    and musicians
    Sleepyhead & guests TBA
    @ Branch Line, Watertown
    Wednesday, June 17th
    Lambrini Girls
    @ the Paradise
    (rescheduled from April)
    Wednesday, June 17th
    Rotsam
    Henry Soloman
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday & Friday
    June 18th & 19th
    Pedro the Lion
    (duo house shows)
    in Allston & Cambridge
    Friday, June 19th
    The Breeders
    Sean Solomon
    @ the Cabot
    Saturday, June 20th
    Young the Giant
    Cold War Kids
    Almost Monday
    @ the Pavilion
    Saturday, June 20th
    Sidewalk Driver
    Black Helicopter
    Miskatonic
    @ the Middle East Up
    Saturday, June 20th
    Sidewalk Driver
    Black Helicopter
    Miskatonik
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Saturday, June 20th
    Jimmy Eat World
    "Bleed American" 25th Anniversary
    Thrice
    Girls Against Boys
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, June 21st
    The Samples
    @ City Winery
    Monday, June 22nd
    Mumford & Sons
    Lord Huron
    Dylan Gossett
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, June 23rd
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Authors Keith O'Brien
    & Charlie Pierce
    and musicians
    Bronson Arroyo
    & Gompson
    @ Branch Line, Watertown
    Tuesday, June 23rd
    Wolfmother
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, June 23rd
    John C. Reilly
    is Mr. Romantic
    @ the Emerson Colonial Theatre
    Wednesday, June 24th
    The Church
    The Singles Tour
    (rescheduled from 8/1/25)
    @ Somerville Theatre
    Wednesday, June 24th
    of Montreal
    Boyhood
    Cormae
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, June 24th
    Sammy Hagar & his band
    Rick Springfield
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Thursday, June 25th
    Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
    Elizabeth Moen
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 26th
    Souled American
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, June 26th
    Deer Tick
    @ the Royale
    Friday, June 26th
    Greg Mendez
    Scarlet Rae
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 26th
    The Strokes
    Thundercat
    Hamilton Leithauser
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, June 27th
    Meg Toohey
    @ Club Passim
    Saturday, June 27th
    Silver Screams
    Still Sedated
    Past Life Crisis
    matinee @ the Jungle
    Saturday, June 27th
    Comedy Bang! Bang!
    with Scott Aukerman,
    Paul F. Tompkins, &
    the CB!B! All-Stars
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Saturday, June 27th
    The Human League
    Soft Cell
    Alison Moyet
    @ the Wang
    Saturday, June 27th
    Jesca Hoop
    @ City Winery
    Sunday, June 28th
    Weird Nightmare
    Today Junior
    @ Deep Cuts
    Monday, June 29th
    Santana
    The Doobie Brothers
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
    June 29th, 30th, & July 1st
    Lyle Lovett
    @ City Winery Boston
    Tuesday, June 30th
    Tortoise
    Basic
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, June 30th
    Steve Earle
    @ Groton Hill Music Center
    Tuesday, June 30th
    The Bug Club
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 30th & July 1st
    Goose
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, July 2nd
    Godsmack
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Dorothy
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Friday, July 3rd
    Widowspeak
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Sunday, July 5th
    The Spatulas
    Major Stars
    Tyler & the Names
    @ the Lilypad
    Tuesday, July 7th
    Black Country, New Road
    Horsegirl
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, July 7th
    NPR's Tiny Desk Contest
    On the Road 2026
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, July 8th
    Buck Meek
    Kisser
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, July 8th
    The Body
    BIG|BRAVE
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Wednesday, July 8th
    American Football
    Ian Sweet
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, July 8th
    Future Teens
    Snarls
    @ Deep Cuts
    Wednesday, July 8th
    Lionel Richie
    Earth, Wind & Fire
    @ the TD Garden
    Thursday, July 9th
    Stewart Copeland
    spoken word tour
    @ City Winery Boston
    Thursday, July 9th
    Buju Banton
    Stephen Marley
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, July 9th
    Jejune
    Shyness Clinic
    @ the The Sinclair
    Friday, July 10th
    Emperor X
    @ Warehouse XI
    Friday, July 10th
    Sarah McLachlan
    Allison Russell
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, July 10th
    Chris Fleming
    @ The Wilbur
    Friday, July 10th
    Shakira
    @ the TD Garden
    Saturday, July 11th
    Pussycat Dolls
    Lil' Kim
    Mya
    @ Xfinity Center
    Saturday, July 11th
    Poppy
    Landmvrks
    Thousand Below
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, July 11th
    Noah Kahan
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, July 14th
    Joe Jackson
    @ the Chevalier
    Wednesday, July 15th
    Judy Collins
    with
    Richard Thompson
    & Elles Bailey
    @ Cape Cod Melody Tent
    Wednesday, July 15th
    Willis
    Boyscott
    The Flooks
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, July 15th
    Benson Boone
    @ the TD Garden
    Thursday, July 16th
    Judy Collins
    with
    Richard Thompson
    & Elles Bailey
    @ South Shore Music Circus
    Thursday, July 16th
    Bob Dylan
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, July 16th
    Styrofoam Winos
    Sweet Petunia
    Jake McKelvie
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, July 17th
    The Guess Who
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, July 17th
    Jack White
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 18th
    Muse
    Bloc Party
    The Temper Trap
    @ Xfinity Center
    Sunday, July 19th
    Todd Rundgren
    @ the Cabot
    Tuesday, July 21st
    Billy Strings
    @ Agganis Arena
    Tuesday, July 21st
    Cola
    Parking
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    July 21st & 22nd
    Billy Strings
    @ Agganis Arena
    Monday, July 22nd
    Los Lobos
    @ the Cut
    Wednesday, July 22nd
    Allah-Las
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday & Friday
    July 23rd & 24th
    Smoking Popes
    35th Anniversary Tour
    with Radiator Hospital
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, July 24th
    Man Man
    Death Valley Girls
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 24th
    Kurt Vile & the Violators
    Being Dead
    @ the Royale
    Friday, July 24th
    Passion Pit
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday - Sunday
    July 24th - July 26th
    2026 Lowell Folk Fest
    Elida Almeida, Dat Mighty 9,
    Melissa Carper & Emily Gimble,
    John Doyle & Friends,
    Fabiola Mendez,
    and Super Chikan
    & the Fighting Cocks
    @ downtown Lowell
    Sunday, July 26th
    Men At Work
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    Shonen Knife
    @ South Shore Music Circus
    Monday, July 27th
    Metric
    Broken Social Scene
    Stars
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, July 30th
    Tomahawk
    Melvins
    @ House of Blues
    Friday, July 31st
    Tori Amos
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday & Saturday
    July 31st & August 1st
    Phish
    @ Fenway Park
    Sunday, August 2nd
    Dan Deacon
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 5th
    Buddy Guy
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Wednesday, August 5th
    Franz Ferdinand
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday to Sunday
    August 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th
    SOMERGLOOM
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, August 7th
    Iron & Wine
    @ Boarding House Park, Lowell
    Saturday, August 8th
    King Yellowman
    @ the Cut
    Saturday, August 8th
    Cheater Slicks
    Lupo Città
    Puke Pisstols
    @ The Middle East Up
    Saturday, August 8th
    Oneida
    Kinski
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, August 8th
    Oneida
    Kinski
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, August 8th
    Bruce Hornsby
    & the Noisemakers
    @ the Cabot
    Saturday, August 8th
    Hilary Duff
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday, August 13th
    Deep Purple
    Kansas
    Jefferson Starship
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Friday, August 14th
    Blues Traveler
    Gin Blossoms
    Spin Doctors
    @ the Pavilion
    Saturday, August 15th
    BoDeans
    @ the Cabot
    Sunday, August 16th
    Dogstar
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, August 16th
    Yard Act
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 19th
    Howard Jones
    Wang Chung,
    The English Beat
    Modern English
    @ the House of Blues
    Thursday, August 20th
    Indigo Girls
    @ the Chevalier
    Friday, August 28th
    Kacey Musgraves
    Midland
    @ TD Garden
    Sunday, August 30th
    Citizen
    Anxious
    Hotline TNT
    Rocket
    Cryogeyser
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, September 1st
    Arlo Parks
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, September 3rd
    Robyn
    Avalon Emerson & the Charm
    @ Agganis Arena
    Friday, September 4th
    Peter Hook & the Light
    play New Order's "Get Ready"
    @ House of Blues
    Friday, September 4th
    Lily Allen
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, September 5th
    Violent Femmes
    @ Cape Cod Melody Tent
    Sunday, September 6th
    Violent Femmes
    @ South Shore Music Circus
    Tuesday, September 8th
    John Fogerty
    Steve Winwood
    @ the Pavilion
    Wednesday, September 9th
    Social Distortion
    Descendents
    The Chats
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 9th
    ZZ Top
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    September 10th
    Babymetal
    Halestorm
    Violent Vira
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday & Monday
    September 12th & 14th
    Rush
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, September 12th
    Devotchka
    plays "Little Miss Sunshine"
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, September 12th
    Wu-Tang Clan
    Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday, September 12th
    “Welcome Back My Friends”
    an evening of
    Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
    (Carl Palmer with digital E&L)
    @ the Cabot
    Sunday, September 13th
    Kim Gordon
    Voyeur
    @ the Paradise
    Sunday, September 13th
    Rufus Wainwright
    @ City Winery
    Monday, September 14th
    Aldous Harding
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, September 21st
    Cabarat Voltaire
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, September 21st
    Liz Phair
    Sleater-Kinney
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, September 22nd
    Bikini Kill
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, September 22nd
    The Charlatans UK
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, September 23rd
    Armand Hammer
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Wednesday, September 23rd
    UB40
    @ the Wilbur
    Thursday, September 24th
    Suki Waterhouse
    Charlotte Lawrence
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, September 24th
    The Pretty Reckless
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, September 24th
    The Milk Carton Kids
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, September 27th
    Weezer
    The Shins
    Silversun Pickups
    @ TD Garden
    Monday, Sept. 28th
    The Sex Pistols
    with Frank Carter
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, September 29th
    Two Door Cinema Club
    STRFKR
    Friendly Fires
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, September 30th
    Morrissey
    @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium
    Thursday, October 1st
    Rocketship
    Lightheaded
    @ the Rockwell
    Thursday, October 1st
    Gorillaz
    Little Simz
    Deltron 3030
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, October 3rd
    Public Image Ltd.
    @ Big Night Live
    Wednesday, October 7th
    Modest Mouse
    Caroline Rose
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, October 8th
    White Denim
    Arc Iris
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, October 9th Teddy Swims
    @ TD Garden
    Friday & Saturday
    October 9th & 10th
    Superdrag
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, October 10th
    Outlander in Concert
    Music by Bear McCreary
    @ the Shubert Theatre
    Tuesday, October 13th
    Fred Armisen
    @ the Wilbur
    Tuesday, October 13th
    Johnny Blue Skies
    (Sturgill Simpson)
    & the Dark Clouds
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, October 16th
    The Damned
    Flamin' Groovies
    The Courettes
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, October 17th
    Sugar
    J. Robbins
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, October 17th
    Beck
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, October 23rd
    Bruce Cockburn
    Livingston Taylor
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Saturday, October 24th
    Jesse Wells
    Hudson Freeman
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, November 5th
    Air Supply
    @ the Chevalier
    Friday, November 6th
    Marc Maron
    @ the Chevalier
    Saturday, November 7th
    Fruit Bats
    @ the Royale
    Monday, November 9th
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 10th
    Geese
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, November 12th
    Die Spitz
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, November 14th
    Aaron Lee Tasjan
    @ Warehouse XI
    Wednesday, November 18th
    Sombr
    Dove Cameron
    Hannah Jadagu
    @ TD Garden