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[Somerville Again Tonight!] NEW MUSIC NIGHT at the ONCE Lounge (& last NMN’s playlist)

One Monday each month I host an evening of new music at the magical ONCE Lounge in Somerville, Massachusetts, and today happens to be one of those Mondays. So at 7:30pm I’ll kick off another New Music Night while the Once staff serves up a selection of killer tacos. Given the weekend’s lingering sadness & […]

[Somerville Tonight!] NEW MUSIC NIGHT at the ONCE Lounge (& last NMN’s playlist)

This evening brings this month’s installment of New Music Night back to the Once Lounge in Somerville, MA, kicking off promptly at 7:30pm. For the uninitiated: A couple hours of nuthin’ but carefully sequenced new songs spun for your listening pleasure as you inhale tasty tacos and/or get your drink on. Getting to hang there […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Friday, January 9th
    Black Helicopter (LP release!)
    Spiller
    Daughter of the Vine
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, January 10th
    Strange Pains (single release!)
    Sinnet
    Good June
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, January 10th
    Free Matinee Show
    with Sweetie
    Never Better Baby
    Cade Earick
    2pm @ O'Brien's
    Saturday, January 10th
    Six Going On Seven
    (Record release show!)
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Saturday, January 10th
    Detroit Angels
    Headband
    Melvern Taylor
    @ Medford Brewing Co.
    Saturday, January 10th
    Michael Tarbox
    Anthony Kaczynski
    @ the Village Social Club
    Monday, January 12th
    Cooper Smithson
    Cameron Peak
    @ Club Passim
    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
    Friday, January 16th
    Bus Crush (LP release show)
    Doss
    Megan From Work
    @ the Lilypad
    Saturday, January 17th
    Silver Screams
    Static Friction
    Screw Cart
    Fear is a Mind Killer
    @ the Midway Cafe
    Monday, January 19th
    Shame
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Monday, January 19th
    Rooftops
    Marquis Lavoie
    Timothy Stone
    free @ the Model Cafe
    Tuesday, January 20th
    Which Side Are You On?:
    A Protest Music Teach-Out
    with Leon Beal, Sarah Borges,
    Mark Erelli, Caleb McCoy,
    Adam Sherman, & Wesley Stace
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Thursday, January 22nd
    Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers
    @ the House of Blues
    Thursday, January 27th
    The Residents
    Eskimo Live! Tour
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, January 28th
    Wild Pink
    Dead Gowns
    Otis Shanty
    @ Warehouse XI
    Thursday, January 29th
    Bad Bad Hats
    performing "Psychic Reader"
    Smut
    @ 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
    Saturday, February 7th
    Twen
    @ the Rockwell
    Saturday, February 7th
    The Grownup Noise (album release!)
    Happy Little Clouds
    & comedian Josh Gondelman
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, February 7th
    Muck and the Mires
    White Dynomite
    Sonic Bomb
    The Humanoids
    We Own Land
    @ Sonia
    Wednesday, February 11th
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Thomas Beller & John Sayles
    and musicians
    The Lo-I & Chris Smither
    @ the Regattabar
    Thursday, February 12th
    Brandi Carlile
    The Head and the Heart
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, February 13th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    February 13th, 14th, & 15th
    Marcello Hernandez
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, February 15th
    The Black Heart Procession
    Chris Brokaw (solo electric)
    @ Sonia
    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
    Tuesday, March 10th
    Trace Mountains
    Coma Cinema
    Elvis Depressedly
    @ the Rockwell
    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
    Friday, March 27th Mike Gordon (Phish) & his band
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, March 27th
    Old 97s
    Lizzie No
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, March 27th
    Slomosa
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, March 27th
    Gwar
    Soulfly
    King Parrot
    @ the House of Blues
    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
    Throwing Muses
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, April 4th
    The Dirty Three
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, April 4th
    Puscifer
    Dave Hill
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Wednesday, April 8th
    The Wedding Present
    Mark Robinson
    @ the Sinclair
    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
    Saturday, April 18th
    Nick Offerman
    "Big Woodchuck" tour
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Sunday, April 19th
    Heavenly
    Swansea Sound
    Jeanines
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, April 30th
    Oklou
    @ the Royale
    Monday, May 4th
    Yumi Zouma
    Ducks Ltd.
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, May 5th
    Gladie
    Noun
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, May 9th
    Remember Sports
    Cusp
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    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
    Sunday, May 24th
    David Lee Roth
    @ the House of Blues
    Wednesday, June 10th
    The Avett Brothers
    and Mike Patton
    present AVTT/PTTN
    @ the Wang
    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
    Wednesday, September 23rd
    Armand Hammer
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday & Saturday
    October 9th & 10th
    Superdrag
    @ Brighton Music Hall