Bradley’s Almanac

[30 Years Ago Today] Sub Pop’s Vermonstress Fest

    A few weeks back, sporting a Pond t-shirt while watching the re-kindled Come play a blistering set at the venerable Middle East Upstairs, with Buffalo Tom‘s Bill Janovitz in the sold-out crowd off to my right and Green Magnet School‘s Chris Pearson somewhere behind me, I had a stray thought: “Well, this is […]

  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Tuesday, September 10th
    Will Dailey's
    Boston Songwriters Showcase
    with Cliff Notez, Fabiola Mendez,
    Aaron Perrino, Abbie Barrett,
    James Rohr, Kemp Harris,
    & Samantha Farrell
    as part of Arrowfest
    @ Arrow St. Arts, Harvard Square
    Tuesday, September 10th
    Buzzcocks
    @ Big Night Live
    Tuesday, September 10th
    Weezer (performing the Blue Album)
    with Dinosaur Jr.
    & The Flaming Lips
    @ the Garden
    Wednesday, September 11th
    Monterey Mountain
    Sleepyhead
    @ the Square Root
    Wednesday, September 11th
    Megadeth
    Mudvayne
    All That Remains
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, September 12th
    Band of Horses
    City and Colour
    @ Treehouse Brewing, Deerfield
    Thursday & Friday
    September 12th & 13th
    The Lemonheads
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, September 13th
    Beabadoobee
    Hovvdy
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, September 13th
    Janes Addiction
    Love & Rockets
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, September 13th
    Squeeze
    Boy George
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Friday, September 13th
    Hoodoo Gurus
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, September 14th
    Polaris
    Blessthefall
    Thousand Below
    Nerv
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, September 15th
    Belly
    in Lowell, MA
    Sunday, September 15th
    Pet Fox
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, September 15th
    Badflower
    Slothrust
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, September 16th
    Franz Nicolay presents his
    new book "Band People"
    interviewed by Ryan Walsh
    7pm @ Brookline Booksmith
    Monday, September 16th
    Spoon
    Phantogram
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, September 15th &
    Sunday, September 17th
    Pearl Jam
    @ Fenway Park
    Monday, September 18th
    PJ Harvey
    @ MGM Music Hall @ Fenway
    Monday, September 18th
    Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Tuesday, September 19th
    Pansy Division
    The Fatal Flaw
    Gene Dante & the Future Starlets
    @ Faces Brewing
    Saturday, September 21st
    The Rat Reunion: Celebrating The
    50th Anniversary of The Rathskeller
    @ the Bellforge Arts Center
    Sunday, September 22nd
    Sisters of Mercy
    Blaqk Audio
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, September 23rd
    X
    the farewell tour
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, September 23rd
    Electric Light Orchestra
    The "Over and Out" Tour
    @ the TD Garden
    Tuesday, September 24th
    EARFULL
    Writers reading.
    Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Lynn Schmeidler &
    Catherine Newman
    and performers
    Dave Derby &
    Hilken Mancini
    with Melissa Gibbs
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Tuesday, September 24th
    Idles
    English Teacher
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 25th
    Deerhoof
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Wednesday, September 25th
    The Hives
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, September 26th
    The Armed
    HO99O9
    Kumo 99
    DJ Haram
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Mallcops
    Haasan Barclay
    Good Sleepy
    Trash Rabbit
    @ Deep Cuts
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Arto Vaun
    Drew O'Doherty
    @ Faces Brewing
    Wednesday, September 27th
    Laura Cantrell
    @ Club Passim
    Saturday, September 28th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    The Kills
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, September 28th
    Eddie Japan
    Lovina Falls
    Rozy and the Crisis
    @ Faces Brewing
    Saturday, September 28th
    Basement
    Narrow Head
    Ovlov
    Snooper
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, September 29th
    Hotline TNT
    Disq
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, September 29th
    Soul Coughing
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 30th
    The Softies
    Jeanines
    Zowy
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Monday, September 30th
    Death From Above 1979
    Teen Mortgage
    @ The Sinclair
    Monday, September 30th
    Brittany Howard
    Michael Kiwanuka
    Yasmin Williams
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, October 2nd
    Chromeo & the Midnight
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, October 2nd
    The Psychedlic Furs
    The Jesus and Mary Chain
    Frankie Rose
    @ the Orpheum
    Thursday, October 3rd
    Graham Nash
    Judy Collins
    @ the Shubert Theater
    Thursday, October 3rd
    The Lemon Twigs
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, October 3rd
    The Get Up Kids
    "Something To Write Home About"
    25th anniversary tour
    with Smoking Popes
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday & Friday
    October 3rd & 4th
    Sofi Tukker
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, October 4th
    Sting (trio)
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, October 4th
    Loveless
    Beauty School Dropout
    Julia Wolf
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, October 5th
    Everclear
    Marcy Playground
    Jimmie's Chicken Shack
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, October 5th
    Duster
    Dirty Art Club
    @ the House of Blues
    Saturday, October 5th
    Nada Surf
    Office Dog
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 5th
    Neko Case
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Sunday, October 6th Lupe Fiasco
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, October 9th
    Los Lobos
    @ the Cut
    Thursday, October 10th
    Boyscott
    Raavi
    Lily Konigsberg
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Thursday, October 10th
    Low Cut Connie
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, October 10th
    Johnny Marr
    James
    @ the Orpheum
    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
    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
    Fontaines D.C.
    Been Stellar
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, October 13th
    Wesley Stace
    @ Club Passim
    Sunday, October 13th
    OMD
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, October 14th
    The Hypos
    Sloppy Heads
    Daughter of the Vine
    @ The Rockwell
    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
    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)
    @ 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
    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
    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
    Sunday, October 27th
    Foxing
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday & Tuesday
    October 28th & 29th
    Clairo
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    @ Roadrunner
    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
    Friday, November 8th
    Hilken Mancini Band
    (record release party!)
    with The Cujo (ft. Jen Trynin)
    & Mary Lou Lord with
    special guests to be announced!
    @ Sonia
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Monday, December 2nd
    Joyce Manor celebrating
    10 years of 'Never Hungover Again'
    with Algnernon Cadwallader
    & the Ergs
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, December 4th
    The Ladybug Transistor
    Lightheaded
    Mark Robinson (Unrest/Air Miami)
    @ Deep Cuts
    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
    Thursday, December 12th
    The Jesus Lizard
    @ 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
    Friday, January 31st
    Half Waif
    See You At The Maypole
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, January 31st
    Frank Black & his band
    play "Teenager of the Year"
    @ the House of Blues
    Saturday, February 15th
    Travis
    @ the Royale
    Friday, February 28th
    The Bevis Frond
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, March 20th
    Neil Degrasse Tyson
    @ the Wilbur
    Tuesday, April 15th
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    St. Vincent
    @ Agganis Arena
    Friday, April 18th
    Bright Eyes
    @ House of Blues
    Friday & Saturday
    April 25th & 26th
    The Town and the City Festival!
    @ various venues in Lowell
    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues