Posted on April 23, 2025 at 9:44 am | No Comments
Hey, it’s my Wednesday morning rundown of newly-announced Boston-area shows alongside my optimistic personal event-going plans over the next week. Still no catchy name for this weekly post. Don’t have it in me.
I was thinking on Monday afternoon that there hadn’t been many shows announced since last week… then Tuesday hit (as Tuesday does) and BAM! Sebadoh, Pulp, Elvis Costello doing the old stuff, Greg Norton & friends doing Husker Du, & more. That list is below, after I map out my own imminent itinerary…
Which involves, as usual, choices. The overlap of the Independent Film Festival Boston and the The Town & The City Festival up in Lowell is a bummer, and I’m going to try and do a bit o’ both. Even the IFFB itself has me making a tough call: The Pavements movie conflicts with the Butthole Surfers documentary (with Gibby in attendance!) on Saturday night. Oof.
Anyway, in a broken world, these are hardly ‘problems’. Enough whining, here’s what’s up. Full list over in the right hand column, as always —->
My own week ahead…
TONIGHT!
The Independent Film Festival Boston begins!
Wednesday, April 23th to Wednesday, April 30th
@ the Somerville, Brattle, & Coolidge Corner Theatres
Thursday, April 24th
Swervedriver
FRANKIE ROSE
@ Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
April 24th, 25th, & 26th
The Town & The City Festival!
@ various venues in Lowell
Monday, April 28th
Francis Ford Coppola in person
for a screening of “Megalopolis”
@ Coolidge Corner Theatre
New Boston-area show announcements
Saturday, May 24th
Gibby Haynes & the
Paul Green Rock Academy
perform the music of
The Butthole Surfers
@ the Middle East Down
Sunday, June 22nd
Todd Rundgren
@ Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington
Sunday, July 6th
Greg Norton & Büddies
Celebrate 40 Years of Hüsker Dü
@ Faces Brewing
Wednesday, July 16th
Hovvdy
opening for Shakey Graves
@ the House of Blues Boston
Wednesday, July 23rd
Ben Folds & a Piano
@ Shalin Liu, Rockport
Saturday, September 13th
Pulp
@ Suffolk Downs
Sunday, September 21st
Sebadoh
@ the Middle East Downstairs
Monday, September 22nd
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
“Radio Soul!” tour
with Charlie Sexton
@ MGM Music Hall
Thursday, September 25th
John Mulaney
“Mister Whatever” tour
@ the Wang Theatre
Thursday, October 23rd
Neko Case
Des Demonas
@ The Wilbur
Saturday, November 22nd
Couch
@ Roadrunner
That’s it. Buy some tickets. Support live music. Resist.
[Boston-Area Action 4/16/25] Shows This Week & New Show Announcements
Posted on April 16, 2025 at 10:27 am | No Comments
Busy morning so just going to post this without much preambling/pre-rambling…
Here’s the list of Boston-area shows that I’m attending/may attend/would attend if I had a clone within the next seven days, and then a list of new local show announcements that have happened since last week, or are at least new to my eyes. Check out the full list over in the right hand column —->
My ideal show-going week ahead…
TONIGHT
Wednesday, April 16th
L.S. Dunes
From Indian Lakes
Night Sins
@ The Sinclair
Wednesday, April 16th
Trash Sun (solo set)
Donna Revving
Ethan W
@ the Silhouette
Thursday, April 17th
Dead Boys
Burn Kit
Neponset Monastery
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, April 17th
Corridor
Robber Robber
@ The Rockwell
Thursday, April 17th
Jon King (Gang Of Four)
presents his new memoir
“To Hell with Poverty!” in conversation
with Jim Sullivan & bandmate Hugo Burnham
7pm @ Harvard Book Store
Thursday, April 17th
Mercury Rev
Sandy Bell
DJ Carbo
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, April 18th
Mount Eerie
Hana Stretton
@ the Sinclair
Friday, April 18th
Field Day
The Grownup Noise
Arto Vaun
@ The Square Root
Saturday, April 19th
Hey I’m Outside
Fortune 500
Dogwood Gap
3-6pm @ Remnant Satellite
Saturday, April 19th
BERLIN with Rick Berlin
and The Nickel & Dime Band
WTF!? Album Release
& Rock’s 80th Birthday party!
with many, many special guests
@ Brighton Music Hall
Saturday, April 19th
Wonderful & Strange: A Tribute to David Lynch
with Annie Hart (Au Revoir Simone, TP: The Return),
Julee Cruise Director doing the TP soundtrack,
PLUS a recreated Double R Diner! Damn fine pie
by Feast & the Fable! Killer Bob drag by
Celia Smokinbutts! A Red Room photo booth!
A costume contest & so much more!
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Saturday, April 19th
Gang of Four
“The Long Goodbye” farewell tour
playing “Entertainment!” & more
@ The Cut, Gloucester
Sunday, April 20th
Gang of Four
@ the Crystal Ballroom
— Next, new Boston-area show announcements —
Monday, April 28th
Francis Ford Coppola in person
for a screening of “Megalopolis”
@ Coolidge Corner Theatre
Sunday, May 4th
Actor/writer Ed Helms
presents his new book “SNAFU”
@ WBUR CitySpace
Sunday, May 18th
Plight
Bedroom Eyes
The Dreamtoday
Louder Joy (members of
Taxpayer & Mean Creek)
@ O’Brien’s
Friday, May 30th
Thalia Zedek Band
record release show!
@ O’Brien’s
Friday, May 30th
Blonde Redhead
(opening for Bloc Party, replacing Metric)
@ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Thursday, June 12th
Clutch
@ Lynn Auditorium
Saturday, June 21st
Outloud Music Festival
with Kim Petras, Trixie Mattel (DJ set),
Flo Milli, Rebecca Black, G Flip,
Frankie Grande, Oompa, Hannah Rad,
Big Body Kweeng, MATH3CA
@ Suffolk Downs
Thursday, June 26th
Faster Pussycat
The Supersuckers
The Rumours
The Lonely Ones
@ Koto in Lowell
Wednesday, July 16th
Tripping Daisy
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, August 8th
Stevie Nicks
@ TD Garden
Saturday, November 8th
The Mars Volta
@ House of Blues