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[Live MP3s] Kadane Bros. (Bedhead/The New Year) in Cambridge, MA 2008

Posted on October 6, 2008 at 11:07 am | 2 Comments

At last, this coming Saturday brings The New Year to town in support of their self-titled third album, released just a few weeks back on Touch & Go. It should come as no shock (to either myself or any regular ‘Nac visitor) that the disc is the front-runner for my fave of the year, given that TNY (and Bedhead before it) sit solidly in my top five, and have for the better parts of two decades now. Yes, I’m that predictable, but only because Matt & Bubba Kadanes’ ability to construct a collection of moving songs is so damn dependable.

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the brothers Kadane closed the books on Bedhead, I so clearly remember reading (and being crushed by) the news. Seven years of brilliance, fully-formed right out of the gate, soundtracking so many of my age-20-something ups and downs. In that final mailing list missive, Matt & Bubba wrote a couple things that made the break-up easier to take: “…in some form we’ll continue.” and “… don’t be alarmed if at some unspecified point in the future you all hear from us again.” Sure enough, the mourning period was a short one: Word of The New Year’s formation came just one year later, and a debut disc arrived in early 2001.

As has almost always been the case, necessitated by distance and day jobs, the Kadane brothers collaborate through the mail (first snail, then e-), sending demos back and forth to flesh out guitar and vocal contributions before bringing rest of the band in to add their respective layers. In those relatively rare instances when all the members can come together (due to living all over the U.S., and in drummer Chris Brokaw‘s case, playing guitar in probably a half-dozen different projects), practice and studio-time gets booked, and if we’re lucky, an album and tour is the result. And this year is one of those lucky ones.

So not only do we get a set from The New Year this weekend, but we were privy to something of a preview over the summer, when Matt and Bubba did a few dates opening for the mighty Bottomless Pit, ostensibly to shake off some live rust and give some new songs a test drive in stripped-down form. Their July 12th visit to the Middle East upstairs (the same Cambridge stage they’ll hit this Saturday) not only offered us a rare listen to how the new stuff sounds in pre-band form, but gave us bare versions of a couple Bedhead songs, including personal fave “Crushing“. Still gets me every single time. A Boston bonus: Chris Brokaw was on hand to not only grace us with an warm-up set, but to add his guitar to opener “The End’s Not Near“.

With Bubba Kadane’s kind permission, here’s the siblings’ entire summertime set for your downloading pleasure. Pick up your tickets for Saturday’s show (which includes openers Tre Orsi and Dirty on Purpose) here or at the Middle East box office, order up a copy of their new album direct from Touch & Go, and see below for even more audio and informational goodness…


Matt & Bubba Kadane

 

The Kadane Bros.
Live at the Middle East Upstairs
in Cambridge, MA
on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

 

[ download the entire set in one .zip file ]

 

01. The End’s Not Near (TNY)
02. Seven Days & Seven Nights (TNY – new)
03. Crushing (Bedhead)
04. Wages of Sleep (TNY – new)
05. Reconstruction (TNY)
06. Newness Ends (TNY)
07. Simple Life (TNY)
08. Alter Ego (TNY)
09. The Company I Can Get (TNY – new)
10. Gasoline (TNY)
11. 18 (TNY)
12. “Beheaded” into Bottomless Pit doing “Leave the Light On”

 


with guitar guest and New Year bandmate Chris Brokaw

 
Some New Year-related links…

Their official site, MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and Touch & Go label page. For a valuable history lesson, visit Bedhead’s archived website at Brainwashed, Wiki, and T&G page as well.

Additional Audio: Here’s a free ‘n legal download of the second track from the new album…

Mp3: The New Year – “The Company I Can Get

While on the west coast last week, the band visited KEXP in Seattle and played four songs, which you can stream for another few days in the station’s archives (select Saturday, Sept. 27th at 1:05pm PST). In case you miss it, here are two of the four, “MMV” off the new disc, and a personal fave from 2004’s “The End Is Near”, “Chinese Handcuffs“…

Mp3: The New Year – “MMV” (live on KEXP)
Mp3: The New Year – “Chinese Handcuffs” (live on KEXP)

When the band last played Boston a couple years back, we were treated to a pre-studio version of “MMV“, and here it is…

Mp3: The New Year – “MMV” (live in Cambridge, 8/11/06)

For more TNY audio, visit their own media page, Touch & Go, or MySpace.

Video: There’s not a lot, but what there is you’ll find with a YouTube search. The official stuff, including the three pre-released teaser trailers for the new album, were posted by T&G.

Photos: My Flickr-hosted shots are here. Have a look at full Flickr search for “The New Year”, which includes some shots from the band’s KEXP visit.

Else-blogged: Jay Clicky Clicky wrote up the Kadanes/BP show, Stereogum recently talked to the brothers about their day jobs, and Captains Dead speaks the truth.

If the non-Kadane guitarist on stage during this New Year tour looks familiar, that’s because it’s Centro-matic frontman Will Johnson (taking the place, coincidentally, of his former Funland bandmate Peter Schmidt). Now that’s what I call a guest star. FYI, Centro-Matic and South San Gabriel will be hitting the East Coast in November together, so we won’t have to wait long to hear Will’s own songs.

If you caught the band at the start of their tour in Texas last month and the drummer didn’t look familiar, that’s because it wasn’t Mr. Brokaw. He was otherwise occupied playing guitar in Thurston Moore‘s band as they recreated the “Psychic Hearts” album at ATP NY, but joined them for the fourth stop in New Mexico. No one was more surprised to see him in the Catskills than me, and during that Saturday morning baseball game I couldn’t resist saying “Hey, aren’t you supposed to be in Texas right now?“.

Tourdates: Here’s a list of the remaining 2008 New Year tour stops. Do not miss…

10/9 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
10/10 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
10/11 – The Middle East – Boston, MA
10/12 – The Livingroom – Providence, RI
10/13 – Club Metronome – Burlington, VT
10/14 – Le Divan Orange – Montreal, QC
10/15 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
10/16 – The Pike Room – Pontiac, MI
10/17 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
10/18 – Maintenance Shop – Ames, IA
10/19 – High Dive – Champaign, IL
10/20 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
10/21 – DC9 – Washington, DC11/7 – DB’s – Utrecht, Holland
11/8 – L’escalier – Liege, Belgium
11/9 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK
11/10 – The Kazimier – Liverpool, UK
11/11 – Nice N Sleazys – Glasgow, UK
11/12 – The Luminaire – London, UK
11/13 – Mains d’Oeuvre – Paris, France
11/14 – EVE Arena – Grenoble, France CANCELLED
11/15 – Tanned Tin Festival – Castello, Spain
11/16 – Grrrnd Zero – Lyon, France
11/17 – Bad Bonn – Duedingen, Switzerland
11/18 – Lokomotiv – Bologna, Italy
11/19 – Chelsea – Vienna, Austria
11/20 – Orangehouse – Munich, Germany
11/21 – Magnet – Berlin, Germany
11/22 – Prinzenbar – Hamburg, Germany
11/23 – Trix – Antwerp, Belgium
11/24 – Pret A Ecouter Festival – Heidelberg, Germany

And just because I wrote ’em down, here are the lyrics to “MMV“…

There are things some people classify as pleasures
That, just before I die, I’ll have no regrets having missed:
Camping, and orgies, and places on the body I’ve never kissed.But however you define,
whatever you have in mind
We both have a need for things we don’t need
Like belief, and relief, and pleasure, and grief

Now I’m sitting here waiting to leave, New Year’s Eve
Nothing good came from MMV
But death and destruction, and my new resolution:
To drink more, and laugh more, and sleep more, and dream more

Stream these songs and others I’ve shared at the Hype Machine.

 

the fine print… If anyone has an issue with these Mp3s being made available, just let me know (my contact info in the ‘nac faq). Live sets recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps Mp3s. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.

Sunday Music Miscellany

Posted on October 5, 2008 at 11:47 am | No Comments

Check, check… is this thing on? Anyone out there? If you’re reading this, it means I’ve successfully overcome a severe case of blogger’s block. Not that I haven’t had anything to share – the opposite is true, actually – just that I’ve been stuck in a simple catch-22: When I’m in the mood to write, I lack the time, and when I find some time, I lack the mood. Wanting to spend all my non-work moments with A & B means my priorities are properly in order, but it sure keeps the ‘Nac quiet.

My trip to ATP NY is partially to blame, as the time away and overwhelming amount of music through my brain (along with a demanding job schedule since my return) turned me into a homebody for a couple weeks there. But I’ve recovered, so I’ll be sharing some words, and more importantly some sounds, from that incredible experience in the days to come. In the meantime, there are many ATPictures. And for now, a quick Sunday afternoon post. Check back tomorrow morning for a new live recording that I’m very, very psyched to be sharing up.

Also coming tomorrow is the first of two painful live music conflicts this week: While the Wedding Present will be downstairs at the Middle East, Stereolab are across the river at the Paradise. As much as I love the ‘Lab and their best-in-awhile new album, my loyalty lies with with the Weddoes. Gedge and co. are well aware of the dueling shows, as they acknowledged it with a MySpace bulletin saying that Stereolab’s set should be over before they start. But given that the doors to the Middle East open early at 7:30, and there’s only one opening band (The Jealous Girlfriends), I have a tough time swallowing that one. Either way, I won’t be risking the double-dip, so please refrain from telling me how great the Stereolab show was, k? I can’t heeeaaaar yoooouuuu…

(and I can take some comfort in NYCtaper‘s wonderful recording of the band’s NYC stop last Thursday).

There are now two Tim Middlewick-directed videos from the Wedding Present’s “El Rey” album, so have a look…

Video: The Wedding Present –
The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend

Video: The Wedding Present –
Don’t Take Me Home Until I’m Drunk

Know what I love? The perfectly judicious use of tambourine in the above “The Thing I Like Best…“. I don’t think they’re able to do that live, though. Maybe they’ll let me handle that part tomorrow? I can both shake it and not break it.

And look what’s going on just before the show, pretty nearby the club… Elephant Parade! With added zebra action. I’m so there.

Here, have some songs, all from albums that will be arriving in the coming weeks…

  • Eric Bachmann’s Crooked Fingers gives us “Forfeit / Fortune” this week, and the preview track is…

    Mp3: Crooked Fingers – “Phony Revolutions

    My own fingers are crossed in hopes that my pre-order of the album and accompanying DVD arrive in the next day or two. And by the way, Mr. Bachmann, the lack of a Boston-area date on your current tour schedule saddens me.

    (an update – My deluxe edition of Crooked Fingers’ “Forfeit / Fortune” arrived on Monday, a day ahead of the official date. Let’s hear it for self-released shipping punctuality! Now that’s service.)

  • +/- {Plus/Minus} releases “X’s On Your Eyes” on October 21st thanks to Absolutely Kosher, and I’ve been fortunate to spend some serious time with it over the past couple weeks. Enough time to know it’s my favorite +/- record yet, hands down. The preview cut is…

    Mp3: +/- {Plus/Minus} – “Snowblind

    … and it’s one of many, many great songs to be found within. I’m especially loving “Unsung“, which I’m told I can share up in a couple weeks.

  • Here’s a happy surprise that just arrived in my inbox: News from Planting Seeds Records of tomorrow’s (digital) release of the debut EP from International Jetsetters. Why the happiness? Well, check this pedigree:

    International Jetsetters is an Oxford-based five piece. The band was formed in March 2007 by singer and guitarist Mark Crozer (The Jesus And Mary Chain) and bass player Bert Audubert. The line-up also features drummer Loz Colbert (The Jesus And Mary Chain, Ride), lead guitarist Paul Crozer, and vocalist Fi McFall.

    Hey, it’s Loz! Even without the added JAMC connection, that would rate instant addition to my playlist, and yours, too…

    Mp3: International Jetsetters – “Inside Yourself

    International Jetsetters’ six-song “Heart Is Black” EP arrives digitally tomorrow at Planting Seeds, and physically through the wonderful Darla Distribution on October 21st.

  • The Sea & Cake quickly follow up last year’s “Everybody” with a new Thrill Jockey disc on October 21st entitled “Car Alarm”, and with just a couple days of listening under my belt, I’m into it even more. It’s still smooth S&C, but with an added energy that I found lacking from the previous album. Here’s a preview, the title track…

    Mp3: The Sea & Cake – “Car Alarm

    The Sea & Cake plays downstairs at the Middle East in Central Square, Cambridge on November 21st. Tickets here or at the MidEast box office from 1-7pm daily.

  • And here’s a new song from the ever-transforming Labrador one-man band The Legends, who will release it as a single on November 5th…

    Mp3: The Legends – “Seconds Away

    It is, of course, a catchy little number, but rather than the early-Cure electronic sparsity of their last album, we get a song about tryptizol covered in a crunchy coating of Flying-Saucer-Attack style fuzz. The single will also include the song “Over and Over” and its remix, and can be preordered here.

    Well whaddya know, there’s a video for a song from New Radiant Storm King‘s excellent new one, “Drinking in the Moonlight”. Check out the Hollinsworth-directed clip right here…

    Video: New Radiant Storm King – “Clouds Cover Everything

    A higher-rez version is here, and I also discovered a fun-with-microfiche video for Quicksand Under Carpet off their previous record, which I didn’t even know existed. And here I thought I was a semi-knowledgeable NRSK fan. For shame.

    The disbanded Hot Snakes have given us two new bands, and while we got the recorded debut of John Reis’ Night Marchers last April (“See You In Magic” on Vagrant), we’ve only heard a couple live recordings from Rick Froberg’s Obits. Until now. Discriminating record label Comedy Minus One has just shared up a song from the band’s debut 7″ on their MySpace and Facebook pages. Just use the embedded players to stream Obit’s “One Cross Apiece“, which will accompany “Put It In Writing” on the out-in-December 7″. Another 7″ will follow in January 2009, along with the band’s debut full-lengther on Sub Pop shortly after.

    Former Juno frontman Arlie Carstens has shared up some new (well, new to the internet, at least) recordings under his Ghost Wars banner: a song called “The Conductor” and a 4-track cover of Husker Du’s “Divide & Conquer” (with Boston’s own Drew O’Doherty on guitar). They join four other previously-shared songs.

    Vermont band Farm‘s sophomore long player, titled “The Cave”, will be out officially next Saturday, October 11th. While the trio doesn’t have a Boston-area show scheduled yet, they’ll be in Northampton, MA this Thursday, October 9th, opening for Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at the Pearl Street Ballroom. Stream some Farm sounds at their MySpace page.

    Alright, little B is fast approaching the keyboard, so the time has come to post this sucker before he uea,djeioad014. Too late…

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Clipping.
    @ The Sinclair

    Wednesday, August 13th
    WHICH SIDE?
    A Protest Music Teach-Out
    Music Series with Discussion
    Hosted by James Sullivan
    featuring the Paid Protesters
    & a revolving cast of singers
    a 'pay what you can' affair
    @ the Lizard Lounge

    Wednesday, August 13th
    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
    @ The Center for Arts, Natick

    Wednesday, August 13th
    Open Mike Eagle
    Oceanator
    Esh & the Isolation
    @ the Middle East Upstairs

    Thursday, August 14th
    Photographer Henry Diltz
    @ the Loft, Emerson

    Thursday, August 14th
    The Armed
    Prostitute
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 15th
    Krill 2 (solo)
    Clifford
    Jarsch
    Alexander
    @ Tourist Trap (ask around)

    Friday, August 15th
    The Doobie Brothers
    The Coral Reefer Band
    @ Xfinity Center

    Saturday, August 16th
    "Brews, Beats, & Bites"
    with The Porter Squares
    @ Clippership Popup Park, Medford

    Saturday, August 16th
    The Black Keys
    Gary Clark Jr.
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, August 16th
    Ryan H Walsh (solo)
    of Hallelujah The Hills
    4pm @ the grand opening of
    Best Brother Records in Hingham

    Saturday, August 16th
    Architects
    Erra
    Holy Water
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, August 16th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    KT Tunstall
    Six Pence None the Richer
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Wednesday, August 20th
    The Joe Perry Project
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, August 20th
    Viruette
    Mallcops
    @ Bellforge Arts Center

    Thursday, August 21st
    Corin Ashley's Exciting Rock Band
    Eric Barlow
    @ the Lizard Lounge

    Thursday, August 21st
    The Smiths Tribute (NYC)
    Staring at the Sea (Cure tribute)
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 22nd
    Cave In
    "Jupiter" 25th Anniversary show
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, August 23rd
    "Brews, Beats, & Bites"
    with BossTown Heavy
    @ Clippership Popup Park, Medford

    Saturday, August 23rd
    Dogmatics
    Apehangers
    Stop Calling Me Frank
    @ the Midway

    Saturday, August 23rd
    RIVERFEST 2025
    Buffalo Tom
    Belly
    The Far Out
    Gavin Marengi
    From noon to dusk
    @ Salisbury Beach

    Saturday, August 23rd
    Tugboat Annie
    Vic Firecracker
    Detroit Angels
    @ TBA

    Sunday, August 24th
    "Twin Peaks: A Conversation
    With The Stars" featuring
    Ray Wise, Harry Goaz,
    Kimmy Robertson, &
    Executive Producer
    Sabrina S. Sutherland
    @ the Wilbur

    Sunday, August 24th
    Dream A Better World Fest
    with Evan Greer, Ruby Grove,
    Lonely Lessa & the Lost Cowboys,
    Songs of Liberation (for Palestine),
    Why Try, Chris Walton, and
    Linnea Herzog (of Linnea's Garden)
    @ Warehouse XI

    Tuesday, August 26th
    The Who
    @ Fenway Park

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    August 26th & 27th
    James Taylor
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Wednesday, August 27th
    Wrought Iron Hex
    Bad Verb
    Silver Screams
    Osis
    @ O'Brien's

    Thursday, August 28th
    Scrawl
    Chris Brokaw Rock Band
    Phantom Tollbooth
    @ Deep Cuts

    Thursday, August 28th
    Hotline TNT
    Sour Widows
    Pet Fox
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden

    Friday, August 29th
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    Thalia Zedek
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Saturday, August 30th
    Coheed & Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    Foxing
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Thursday, September 4th
    Major Stars
    Astral Bitch
    Andy California
    @ the Model

    Friday, September 5th
    The Sheila Divine
    Viruette
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, September 5th
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    Merrie Amsterburg
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Friday, September 5th
    James Austin Johnson
    (comedian/SNL)
    @ the Cut

    Friday & Saturday
    September 5th & 6th
    TOUGH LUCK FEST 2025
    day one: Slow Joy, Trophy Wife,
    Actor Observer, Exit 18, 5ever,
    & Sophie's Body
    day two: Great American Ghost,
    Move, Euclid, Blood Tithe,
    Survive the Sun, & Sevalynn
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, September 6th
    Happy Little Clouds
    Thalia Zedek
    Crow Follow
    Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys
    @ the Jungle

    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    The 13th Annual JP Music Festival!
    @ Pinebank Field in JP

    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    Slow Crush
    Faetooth
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    Ron Sexsmith
    @ Club Passim

    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    "Seisiún: a two-day Irish
    music & cultural gathering"
    6th: Dropkick Murphys,
    the Hold Steady, Stiff Little Fingers,
    The Scratch, The Rumjacks,
    Holy Locuts, & more
    7th: The Pogues, The Waterboys,
    Cardinals, Just Mustard,
    Lisa O'Neill, Mairead,
    John Francis Flynn, & more
    @ the Stage at Suffolk Downs

    Sunday, September 7th
    The Outlaw Music Festival
    10th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Sunday, September 7th
    Rilo Kiley
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Sunday, September 7th
    My Chemical Romance
    Idles
    @ Fenway Park

    Tuesday, September 9th
    James plays "Laid"
    @ the House of Blues

    Tuesday, September 9th
    Mac DeMarco
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 10th
    Alex G
    Nilüfer Yanya
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 10th
    Glitterfox
    @ the Rockwell

    Wednesday, September 10th
    Robbie Fulks
    @ Club Passim

    Thursday, Sept. 11th
    Sparks
    @ Berklee Performance Center

    Thursday, September 11th
    Alex G
    Nilüfer Yanya
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, September 11th
    Bruce Dickinson
    (Iron Maiden)
    @ the House of Blues

    Friday, September 12th
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    Mary Lou Lord & Chris Colbourn
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Friday, September 12th
    Superchunk
    Tee Vee Repairmann
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, September 12th
    The Brian's Jonestown Massacre
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, September 12th
    Ethel Cain
    9million
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 12th
    Supergrass
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, September 12th
    Greg Hawkes with Eddie Japan
    performing the music of The Cars
    @ the Spire Center, Plymouth

    Friday, September 12th
    Saturday, September 13th
    Black Moth Super Rainbow
    Ricky Eat Acid
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday & Saturday
    September 12th & 13th
    Moon Over Salem Fest
    with Rebuilder, Choke Up,
    Tigerman Woah, & many more
    @ venues around Salem

    Saturday, September 13th
    Lovina Falls (record release!)
    Count Zero
    Gene Dante & the Future Starlets
    @ Sonia

    Saturday, September 13th
    The Del Fuegos
    @ Bellforge Arts Center

    Saturday, September 13th
    Lovina Falls (record release!)
    Count Zero
    Gene Dante & the Future Starlets
    @ Sonia

    Saturday, September 13th
    Dwight Yoakam
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, September 13th
    Pulp
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Sunday, Sept 14th
    Alabama Shakes
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Sunday, September 14th
    Wet Leg
    Mary In The Junkyard
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, September 15th
    PUP
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Ekko Astral
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, September 15th
    Steve Winwood
    @ The Cabot

    Tuesday, September 16th
    Molly Tuttle
    Cecelia Castleman
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, September 17th
    Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Willie Watson
    @ the Pavilion

    Thursday, September 18th
    The Bouncing Souls
    H2O
    Smoking Popes
    Jer
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, September 18th
    Knifeplay
    Euphoria Again
    Warmachine
    @ the Rockwell

    Thursday, September 18th
    Rose City Band
    Wet Tuna
    @ Deep Cuts

    Thursday, September 18th
    J. Robbins
    Drew & Finley Do O'Doherty
    @ the Old Fire Station
    in Woods Hole, MA

    Thursday, September 18th
    Garbage
    Starcrawler
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 19th
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    Andrea Gillis & Marc Pinansky
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Friday, September 19th
    Soccer Mommy
    Dummy
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, September 19th
    Sharp Pins
    @ the Lilypad

    Friday, September 19th
    George Thorogood
    & the Destroyers
    @ Lynn Auditorium

    Friday, September 19th
    Russian Circles
    Blackwater Holylight
    @ the Royale

    Friday & Saturday
    September 19th & 20th
    Boston Fuzzstival 2025
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Saturday, September 20th
    Silver Screams
    Sonic Bomb
    Linnea's Garden
    @ Koto Salem

    Saturday, September 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, September 20th
    Turnstile
    Mannequin Pussy
    SPEED
    Jane Remover
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Saturday, September 20th
    Morrissey
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, September 20th
    Wolf Alice
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, September 20th
    Silver Screams
    Sonic Bomb
    Linnea's Garden
    @ Koto Salem

    Sunday, September 21st
    Sebadoh
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Sunday, September 21st
    Laura Stevenson
    @ the Sinclair

    Sunday, September 21st
    Marina
    Mallrat
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, September 21st
    Múm
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Sunday, September 21st
    Nation of Language
    Greet Death
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, September 21st
    Shonen Knife
    @ Sonia

    Monday, September 22nd
    Elvis Costello & the Imposters
    "Radio Soul!" tour
    with Charlie Sexton
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Foxwarren
    Allegra Krieger
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    The Minus 5
    The Baseball Project
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Jonathan Coulton
    @ City Winery

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Viagra Boys
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 24th
    The Beaches
    Debbii Dawson
    @ Roadrunner

    Wednesday, September 24th
    EARFULL series
    "Writers reading, songwriters playing"
    New location @ Regattabar, Cambridge

    Thursday, September 25th
    Cowboy Junkies
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Thursday, September 25th
    The Cribs
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, September 25th
    Junior Varsity
    @ the Rockwell

    Thursday, September 25th
    Iggy Pop
    Sex Pistols
    The Molotovs
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Thursday through Sunday
    Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th
    John Mulaney
    "Mister Whatever" tour
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Friday, September 26th
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    Jen Trynin & Magen Tracy
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Friday, September 26th
    The Front Bottoms
    Sincere Engineer
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 26th
    Lorde
    Blood Orange
    The Japanese House
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, September 26th
    Stereolab
    The Memorials
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, September 27th
    Car Seat Headrest
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, September 27th
    Rolo Tomassi
    @ the Rockwell

    Saturday, September 27th
    X
    Los Lobos
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Sunday, September 28th
    An Evening with author
    Samin Nosrat discussing
    her cookbook "Good Things"
    with Hrishikesh Hirway
    @ Emerson Colonial Theatre

    Tuesday, October 28th
    Future Teens
    ADJY
    Maura Weaver
    @ Deep Cuts

    Sunday, September 28th
    The Tubs
    Foyer Red
    @ Deep Cuts

    Wednesday, October 29th
    Of Monsters and Men
    Arny Margret
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, September 29th
    Melvins
    Red Kross
    @ Fete in Providence

    Tuesday, September 30th
    Murray Hill
    @ City Winery

    Wednesday, October 1st
    Tropical F*ck Storm
    Mark Robinson
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Wednesday, October 1st
    Bad Suns
    Yot Club
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, October 2nd
    Amy Millan (Stars/BSS)
    @ the Middle East

    Thursday, October 2nd
    DEVO
    The B-52s
    Lene Lovich Band
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Thursday, October 2nd
    Elbow
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, October 3rd
    Home Is Where
    Forests
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, October 3rd
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    Mike Gent
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    October 2nd, 3rd, & 4th
    David Byrne
    @ the Wang

    Saturday & Sunday
    October 4th & 5th
    An Inconceivable Evening
    with Cary Elwes
    & a screening of
    The Princess Bride
    @ the Wilbur

    Monday, October 6th
    Swans
    Little Annie
    Paul Wallfisch
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, October 6th
    Yusuf/Cat Stevens
    "An Evening Of Tales,
    Tunes And Other Mysteries"
    Book Tour show
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Friday, November 7th
    Minibeast
    @ Deep Cuts

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Anamanaguchi
    Ovlov
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    (acoustic show)
    @ the Wang

    Wednesday, October 8th
    High-Vis
    Crush Your Soul
    Cold Gawd
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    'Howl' 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Humanist
    @ House of Blues

    Wednesday, October 8th
    Water From Your Eyes
    Her New Knife
    Editrix
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, October 8th
    The Murder Capital
    @ Sonia

    Thursday, October 9th
    Team Dresch
    Vitapup
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Thursday, October 9th
    The Rapture
    @ House of Blues

    Thursday, October 9th
    Violent Femmes
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Friday, October 10th
    Weekly Free Residency with
    Hilken Mancini & Melissa Gibbs
    & guests, this week featuring...
    David Fredette
    @ Notch Brewing Brighton

    Friday, October 10th
    AFI
    TR/ST @ the House of Blues

    Friday, October 10th
    Jukebox the Ghost
    Boys Go To Jupiter
    @ the Royale

    Friday, October 10th
    Destroyer
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, October 11th
    The Cult
    "Death Cult In America" Tour
    with Patriarchy
    @ the Orpheum

    Saturday, October 11th
    Real Estate
    "Atlas" Anniversary Tour
    Trace Mountains
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, October 11th
    Pile
    Nnamdï
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues

    Sunday, October 12th
    Pete & Bas
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Sunday, October 12th
    The Miki Berenyi Trio
    (that's Miki from Lush)
    Gina Birch
    The Unreasonables
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, October 13th
    The Sword
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, October 13th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, October 14th
    Grandaddy
    celebrating the 25th anniversary
    of "The Sophtware Slump"
    with Greg Freeman
    @ the Royale

    Wednesday, October 15th
    Modest Mouse
    Built to Spill
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Wednesday, October 15th
    Disclosure (Live)
    Fcukers
    Villager
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, October 16th
    Moving Targets
    One Fall
    Spiller
    @ Faces Brewing

    Friday, October 17th
    Peel Dream Magazine
    @ Deep Cuts

    Friday, October 17th
    The Psychedelic Furs
    Gary Numan
    @ MGM Musis Hall

    Saturday, October 18th
    Patty Griffin &
    Rickie Lee Jones
    @ the Chevalier

    Saturday, October 18th
    AL BARILE DAY!
    (bands announced soon)
    @ Roadrunner

    Saturday, October 18th
    Jeff Tweedy
    Macie Stewart
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, October 19th
    Guerilla Toss
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Sunday, October 19th
    Ruston Kelly
    Sam MacPherson
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, October 20th
    Leisure
    @ the Royale

    Monday, October 20th
    Madi Diaz
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Tuesday, October 21st
    Big Thief
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, October 21st
    Everclear
    Local H
    Sponge
    @ Big Night Live

    Wednesday, October 22nd
    Mike Viola
    @ the Lizard Lounge

    Thursday, October 23rd
    Neko Case
    Des Demonas
    @ The Wilbur

    Thursday, October 23rd
    Belly
    "King" 30th Anniversary Tour!
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday & Friday
    October 23rd & 24th
    Ali McGuirk
    "Watertop" Release Shows
    @ the Lizard Lounge

    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    October 24th, 25th, & 26th
    Jonathan Richman
    with Tommy Larkins
    @ the Somerville Theatre

    Saturday, October 25th
    Amy Rigby
    House show in Dorchester
    @ the Acoustic Den

    Saturday, October 25th
    Rufus Wainwright
    @ City Winery

    Saturday, October 25th
    Ezra Furman
    The Golden Dregs
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 25th
    Minus The Bear
    @ the House of Blues

    Sunday, October 26th
    Bryan Adam
    Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
    @ the Garden

    Saturday, October 26th
    Big D & the Kids Table:
    A Nightmare Before Halloween
    with Westbound Train,
    & the JB Conspiracy
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, October 27th
    Laufey
    Suki Waterhouse
    @ TD Garden

    Monday, October 27th
    Autechre
    Mark Broom
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, October 29th
    Herbie Hancock
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Wednesday, October 29th
    EARFULL series
    "Writers reading, songwriters playing"
    @ Regattabar, Cambridge

    Wednesday, October 29th
    The Beta Band
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, October 30th
    Cage the Elephant
    Hey, Nothing
    Common People
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Thursday, October 30th
    Thundercat
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday & Saturday
    October 31st & November 1st
    Fleshwater
    Chat Pile
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, November 1st
    Andy Bell (of Erasure)
    @ the Wilbur

    Sunday, November 2nd
    Fruit Bats (solo)
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, November 5th
    Boris
    "Pink" 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Uniform
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, November 6th
    Colin Hay (Men at Work)
    @ the Chevalier Theatre

    Thursday, November 6th
    Robert Plant's Saving Grace
    featuring Suzi Dian
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Thursday & Friday
    November 6th & 7th
    The Lone Bellow
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    November 6th, 7th, & 8th
    Buffalo Tom's 2nd annual
    "Please Come to Boston" fest
    with special live performances
    & guests each night
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday & Saturday
    November 7th & 8th
    Steve Martin & Martin Short
    three shows @ the Wang

    Saturday, November 8th
    Cracker
    with special guests
    @ Abbot Hall, Marblehead

    Saturday, November 8th
    The Mars Volta
    @ House of Blues

    Sunday, November 9th
    Flock of Dimes
    @ the Rockwell

    Sunday, November 9th
    The Samples
    @ City Winery

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 11th & 12th
    Micky Dolenz (the Monkees)
    Songs & Stories
    @ City Winery

    Wednesday, November 12th
    Jens Lekman
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, November 13th
    Janeane Garofalo
    two shows
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Friday, November 14th
    Geese
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, November 14th
    Spiller
    The Long Wait
    @ the Middle East

    Saturday, November 15th
    Beach Fossils
    @ the Paradise

    Sunday, November 16th
    The Faint
    Hercules & Love Affair
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, November 16th
    Black Flag
    (Ginn & the kids)
    @ Taffeta in Lowell

    Monday, November 17th
    Tom Morello & Friends
    (electric full band show)
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 18th & 19th
    The Barr Brothers
    Land of Talk
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, November 19th
    EARFULL series
    "Writers reading, songwriters playing"
    @ Regattabar, Cambridge

    Wednesday, November 19th
    Author Joe Hill
    presenting 'King Sorrow'
    @ Brookline Booksmith

    Thursday, November 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 21st
    Queensrÿche
    Accept
    @ Somerville Theatre

    Friday & Saturday
    November 21st & 22nd
    Letters to Cleo
    The Cavedogs
    @ the Paradise Rock Club

    Saturday, November 22nd
    Couch
    @ Roadrunner

    Monday, November 24th
    Stevie Nicks
    @ TD Garden

    Monday, November 24th
    Bar Italia
    Lifeguard
    @ the Paradise

    Monday, November 24th
    Patti Smith
    Horses 50th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Orpheum

    Wednesday, November 26th
    The Lemonheads
    @ The Wilbur

    Saturday, November 29th
    Portugal. The Man
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, November 30th
    Caspian
    Aisha Burns
    @ Sonia

    Monday, December 1st
    (second show added)
    The Beths
    Phoebe Rings
    @ the Royale

    December 6th
    Sorry
    @ the Middle East Up

    Tuesday, December 9th
    They Are Gutting A Body Of Water
    Hooky
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Wednesday, December 10th
    EARFULL series
    "Writers reading, songwriters playing"
    @ Regattabar, Cambridge

    Saturday, December 13th
    Paula Poundstone
    @ the Mosesian Center, Watertown

    Saturday, December 13th
    Converge's SADDEST DAY Fest
    with Touché Amoré, Coalesce,
    The Hope Conspiracy, Soul Glo,
    Year of the Knife, Stress Positions,
    Wormwood, and more
    @ Roadrunner

    Saturday, December 13th
    A John Waters Christmas
    @ Berklee Performance Center

    Monday, December 15th
    Algernon Cadwallader
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, December 27th
    John Oliver
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Monday & Tuesday
    December 29th & 30th
    The Disco Biscuits
    Monday @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday @ the Royale

    Thursday, January 15th, 2026
    Cate Le Bon
    @ the Sinclair

    Monday, January 19th, 2026
    Shame
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, June 26th, 2026
    The Church
    The Singles Tour
    (rescheduled from 8/1/25)
    @ Somerville Theatre