[Boston-Area Action 5/28/25] My Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on May 28, 2025 at 12:05 pm | No Comments
Another Wednesday! New Comic Book Day! No, wait, that’s not it. I mean, it is, but it’s not what I post about every week on this particular morning. I share a list of Boston-area shows I’ll be attending in the next week, along with ones around here that have been newly-announced. Here goes.
Highlights: Release shows! Both the Thalia Zedek Band & Kathy Snax are commemorating new recordings, with TZB’s excellent LP having arrived last week (celebrating Friday at O’Brien’s), and Kathy Snax offering up a new cassette EP at a Lizard Lounge show on Saturday. Both lineups are ace, so get thee to one or both of those. Tonight I’m gonna try to hit up the Silhouette to see some Mill Pond Falls, and I’m tempted to catch Sunday’s tribute show for the sadly-departed Jill Sobule, where Tanya Donelly will be making an appearance.
And in a familiar refrain, there’s a conflict that I wish I could somehow double-dip on: That TZB release show on Friday is up against Orbit & Eldridge Rodriguez & Harris at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville. Waaaaay on the other side of the river. Oof.
Anyway, here’s my ideal itinerary, followed by a relatively short list of new show announcements (Built to Spill! Oceanator! The Armed!). Did I miss any new show news you’re psyched about? Comment with it. Anything in the next few days you’re looking forward to seeing? Share it. Did I screw something up in the details of this thing? (answer: yes) Set me straight.
The full list of shows on my radar is, as it has been for 25 years (gulp), available over in the right hand column.
My impending show-going plans…
Wednesday, May 28th
Matt Charette & the Truer Sound
Pete Mancini & the Hillside Airmen
Mill Pond Falls
@ the Silhouette Lounge
Friday, May 30th
Thalia Zedek Band
record release show!
with Vivid Bloom
& Harsh Foxing
@ O’Brien’s
Friday, May 30th
Orbit
Eldridge Rodriguez
Harris
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Saturday, May 31st
Happy Little Clouds
Girl with a Hawk
Kathy Snax Band (tape release!)
@ the Lizard Lounge
Sunday, June 1st
Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule
benefiting the
It Was A Good Life Foundation
with Vance Gilbert, Tanya Donelly,
Antje Duvekot, Catie Curtis, & more
@ Club Passim
Tuesday, June 3rd
Earfull Series
Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
with authors
Nicole Graev Lipson
& Jennifer Haigh
and musicians
Ava Valianti
& Naseem Khuri
@ Arsenal Branch Line
Next, new Boston-area show announcements
Saturday, June 7th
Will Dailey
@ Club Passim
Wednesday, August 13th
Open Mike Eagle
Oceanator
@ the Middle East Upstairs
Thursday, August 14th
The Armed
Prostitute
@ The Sinclair
Wednesday, September 10th
– second show added –
Alex G
Nilüfer Yanya
@ Roadrunner
Thursday, September 18th
The Bouncing Souls
H2O
The Smoking Popes
Jer
@ the Royale
October 15th
Modest Mouse
Built to Spill
@ MGM Music Hall
[Boston-Area Action 5/21/25] My Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on May 21, 2025 at 12:33 pm | No Comments
Welp, here we are again. Another Wednesday, another list of recent Boston-area show announcements, plus my definite weekend show-going plans (which don’t preclude spontaneous ones from the full list over in the right column.
Some all-time faves return to town in the coming days, including the Swirlies with Mark Robinson (Unrest/Teen-Beat Record/etc) tomorrow night at the Paradise, and The Wedding Present at The Sinclair on Saturday. If you’re going to that, DO NOT miss openers the Tubs. Trust me.
And depending on Thursday night’s timing, I’m hoping to rush to Sally O’Brien’s after the Paradise to see if anyone is still at the Steve Morse memorial tribute with Barrence Whitfield & The Savages. Fingers crossed.
First my imminent itinerary, followed by recent announcements. See you up front.
My impending show-going plans…
TOMORROW
Thursday, May 22nd
Slide Away Presents:
Swirlies
Mark Robinson
Her New Knife
Beach-O (film)
@ the Paradise
ALSO TOMORROW
Thursday, May 22nd
The Steve Morse Memorial Tribute
to benefit his son Nick Morse
with Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
@ Sally O’Briens
Saturday, May 24th
The Wedding Present
“Bizarro” 35th Anniversary Tour
with The Tubs
@ The Sinclair
Next, new Boston-area show announcements
Sunday, June 1st
Jillith Fair – Loving Jill Sobule
benefiting the
It Was A Good Life Foundation
with Vance Gilbert, Tanya Donelly,
Antje Duvekot, Catie Curtis, & more
@ Club Passim
Sunday, June 15th
Hilken Mancini Band
(added as opener for Karate)
@ The Sinclair
Tuesday & Wednesday
June 17th & 18th
Passion Pit
@ Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday & Wednesday
June 24th & 25th
Passion Pit
@ Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, June 24th
Colleen Green
backed by Rozwell Kid
performs “I Want To Grow Up!”
to mark the 10th anniversary
@ The Rockwell
Friday, June 27th
FKA twigs
@ Roadrunner
Friday, July 11th
The Zombies film
“Hung Up on A Dream” with
Colin Blunstone playing live
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Tuesday, July 15th
Authors Steve Weiner
and Dan Mazur present their book
“Will Eisner: A Comics Biography”
@ Brookline Booksmith
Saturday, July 19th
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
with Ken Marino, David Wain, & more
@ City Winery Boston
Saturday & Sunday
July 26th & 27th
GRUB SWEAT & BEERS
So many metal bands
@ O’Brien’s
Thursday, August 14th
The Armed
Prostitute
@ the Sinclair
Friday, August 22nd
Cave In
“Jupiter” 25th Anniversary show
@ the Sinclair
Thursday, September 11th
Alex G
Nilüfer Yanya
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, September 13th
Dwight Yoakam
@ MGM Music Hall
Saturday, September 20th
Wolf Alice
@ House of Blues
Thursday, September 25th
Cowboy Junkies
@ the Shubert Theatre
Friday, October 3rd
Home Is Where
Forests
@ the Sinclair
Monday, October 6th
Yusuf/Cat Stevens
“An Evening Of Tales,
Tunes And Other Mysteries”
Book Tour show
@ the Wang Theatre
Friday, October 10th
Jukebox the Ghost
Boys Go To Jupiter
@ the Royale
Friday, October 17th
The Psychedelic Furs
Gary Numan
@ MGM Music Hall
Tuesday & Wednesday
November 11th & 12th
Micky Dolenz (of the Monkees)
Songs & Stories
@ City Winery
Saturday, December 13th
A John Waters Christmas
@ Berklee Performance Center