[Comics Giveaway] Jeff Lemire’s spellbinding SWEET TOOTH (+ new SUPERBOY)
We interrupt your irregularly-scheduled musical programming for something I don’t mention often enough on the ‘Nac: Comic books. Or ‘sequential art’, as the more erudite might say. ‘Graphic storytelling’, maybe? Whatever you want to call them (just not ‘the funny pages’), I don’t write about them near as much as I used to, and certainly […]
The 5th of November…
Thinking about the Also-Rans today… [MP3] The Also-Rans – “5th of November” (demo) Thanks to Dave Norton (who I will eternally think of as “Dave Bakedbean”) for the date-appropriate reminder.
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Friday & Saturday
December 27th & 28th
Will Dailey - "Boys Talking"
full album performances
@ the Burren
Tuesday, December 31st
Shaun Cassidy
"Unwrapped"
@ City Winery
Tuesday, December 31st
Aerosmith (farewell tour)
with the Black Crowes
@ TD Garden
Friday, January 3rd
Dave Herlihy
(of O Positive)
new music release party!
@ Club Passim
Saturday, January 4th
The Sheila Divine
Baabes
Teardrops
@ the Sinclair
Friday, January 17th
Lake Saint Daniel
Stefan Webster
Noble Dust
@ the Lizard Lounge
Friday, January 17th
Speedy Ortiz
Grass Is Green
Pile
Mingko
@ the Somerville Armory
Saturday, January 18th
Rebounder
JW Francis
@ the Rockwell
Saturday, January 18th
Thus Love
The Vaccines
@ the Royale
Saturday, January 18th
Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom)
a benefit for the Trevor Project
@ the Burren back room
Saturday, January 18th
Tugboat Annie
Arto Vaun
Drew O'Doherty
@ Faces Brewing
Sunday, January 19th
Cracker
@ the Middle East
Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday
January 19th, 20th, & 21st
Robert Glasper
two shows each day
@ City Winery
Tuesday, January 21st
This Is Lorelei
Youbet
@ the Rockwell
Saturday, January 25th
The Meteors
@ the Middle East
Saturday, January 25th
Stereo MC's
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, January 29th
Matt Pond PA
Anya Marina
Bathtub Cig
@ the Rockwell
Friday, January 31st
Half Waif
See You At The Maypole
@ the Somerville Armory
Friday, January 31st
Jamie XX
@ Roadrunner
Friday, January 31st
Fiddlehead
Linda Claire
Glare
Prize Horse
Pet Fox
@ the Sinclair
Friday, January 31st
Frank Black & his band
play "Teenager of the Year"
@ the House of Blues
Saturday, February 1st
Drop Nineteens
Horse Jumper of Love
Wishy
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, February 1st
Stuart Murdoch
(Belle & Sebastian)
"Nobody's Empire" book tour
@ the Rockwell
Saturday & Sunday
February 1st & 2nd
The Bowery Presents &
Run For Cover Records
present "Something In The Way"
with
Slowdive, Balance & Composure,
Soccer Mommy, American Football,
Fiddlehead, Mannequin Pussy,
Militarie Gun, Sweet Pill, Anxious,
One Step Closer, Ovlov, Glare,
Enumclaw, Sadurn, Gouge Away,
Mini Trees, Great Grandpa, Dazy,
Wishy, My Fictions, Women in Peril,
& more TBA
@ Roadrunner
Tuesday, February 4th
Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
Filter
@ the House of Blues
Friday, February 7th
Rubblebucket
Hannah Mohan
@ Big Night Live
Monday, February 10th
Tim Heidecker
DJ Douggpound
@ the Royale
Tuesday, February 11th
Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches)
@ the Royale
Wednesday, February 12th
Tobin Sprout & Bevel Web
with the Moles/Richard Davies
@ the Somerville Armory
Thursday, February 13th
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
@ the Cabot, Beverly
Thursday, February 13th
Lunar Vacation
Tasha
@ Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, February 13th
J Mascis
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, February 15th
Travis
@ the Royale
Monday & Tuesday
February 17th & 18th
Jack White
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, February 22nd
Father John Misty
Destroyer
@ MGM Music Hall
Sunday, February 23rd
Jenny Owens Young
@ Club Passim
Tuesday, February 25th
Howard Jones
ABC
@ the Shubert Theatre
Thursday, February 27th
Pom Pom Squad
Caroline Kingsbury
@ the Sinclair
Friday, February 28th
The Bevis Frond
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Saturday, March 1st
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve
@ the Cabot, Beverly
Friday, March 7th
Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy,
& friends mark the 40th anniversary of
R.E.M.'s "Fables of the Reconstruction"
(and more) with opener Dave Hill
@ the Royale
Sunday, March 9th
an acoustic evening with
Trey Anastasio
@ the Wang
Monday, March 10th
Kim Deal
@ the Wilbur
Tuesday, March 11th
Kraftwerk
@ the Wang
Tuesday, March 11th
Peter Wolf (J Geils Band)
presents his new memoir
"Waiting on the Moon"
@ Cambridge Public Library
Wednesday, March 12th
The MC Taylor Goldsmith Show
MC Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger)
and Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes)
@ the Cut, Gloucester
Friday & Saturday
March 14th & 15th
Dropkick Murphys
Menzingers
Teenage Bottlerocket
Saturday, March 15th
Hovvdy
Video Age
@ the Middle East Downstairs
Saturday, March 15th
Dream Theater
40th Anniversary Tour
@ the Wang
Saturday, March 15th
Dropkick Murphys
Menzingers
Teenage Bottlerocket
@ MGM Music Hall
Sunday, March 16th
Dropkick Murphys
Bouncing Souls
Hot Water Music
Rebuilder
@ MGM Music Hall
Monday, March 17th
Dropkick Murphys
Bouncing Souls
Hot Water Music
Cody Nilson
@ House of Blues
Wednesday, March 19th
Quicksand
@ the Paradise
Thursday, March 20th
Neil Degrasse Tyson
@ the Wilbur
Sunday, March 23rd
Ida & Tsunami!
the Coin-Flip tour!
@ Crystal Ballroom
Tuesday, March 25th
Of Montreal
cumgirl8
@ the Royale
Thursday, March 27th
Horsegirl
Free Range
@ the Somerville Armory
Thursday, March 27th
José González
@ the Cabot in Beverly
Friday, March 28th
The Weather Station
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, March 29th
Maya Hawke
Katy Kirby
@ Roadrunner
Sunday, March 30th
The Hard Quartet
Sharp Pins
@ the Paradise
Thursday, April 3rd
Alan Sparhawk (Low)
Circuit des Yeux
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, April 5th
Snow Patrol
@ MGM Music Hall
Saturday, April 5th
Franz Ferdinand
@ the Orpheum
Sunday, April 6th
The War & Treaty
@ the Sinclair
Tuesday, April 8th
Deftones
The Mars Volta
Fleshwater
@ TD Garden
Wednesday, April 9th
Kylie Minogue
@ the Garden
Thursday, April 10th
FACS
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, April 11th
Mogwai
@ the Paradise
Saturday, April 12th
Franz Ferdinand
@ the Orpheum
Sunday, April 13th
EXTC
(Terry Chambers & friends)
@ City Winery
Sunday, April 13th
Heart
@ Agganis Arena
Tuesday, April 15th
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
St. Vincent
@ Agganis Arena
Thursday, April 17th
Dead Boys
Richard Lloyd Group
(of Television)
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, April 17th
Mercury Rev
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, April 18th
Mount Eerie
Hana Stretton
@ the Sinclair
Friday, April 18th
Bright Eyes
Cursive
@ House of Blues
Saturday, Sunday, & Tuesday
April 19th, 20th, & 21st
Ani DiFranco
@ the Somerville Theatre
Sunday, April 20th
Gang of Four
"The Long Goodbye" farewell tour
playing "Entertainment!" & more
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Wednesday, April 23rd
Dweezil Zappa
@ the Cabot, Beverly, MA
Wednesday, April 23rd
The Linda Lindas
Pinkshift
@ the Paradise
Friday & Saturday
April 25th & 26th
The Town and the City Festival!
@ various venues in Lowell
Saturday, April 26th
Poison the Well
Glassjaw
Better Lovers
Teenage Wrist
@ Roadrunner
Sunday, April 27th
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
@ MGM Music Hall
Thursday, May 1st
Sharon Van Etten
& the Attachment Theory
Love Spells
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, May 3th
Cheekface
@ The Sinclair
Sunday, May 4th
AC/DC
@ Gillette Stadium
Thursday, May 8th
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Monday, May 12th
Kendrick Lamar
SZA
@ Gillette Stadium
Saturday, May 17th
Amyl & the Sniffers
Sheer Mag
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, May 24th
The Wedding Present
"Bizarro" 35th Anniversary Tour
with The Tubs
@ the Sinclair
Friday, May 30th
Teddy Swims
@ Suffolk Downs
Friday, June 6th
The Ocean Blue
playing their self-titled LP
and their "Cerulean" LP
@ the Somerville Armory
Tuesday & Wednesday
June 10th & 11th
Queens of the Stone Age
@ MGM Music Hall
Monday, July 7th
OMD
@ House of Blues
Tuesday, July 15th
Weird Al Yankovic
@ the Wang
Wednesday, July 16th
Mekons
Johnny Dowd
@ City Winery
Friday, July 18th
Samantha Crain
@ Warehouse XI
Friday & Saturday
July 18th & 19th
PIXIES
performing "Bossanova"
& "Trompe Le Monde" (18th)
and a set of classics (19th)
with Kurt Vile & the Violators
@ MGM Music Hall
Monday, July 21st
Ghost
@ TD Garden
Saturday, July 26th
Toto
Christopher Cross
Men At Work
@ Leader Bank Pavilion
Saturday, July 26th
Rod Stewart
Cheap Trick
@ the Xfinity Center
Tuesday, July 29th
Goo Goo Dolls
Dashboard Confessional
@ the Pavilion
Wednesday, July 30th
The "Happy Together" Tour
featuring The Turtles,
Jay & the Americans,
Little Anthony, Mark Lindsay
(of Paul Revere & the Raiders),
The Vogues, & the Cowsills
@ Lynn Auditorium
Friday, August 1st
LOST 80's LIVE
with A Flock of Seagulls,
Big Country, General Public,
The Vapors, Belouis Some,
The Icicle Works, China Crisis,
Josie Cotton, Polecats,
and more
@ the Wang
Sunday, September 7th
My Chemical Romance
Idles
@ Fenway Park
Wednesday, September 17th
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Willie Watson
@ the Pavilion
Tuesday, September 23rd
Viagra Boys
@ Roadrunner