Bradley’s Almanac

[Ticket Giveaway] THE NINES FEST in Devens, MA

It’s been too long since I’ve done a proper giveaway here on the ‘Nac, and handing out a pair of free tickets to next Saturday’s first-ever edition of THE NINES FESTIVAL in Devens, MA is a worthy reason to end that drought. The single day, multi-stage, outdoor fest has a solid musical lineup that includes […]

[NMN Playlist] New Music Night XI at River Gods

A couple Thursdays ago we brought our eleventh installment of New Music Night to River Gods near Cambridge’s Central Square. As always, Jay Clicky Clicky and I split four hours in the DJ booth and played nothing but brand new music. Here’s my playlist, with links to download, stream, and/or purchase the tracks. Some stand-out […]

  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Tuesday, February 4th
    EARFULL
    Writers reading. Songwriters performing.
    with writers James Wood & John Sayles
    & musicians Elsa Kennedy & Peter Mulvey
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Tuesday, February 4th
    Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
    Filter
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, February 7th
    Thalia Zedek Band
    Field Day
    Arto Vaun
    @ the Lizard Lounge
    Friday, February 7th
    Rubblebucket
    Hannah Mohan
    @ Big Night Live
    Saturday, February 8th
    Jake McKelvie & his New Old Band
    Slo-Anne
    Deuce Club
    Audrey/Karina & friends
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Saturday, February 8th
    Beeef
    Clifford
    Hey I'm Outside
    @ the Rockwell
    Saturday, February 8th
    J Mascis
    Hilken Mancini
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, February 10th
    Phantogram
    @ House of Blues
    Monday, February 10th
    Tim Heidecker & the Very Good Band
    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
    Friday, February 14th
    Jilted Lovers:
    A Valentine's Day Cover Show
    with
    10,000 Spoons as Alanis Morissette,
    Super Graphic Ultra Modern TIFFY
    & Friends as Chappell Roan, and
    69 Fireflies as The Magnetic Fields
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, February 15th
    Freezepop's 25th Anniversary show!
    with Lovina Falls,
    Daughter of the Vine,
    & Vivid Bloom
    @ the Middle East Down
    Saturday, February 15th
    Travis
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, February 15th
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    @ the Sanders Theatre
    Monday & Tuesday
    February 17th & 18th
    Jack White
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, February 20th
    Babe Corner
    Heaven For Real
    Mingko
    Lane
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, February 21st
    Chris Lee-Rodriguez
    The Michael Character
    Puppy Problems
    canteenkilla
    @ O'Brien's
    Saturday, February 22nd
    10 years of WORSHIPPER
    with Roadsaw & Summoner
    @ Widowmaker, Braintree
    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
    Thursday, March 6th
    Avengers
    Lupo Citta
    @ the Middle East
    Friday, March 7th
    Vundabar
    Pet Fox
    Fantasy of a Broken Heart
    @ the Paradise
    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
    Saturday, March 8th
    "Another Abbey Lounge Reunion!"
    with Yes Nanny,
    Eric Salt & the Electricity,
    and The Grownup Noise
    @ Sally O'Brien's
    Saturday, March 8th
    Hands & Knees
    Spatulas
    Jeanines
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Sunday, March 9th
    an acoustic evening with
    Trey Anastasio
    @ the Wang
    Monday, March 10th
    Kim Deal
    Ratboys
    @ 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
    Robert Poss (Band of Susans)
    Martha Swetzoff
    Chris Brokaw
    @ the Lilypad
    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
    Derv Gordon (of the Equals)
    backed by So What
    with
    Children of the Flaming Wheel
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, March 20th
    Neil Degrasse Tyson
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday, March 21st
    The Zip-Ups
    Corin Ashley
    Shiverlane
    @ Faces Brewing
    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
    Dead Kennedys
    H.R. (of Bad Brains)
    Raging Nathans
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, March 28th
    The Weather Station
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, March 29th
    Robin Lane
    @ Club Passim
    Saturday, March 29th
    Maya Hawke
    Katy Kirby
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, March 30th
    Famous Mammals
    The Spatulas
    @ O'Brien's
    Sunday, March 30th
    The Hard Quartet
    Sharp Pins
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, April 3rd
    Alan Sparhawk (Low)
    Circuit des Yeux
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, April 4th
    Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
    Bill Ryder-Jones
    @ the Orpheum
    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
    The Yardbirds
    @ City Winery Boston
    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
    Monday, April 14th
    Everyone Asked About You
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, April 15th
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    St. Vincent
    @ Agganis Arena
    Wednesday, April 16th
    L.S. Dunes
    From Indian Lakes
    Night Sins
    @ the SInclair
    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, April 19th
    The Fixx
    Jill Sobule
    @ the Cabot, Beverly
    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
    Sunday, April 20th
    Jay Aston's
    Gene Loves Jezebel
    Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats)
    Belouis Some
    @ City Winery
    Sunday & Monday
    April 20th & 21st
    Lucy Dacus
    Katie Gavin
    Jamine.4.t.
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, April 22nd
    Alejandro Escovedo
    @ City Winery
    Wednesday, April 23rd
    Dweezil Zappa
    @ the Cabot, Beverly, MA
    Wednesday, April 23rd
    The Linda Lindas
    Pinkshift
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, April 24th
    Swervedriver
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, April 24th
    The Mary Wallopers
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday, April 24th
    Christian Death
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, April 25th
    Sidewalk Driver
    @ Deep Cuts
    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
    Beach Bunny
    Pool Kids
    Jayla Kai
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, April 27th
    Indigo Girls
    Melissa Etheridge
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, May 1st
    Deep Sea Diver
    Byland
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, May 1st
    Sharon Van Etten
    & the Attachment Theory
    Love Spells
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, May 2nd
    Bob Mould & his band
    J. Robbins & his band
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, May 3th
    Cheekface
    @ The Sinclair
    Sunday, May 4th
    The Queers
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Sunday, May 4th
    Tim Hecker
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, May 4th
    AC/DC
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Wednesday, May 7th
    Japanese Breakfast
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, May 7th
    Love
    Johnny Echols
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, May 8th
    Melvins
    Napalm Death
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 8th
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, May 10th
    Mallrat
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Monday, May 12th
    Kendrick Lamar
    SZA
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Saturday, May 17th
    Sunflower Bean
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, May 17th
    Amyl & the Sniffers
    Sheer Mag
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Peter Bjorn and John
    "Writers Block" album tour
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, May 24th
    The Wedding Present
    "Bizarro" 35th Anniversary Tour
    with The Tubs
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    May 23rd, 24th, & 25th
    Boston Calling Music Festival
    @ the Harvard Athletic Complex
    Wednesday, May 28th
    Barry Manilow
    "the last Boston concert"
    @ the Garden
    Thursday, May 29th
    Annie Dirusso
    Squirrel Flower
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, May 30th
    Orbit
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, May 30th
    Teddy Swims
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday, May 30th
    OK GO
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, May 31st
    Jet
    Band of Skulls
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 6th
    Jack's Mannequin
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 6th
    Sleigh Bells
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, June 6th
    The Ocean Blue
    playing their self-titled LP
    and their "Cerulean" LP
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Wednesday, June 11th
    Turnover
    "Peripheral Vision" tour
    with Balance & Composure
    & Citizen
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, June 15th
    Simple Minds
    Soft Cell
    Modern English
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday, June 19th
    Blondshell
    Daffo
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 27th
    Khruangbin
    John Carroll Kirby
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Saturday, June 28th
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Alan Sparhawk
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, June 28th
    Tree
    @ Brighton 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
    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, August 30th
    Coheed & Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    Foxing
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 7th
    The Outlaw Music Festival
    10th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Xfinity Center
    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
    Saturday & Sunday
    October 4th & 5th
    An Inconceivable Evening
    with Cary Elwes
    & a screening of
    The Princess Bride
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues