Bradley’s Almanac

[Nac Faves] My Favorite Music of 2017

Ah, the best laid plans and the most brutal excuses. My honest intention to get this sucker done before the new calendar year hit was derailed by a major bout of holiday pneumonia, then as December disappeared in a fevered haze and I gathered myself to finish in January… enter ye olde influenza! Such an […]

  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Tuesday, October 15th
    Air
    playing "Moon Safari
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 16th
    Illuminati Hotties
    Daffo
    @ The Sinclair
    Wednesday, October 16th
    Empress Of
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, October 16th
    The Dead Pixels
    Glass House
    Thrust Club
    Reklema
    @ the Silhouette
    Wednesday, October 16th
    Orville Peck
    Nikki Lane
    Vincent Neil Emerson
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday & Thursday
    October 16th & 17th
    Nick Lowe with
    Los Straitjackets
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, October 17th
    Tanukichan
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Thursday, October 17th
    Maggie Rogers
    Ryan Beatty
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, October 19th
    Kingsley Flood
    Magen Tracy &
    the Missed Connections
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Saturday, October 19th
    John Douglas
    (of Trashcan Sinatras)
    Lauren Calve
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, October 19th
    The The
    @ the Orpheum
    Saturday, October 19th
    Rival Schools
    Webbed Wing
    Hollow Suns
    Twowayradio
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, October 19th
    Todd Rundgren
    @ the Lynn Auditorium
    October, October 20th
    Julie
    They Are Gutting a Body of Water
    Her New Knife
    @ the Paradise
    Monday, October 21st
    Boris
    Starcrawler
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, October 22nd
    EARFULL
    Writers reading.
    Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    J Courtney Sullivan
    & Marianne Leone
    and performers
    Naomi Westwater
    & Kris Delmhorst
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Tuesday, October 22nd
    MJ Lenderman & the Wind
    Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, October 23rd
    Beach Weather
    @ The Sinclair
    Wednesday, October 23rd
    Slift
    Meatbodies
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 23rd
    OSEES
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, October 24th
    Otis Shanty
    Lost Film
    Small Pond
    Night Moth
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, October 25th
    Trace Mountains
    Long Beard
    Lake Saint Daniel
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, October 25th
    Moving Targets
    The Long Wait
    Spiller
    @ the Middle East Up
    Saturday, October 26th
    Fog Lake
    Foxes in Fiction
    @ the Lilypad
    Saturday, October 26th
    Cyndi Lauper
    farewell tour
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, October 26th
    Halloween Show! featuring...
    Audrey, Karina, Justin, & Ben
    as Cyndi Lauper,
    Talk Chalk as The B52s
    The Kremlin Bats as The Cars
    & Toby Tantrum as The Stooges
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Sunday, October 27th
    Foxing
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday & Tuesday
    October 28th & 29th
    Clairo
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, October 29th
    Jean Paul Jean Paul
    M.G. Lederman
    Cameron Keiber
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, October 29th
    Robyn Hitchcock
    Imogen Clark
    @ City Winery
    Wednesday, October 30th
    Gang of Four
    with the Mini-Mekons
    (Sally Timms & Jon Langford)
    Wednesday, October 30th
    André 3000:
    New Blue Sun Live In Concert
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, October 30th
    The Go! Team
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, November 1st
    The Dresden Dolls
    Gogol Bordello
    Johnny Manchild
    & the Poor Bastards
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, November 2nd
    The Dresden Dolls
    Gogol Bordello
    Emperor Norton's
    Stationary Marching Band
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday through Sunday
    November 1st - 3rd
    Buffalo Tom's
    "Please Come To Boston" minifestival
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Sunday, November 3rd
    The Juliana Hatfield Three
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, November 3rd
    Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
    @ the ICA
    Sunday & Monday
    November 3rd & 4th
    Leon Bridges
    Hermanos Gutiérrez
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, November 6th
    Cursive
    Gladie
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, November 6th
    The Wallflowers
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, November 9th
    Greg Hawkes (of the Cars)
    with Eddie Japan
    performing the songs of
    The Cars
    @ the Cut
    Saturday, November 9th
    Silver Screams
    Black Helicopter
    Jay Allen & The Archcriminals
    @ the Square Root in Rozzie
    Saturday, November 9th
    TRAITRS
    Dead Leaf Echo
    Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Sunday, November 10th
    Judge John Hodgman: Road Court
    @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
    Sunday, November 10th
    David Cross
    Sean Patton
    @ the Royale
    Monday, November 11th
    James Vincent McMorrow
    Young Jesus
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, November 12th
    Lucinda Williams & her band
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Sunday, November 10th
    Slow Pulp
    Free Range
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 12th & 13th
    Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief)
    @ the Shubert Theatre
    Friday, November 15th
    Hallelujah the Hills perform
    "I'm You" in its entirety
    with
    Upper Wilds & Sidebody
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, November 15th
    Ratboys
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, November 15th
    Rob Sheffield presents
    his new Taylor Swift
    book "Heartbreak Is The
    National Anthem"
    7pm @ First Parish Church
    Friday, November 15th
    Trash Sun
    @ the 4th Wall
    Saturday, November 16th
    Kal Marks
    Paper Lady
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, November 16th
    Tokyo Police Club (the final tour)
    @ the Paradise
    Sunday, November 17th
    Chat Pile
    Mamaleek
    Trainlodge
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 19th
    Modest Mouse
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, November 20th
    A.C. Newman (New P0rnographers)
    celebrates the 20th anniversary
    of his LP "The Slow Wonder"
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, November 21st
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Spencer Radcliffe & Everything
    Primal Rat Screw
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, November 22nd
    Dawes
    Winnetka Bowling League
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, November 22nd
    Amy Helm
    (full band show)
    @ the Cut
    Friday, November 22nd
    Yoke Lore
    Runnner
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, November 23rd
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Alan Sparhawk (of Low)
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, November 23rd
    J Mascis
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, December 1st
    Interpol
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, December 1st
    Gillian Welch &
    David Rawlings
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, December 4th
    The Ladybug Transistor
    Lightheaded
    Mark Robinson (Unrest/Air Miami)
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, December 6th
    Basic
    Chris Brokaw
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Friday, December 6th
    Mike Viola
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, December 6th
    BEAT plays the music
    of 80s King Crimson
    featuring Adrian Belew, Steve Vai,
    Tony Levin, & Danny Carey
    @ the Lynn Auditorium
    Saturday, December 7th
    Ted Leo & Aimee Mann's
    The Christmas Show!
    with Paul F. Tompkins,
    Nellie McKay, Josh Gondelman,
    & "other fun stuff"
    @ the Cabot, Beverly, MA
    Monday, December 9th
    Joyce Manor celebrating
    10 years of 'Never Hungover Again'
    with Algnernon Cadwallader
    & the Ergs
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, December 12th
    Wednesday (solo)
    Cryogeyser (solo)
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Thursday, December 12th
    The Jesus Lizard
    Pile
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, December 13th
    Suki Waterhouse
    Bully
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, December 15th
    Tiny Moving Parts
    Action/Adventure
    Greywind
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, December 21st
    The Del Fuegos
    Holiday Shows!
    2 shows @ City Winery
    Tuesday, December 31st
    Aerosmith (farewell tour)
    with the Black Crowes
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, January 4th
    The Sheila Divine
    Baabes
    Teardrops
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday
    January 19th, 20th, & 21st
    Robert Glasper
    two shows each day
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, January 25th
    Stereo MC's
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, January 31st
    Half Waif
    See You At The Maypole
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, January 31st
    Jamie XX
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, January 31st
    Frank Black & his band
    play "Teenager of the Year"
    @ the House of Blues
    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
    Friday, February 7th
    Rubblebucket
    Hannah Mohan
    @ Big Night Live
    Monday, February 10th
    Tim Heidecker
    DJ Douggpound
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, February 15th
    Travis
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, February 27th
    Pom Pom Squad
    Caroline Kingsbury
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, February 28th
    The Bevis Frond
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    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
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    March 14th, 15th, & 16th
    Dropkick Murphys
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, March 15th
    Dream Theater
    40th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Wang
    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
    Thursday, March 27th
    José González
    @ the Cabot in Beverly
    Saturday, March 29th
    Maya Hawke
    Katy Kirby
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, April 5th
    Snow Patrol
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, April 5th
    Franz Ferdinand
    @ the Orpheum
    Tuesday, April 8th
    Deftones
    The Mars Volta
    Fleshwater
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, April 9th
    Kylie Minogue
    @ the Garden
    Friday, April 11th
    Mogwai
    @ the Paradise
    Sunday, April 13th
    Heart
    @ Agganis Arena
    Tuesday, April 15th
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    St. Vincent
    @ Agganis Arena
    Friday, April 18th
    Bright Eyes
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, April 20th
    Gang of Four
    "The Long Goodbye" farewell tour
    playing "Entertainment!" & more
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday & Saturday
    April 25th & 26th
    The Town and the City Festival!
    @ various venues in Lowell
    Friday, May 30th
    Teddy Swims
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, July 14th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang