Bradley’s Almanac

A Matter of Degrees

Posted on July 28, 2005 at 3:22 pm | No Comments

Here I sit on the first day of a much-needed mini-vacation, already feeling reborn as the Boston temperature has dropped like 25 degrees from the humid hell of yesterday. Seems like it’s been a month since our air-conditioner’s had a rest, but y’know, I feel kinda silly whining about late-July heat, realizing other people were so much the worse for weather. And, y’know, it is summer after all.

Getting down to bizness, today’s post is gonna be another rapid-fire clearing of the decks, since as of this morning I’m on a glorious six-day work-break. I won’t totally be relaxing, since it includes a couple of rock shows (one down in NYC on Saturday, one back here on Monday), but I’ll definitely be avoiding the computer as much as I can. That said, I’m hoping for some correspondence catch-up, so if you’ve been waiting for an email answer from me, keep an eye out.

Warning: Much randomness follows…

The ‘official bootlegTwilight Singers live DVD that the band has put out is freakin’ white-hot. Seriously, I got one of the first batch of 100, and it was worth every Paypal penny I spent on it. 21 songs, almost two hours long, and an encore that not only features Greg Dulli’s former Afghan Whigs bandmate John Curley on bass playing Whigs songs, but an appearance by former Scrawl vocalist Marcy Mays, who joins them to play ‘My Curse‘ off of ‘Gentlemen’. I swear, Bobby McIntyre, Twilight’s ascot-wearing drummer, is my freakin’ stick-wiedling hero. Plus, he’s Barry Gibb’s godson.

I digress. The reason I mention the DVD is because there are now more available from the band via ebay. Any self-respecting Whigs-Twilight-Dulli fan needs this sucker in their collection. Amazing audio quality, mutiple camera shots, a great performance.

Oh, and as one of those fans, I can’t wait to finally see ‘Ladies and Gentlemen‘, the Afghan Whigs documentary that is premiering this weekend at the Lite Brite Test Fest in their hometown of Cincinnati. I can only hope that means it’ll be playing elsewhere, or at least out on DVD soon. For an article on the docuementary, head here, and for a quick look at what each AW member is doing now, go here.

So I’ve heard the new Depeche Mode song, and it is… actually quite good. Brings the long-ago days of non-stop listening to ‘Violator‘ rushing right back. If you’re looking to hunt it down, start right here. I can’t think about Depeche without remembering hearing the bleep-bloops of ‘See You‘ over the PA system at Fenway Park during a Sox game last summer. Strangest culture-clash moment ever. ‘You know that it’s true…‘.

I was a Mineral and Gloria Record fan despite the fact that the vocals occasionally got on my nerves. The music made up for it, though, and I found enough else in there to love. Well, their singer/guitarist Chris Simpson is back with a solo moniker called Zookeeper, and he’s got a MySpace page (although, who doesn’t now?) with three demos on it. (courtesy unfinished)

OooooOOO… how can I get myself to Chicago in early November? Flower15, the 15th anniversary celebration for the wonderful Flower Booking company, is taking place at the Metro from Nov. 8th to the 12th, and the lineup is looking gooood. Ted Leo, American Analog Set, a reunited Promise Ring, The Essex Green, Maritime, Jimmy Eat World, and a bunch more. Gotta convince my boss I need to pay a visit to our Chicago office.

Speaking of Mr. Ted Leo, I believe I failed to point out this excellent article on him in the Newport Mercy, written by WMBR dj Tim Kelly.

As I mentioned, I got my Boston Sigur R�s tickets a couple weeks ago, and I can’t wait to see them play stuff from their upcoming album, ‘Takk’, which is out on September 12th. In the meantime, any bittorrent-types can check out this recent live show with a bunch of those new songs.

Nice little article on Nada Surf in Filter Magazine (link from largehearted boy). I so cannot wait to sit down with their upcoming disc, ‘The Weight is a Gift‘. The songs I’ve heard so far are hitting me just right.

I’m surely not the first blogger to tell you this, but stellar-indie-station KCRW is podcasting. So, um, stick that in your aggregator and smoke it. Or something.

Did someone say the word ‘podcast’? Wait, that was me. Here’s one that will be of interest to fans of writers Warren Ellis, John Rogers, or of really good sci-fi TV in general: Evil Genius Chronicles has posted a two-part podcast interview (one, two) with Mr. Rogers about the whole Global Frequency unaired-but-leaked-pilot situation. It’s a pretty interesting listen.

Using that as a segue into comic-booky stuff, the latest All The Rage rumor column reported that one of my favorite comics in recent years, The Losers, garnered the adaptation-interest of actor/director Peter Berg. Looks like it may be more rumor than fact, as Losers writer Andy Diggle used his brand new blog to put the kibosh on it. Sort of. And not on the movie, just Berg’s possible involvement. Bookmark Diggle’s blog, by the way. Well worth a regular visit.

Recent comic purchases of note: The second issue of Ellis’ Desolation Jones (loving it), the first issue of Joss Whedon’s Serenity comic (which will bridge the criminally-cancelled Firefly series to the upcoming Serenity film), and the new Frank Miller / Jim Lee All Star Batman & Robin book (soooo disappointing). It’s not Lee’s artwork, which is alright, it’s Miller’s now-cliche choppy writing style that’s bugging the hell out of me. The guy only has to come up with half as many words as most comic scribes, since everything gets repeated. Yes. Everything. Gets. Repeated. It. Just. Gets. Repeated. Everything. Like this. Kinda. Like. This. I just. Can’t. Take it. Plus, did we really need four pages of Vicki Vale in her undies?

Lots of cool comic-related news came out of this years San Diego Movie-Con Comic-Con, including the details of some work that writer/artist Brian Wood has coming out. One is the Vertigo series DMZ, in which a near-future Manhattan becomes a war-zone, and a 12-issue Oni series called Local, which will focus on “normal people in extraordinary, life changing situations. Each issue takes place in a different [real world] town, with that town playing as much of a role as the characters themselves.” Locations include Portland, OR, Richmond, VA, and our shared former stomping ground of Burlington, Vermont. Really looking forward to that one. For some artwork samples from Local, have a look over here.

Also at the Con, writer Brian K. Vaughan talked about the in-the-works film adaptations of his Ex Machina and Y the Last Man books. I hope Hollywood handles them well, and I’m glad to know that he’s working on the screenplays himself.

Following Joss Whedon down the TV-writer turns comic-writer road, it was also announced that “Oz” and “Homicide: Life on the Street” creator Tom Fontana will be writing an original Batman graphic novel. Won’t be out until fall 2006, but will hopefully be worth the wait.

If you’ve been reading the ‘Nac for any length of time, you know I’m a big fan of Surviving Grady, the best Red Sox blog out there. Check out this interview with S.G. blogger Tim ‘Red’ McCarney, conducted by Popimage’s Brian Domingos.

If you’re into Boston-based author Dennis Lehane, and have grown a bit impatient waiting for news of a follow up to 2003’s Shutter Island (which itself followed up 2001’s Mystic River), you can tide yourself over with an 18-page short story called ‘Until Gwen‘ in the 2005 edition of ‘New Stories From The South‘. Yes, a Boston-raised writer in a collection of Dixieland tales. Read an article about the book here (bugmenot login here).

The wait for his next book hopefully won’t be much longer, as this past Monday Lehane read excerpts from the novel at Boston’s Fanueil Hall, and later at a Dorchester library. Regrettable, I didn’t find out about it until after the fact, so if anyone reading this was there, I’d love to hear how it was.

Daily Show fans who are looking forward to Stephen Colbert’s upcoming solo-show, ‘The Colbert Report‘, should check out this write-up in the New Yorker. Can’t wait.

I realized I never got a chance to write about how great Freaks & Geeks creator Paul Feig’s appearance at the Coolidge a few weeks back was. After hearing him read some (seriously embarrassing) material from his new book, ‘Superstud’, I enjoyed reading it even more. Some bits of info from the Q&A session…

  • He’ll soon be working on a movie adaptation of the novel ‘Star Girl‘ by Jerry Spinelli.
  • After his book tour, he was heading back to LA to direct the season premiere of ‘Arrested Development‘.
  • He’s hoping to find time to write a series of young adult sci-fi comedy books.
  • He read an unreleased chapter called ‘The Big Red Shoe Diaries‘ that may be in his next book, but you can actually find it online right here. Great stuff, even better in person.
  • Speaking of his next book, he plans on making it the third in a trilogy, with the first (Kick Me) about his time in school, the second (Superstud) about past relationships, and the next about his work experiences.
  • At his talk in New York, he told the crowd about a new show he’s working on called “Nice Guys“, about normal nice people in their 20s looking for love. Meaning, of course, it’ll probably never get made.
  • As I sit here finishing up this post, Matt is over at the Boston waterfront finishing up the freakin’ Mass. Bar Exam. Years of law school, and weeks of prep-classes and it all comes down to this. Send your extra brain cells his way, he’s probably just about out of ’em. And as long as you’re at it, send some good luck vibes his way as he searches for a law-type job. The man’s got some loans to pay. Although, maybe Mary can sell enough super-cool crafty stuff to cover ’em.

    Alright, the weather’s way too nice to sit here any longer, so I’m out. If you end up coming to see Charlene on Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Trash Bar (with Picastro and Broken River Prophet), or maybe on Monday at Cambridge’s Lizard Lounge (with SIANspheric and A Northern Chorus), make sure you say hello to the guy behind the drums.

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    Jon King (Gang of Four)
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    @ Brighton Music Hall

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    @ the Somerville Theatre

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    "The Long Goodbye" farewell tour
    playing "Entertainment!" & more
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    Jay Aston's
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    @ MGM Music Hall

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    @ Brighton Music Hall

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    Sharon Van Etten
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    Baby Rose
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    Bobby Bare Jr.
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    The Queers
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    Tim Hecker
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    Sea Wolf (solo)
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    @ City Winery

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    Love
    Johnny Echols
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    @ the Paradise

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    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
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    DEVO
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    & Mary Lou Lord
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    @ the Cantab Lounge

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    Worriers
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    @ Deep Cuts

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    The Queers
    @ the Middle East

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    Baroness
    @ the Sinclair

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    SZA
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    Kennedy Mann
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    Wednesday, May 14th
    Ministry
    My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
    Die Krupps
    @ Roadrunner

    Thursday, May 15th
    Pet Symmetry
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    Jimmy Montague
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, May 17th
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    @ the Rockwell

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    @ Deep Cuts

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    Superheaven
    Glare
    Spy
    Prize Horse
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    Saturday, May 17th
    Amyl & the Sniffers
    Sheer Mag
    @ Roadrunner

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    Amy Poehler & Tina Fey
    @ the Wang

    Monday, May 19th
    Joan Shelley
    @ Club Passim

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    Model/Actriz
    AFK
    @ Deep Cuts

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    May 20th & 21st
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    (of the Walkmen)
    & Johanna Samuels
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, May 22nd
    Slide Away Presents:
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    Mark Robinson
    Her New Knife
    Beach-O (film)
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, May 22nd
    Peter Bjorn and John
    "Writers Block" album tour
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, May 22nd
    Alison Bechdel
    (graphic novelist)
    presents "Spent"
    @ the Brattle

    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
    Scott Thompson
    (of Kids in the Hall)
    is Buddy Cole
    @ City Winery Boston

    Wednesday, May 28th
    Barry Manilow
    "the last Boston concert"
    @ the Garden

    Thursday, May 29th
    Annie Dirusso
    Squirrel Flower
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, May 30th
    Florist
    Allegra Krieger
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, May 30th
    Orbit
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Friday, May 30th
    Teddy Swims
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Friday, May 30th
    OK GO
    @ the Royale

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    Tennis
    Billie Marten
    @ Roadrunner

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    Bloc Party
    (performing "Silent Alarm" & more)
    with Metric
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Saturday, May 31st
    Jet
    Band of Skulls
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, June 1st
    Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
    @ Roadrunner

    Tuesday, June 3rd
    Halsey
    Alvvays
    @ Xfinity Center

    Tuesday, June 3rd
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Nicole Graev Lipson
    & Jennifer Haigh
    and musicians
    Ava Valianti
    & Naseem Khuri
    @ Branch Line

    Wednesday, June 4th
    Young Widows
    Rid of Me
    Kal Marks
    @ Crystal Ballroom

    Thursday, June 5th
    Dean Wareham
    Escape-Ism
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, June 6th
    Aimee Mann
    Jonathan Coulton
    @ the Wilbur

    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

    Saturday, June 7th
    Dutch Interior
    @ Warehouse XI

    Saturday, June 7th
    Lily Seabird
    Hemlock
    @ the Lilypad

    Saturday, June 7th
    Toby Tantrum
    Sun Urchins
    Yoni Gordon
    Lunch Mother
    @ the Loft, Somerville

    Monday, June 9th
    Billy Corgan and
    the Machines of God
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday, June 10th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Ben Shattuck
    & Tova Mirvis
    and musicians
    Chris Harford
    & TAS Band Trio
    @ Branch Line

    Tuesday, June 10th
    Heart Attack Man
    The Dirty Nil
    Carpool
    Dear Seattle
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    The Kills
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday
    June 10th, 12th, & 13th
    Paul Simon
    @ the Wang

    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

    Saturday, June 14th
    Shawn Colvin
    Rodney Crowell
    @ the Somerville Armory

    Sunday, June 15th
    Simple Minds
    Soft Cell
    Modern English
    @ Xfinity Center

    Sunday, June 15th
    Karate
    @ The Sinclair

    Tuesday, June 17th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Ernest Thompson
    and musicians
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Samantha Farrell
    @ Branch Line

    Thursday, June 19th
    Blondshell
    Daffo
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, June 19th
    This Will Destroy You
    Jesse Beaman
    @ Sonia

    Saturday, Jun 21st
    Hallelujah the Hills
    DECK release show
    with Bongwish and
    Choo Choo La Rouge
    @ Deep Cuts

    Tuesday, June 24th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Jessica Berger Gross
    & Jessica Shattuck
    and musicians
    Tenzin Chopak
    & The Starlings
    @ Branch Line

    Wednesday, June 25th
    Deerhoof
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

    Wednesday, June 25th
    BABYMETAL
    Black Veil Brides
    Bloodywood
    @ MGM Music Hall

    Thursday, June 26th
    Counting Crows
    The Gaslight Anthem
    @MGM Music Hall

    Friday, June 27th
    Khruangbin
    John Carroll Kirby
    @ Suffolk Downs

    Saturday, June 28th
    Friendship
    2nd Grade
    @ Deep Cuts

    Saturday, June 28th
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Alan Sparhawk
    @ Roadrunner

    Saturday, June 28th
    Tree
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Sunday, June 29th
    Preoccupations
    @ the Middle East

    Tuesday, July 1st
    Julie Doiron
    Caged Animals
    @ the Middle East

    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues

    Thursday, July 10th
    Wavves
    Beach Goons
    chokecherry
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, July 11th
    Cap'n Jazz
    Coffin Prick
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, July 11th
    Wu-Tang Clan (final tour)
    with Run the Jewels
    @ the Garden

    Tuesday, July 15th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang

    Tuesday, July 15th
    Daryl Hall
    Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
    @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium

    Wednesday, July 16th
    Mekons
    Johnny Dowd
    @ City Winery

    Thursday, July 17th
    Cyndi Lauper's
    Farewell Tour
    with Jake Wesley Rogers
    @ Xfinity Center

    Thursday & Friday
    July 17th & 18th
    The Lumineers
    Young the Giant (on the 17th)
    St. Vincent (on the 18th)
    Hippo Campus
    @ Fenway Park

    Friday, July 18th
    Samantha Crain
    @ Warehouse XI

    Friday, July 18th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Snail Mail
    Easy Action
    @ Roadrunner

    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

    Saturday, July 19th
    Bad Moves (farewell tour)
    Theo Grizol (of Nana Grizol)
    @ Deep Cuts

    Saturday, July 19th &
    Friday, September 5th
    Men I Trust
    @ Roadrunner

    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

    Wednesday, July 30th
    The Offspring
    Jimmy Eat World
    New Found Glory
    @ Xfinity Center

    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 1st The Church @ the Somerville Theatre
    Saturday, August 2nd
    Pantera
    Amon Amarth
    @ Great Woods

    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    August 7th, 8th, & 9th
    Somergloom V festival
    in Somerville

    Tuesday, August 12th
    John Moreland
    Jared Hart
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, August 13th
    Clipping.
    @ The Sinclair

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

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

    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

    Saturday, August 23rd
    Tugboat Annie
    Vic Firecracker
    Forevers
    @ the Burren Back Room

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

    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden

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

    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

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

    Friday, September 12th
    Superchunk
    @ the Crystal Ballroom

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

    Friday, September 12th
    Ethel Cain
    9million
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 12th
    Supergrass
    @ MGM Music Hall

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

    Sunday, Sept 14th
    Alabama Shakes
    @ MGM Music Hall

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

    Monday, September 15th
    Steve Winwood
    @ The Cabot

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

    Thursday, September 18th
    Garbage
    Starcrawler
    @ Roadrunner

    Sunday, September 21st
    Shonen Knife
    @ Sonia

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

    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Viagra Boys
    @ Roadrunner

    Friday, September 26th
    Stereolab
    The Memorials
    @ the Royale

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

    Thursday, October 2nd
    Elbow
    @ Roadrunner

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

    Monday, October 6th
    Swans
    @ the Paradise

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

    Wednesday, October 8th
    The Murder Capital
    @ Sonia

    Friday, October 10th
    Destroyer
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Wednesday, October 29th
    The Beta Band
    @ the Royale

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

    Thursday, November 13th
    Janeane Garofalo
    @ the Somerville Armory

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