Lots and lots of great things happening this week. On Thursday if you're feeling jazzy then Birdsongs of the Mesozoic at Johnny D's is for you and if you're feeling indie then We Are Scientists at the Middle East or Clues at Great Scotts is for you and if you're nostalgic then head to New Bedford for The Romantics. Friday starts free Shakespeare on the Boston Common with the Comedy of Errors and runs through August 16th. Also starting on Friday is the Newport Folk Festival, so many good bands on this bill including The Decemberists, Neko Case and so many more details here: http://www.folkfestival50.com/. As I don't have a ticket to the ICA for Chuck D and Shepard Fairey spinning I will be heading to the Midway to check out the new line-up of The Crybabies which should be fun. Saturday has a bunch of free events. There's a Rock n Roll Yard Sale in Union Square, Somerville with free music. There's more free music with the WFNX Best Music Poll show at City Hall Plaza, the music starts at 4p and there are even beer gardens available. The bands playing are: The Airborne Toxic Event, Passion Pit, The Bravery, The Gaslight Anthem and Ra Ra Riot. Later at night, Church is hosting a garage night with the Lyres, Muck & the Mires, The Coffins Lids and Triple Thick which is always a good time. On Sunday, there are a few shows vying for my attention. There's TTs which has the new Mary Timony band playing, there's Toad with John Powhida and special guest Nash Kato from Urge Overkill and then there's the first Elvis Sunday at Dick's Last Resort. There are just too many choices for a Sunday night. On Tuesday, the Eagles of Death Metal are playing at the House of Blues. I got tix using the Subway code for $5 tickets (of course the service charges made the tix end up being $11.10 but still a good deal), can't wait to hear them play Solid Gold, love that song! Upcoming show of note: The Pixies at the Citi Performing Arts Center on November 27 and tix go on sale on September 12. They'll be performing Doolittle..
Thursday, 7/30:
- Birdsongs of the Mesozoic at Johnny D's
- We Are Scientists at the ME
- The Octopus Project at TTs
- Clues (ex Unicorns and Arcade Fire) at Great Scotts
- The Romantics at the Portuguese Festival, New Bedford
- Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free
- The Crybabies at the Midway
- Tracy Chapman at the House of Blues
- Chuck D and Shepard Fairey at the ICA SOLDOUT
- Destroyer and Wand at the Paradise
- Cage at Harpers Ferry
- Depeche Mode with Peter, Bjorn and John at the Comcast Center
- Newport Folk Festival featuring The Decemberists, Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes, Neko Case, Elvis Perkins and more
- Somerville Rock n Roll Yard Sale, Union Square w/performances by Cotton Candy and the Mericans
- WFNX Best Music Poll with The Airborne Toxic Event, Passion Pit, The Bravery, The Gaslight Anthem and Ra Ra Riot at City Hall Plaza and it's FREE!
- Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
- Muck and the Mires and the Lyres at Church
- Builders & Butchers and Illinois at TTs
- Wheat at Great Scotts
- Sidewalk Driver, Mascara and the Unfamiliars at the Cantab
- The B52s at Cape Cod Melody
- Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
- Soft Mercy and Grammercy Arms at TTs
- The John Powhida Show at Toad with special guest Nash Kato of Urge Overkill (Free)
- The B52s at the South Shore Music Circus
- Elvis Sunday at Dick's Last Resort
- Tinted Windows at the Paradise
- Coldplay at the Comcast Center
- Billy Bragg at Berklee
- Langhorne Slim and the War Eagles at TTs
- Cursive at the ME
- Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
- Eagles of Death Metal at House of Blues
- The Rural Alberta Advantage at the ME
- Sugar Ray at the Paradise
- Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
- Van Morrison at Citi Arts Performance Center
- Daughtry at Showcase Live
And Looking Forward...
8/5 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/5 Joe Pernice and the Walsh Bros at the Brattle
8/5 The Arctic Monkeys at the Paradise SOLDOUT
8/5 The Holmes Brothers at the MFA
8/5 The Drums at Great Scotts (Surf Fun!)
8/5 Old Crow Medicine Show with Gillian Welch at the House of Blues
8/5 Sir Paul McCartney at Fenway Park
8/6 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/6 Sir Paul McCartney at Fenway Park
8/6 Joe Pernice and the Walsh Bros at the Brattle
8/6 Woods at Great Scotts
8/7 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/7 O Positive Reunion Show at the Paradise
8/7 Love (without Arthur Lee) at the ME
8/7 Tribute Night at Church with Faster Louder (The Dictators), Clock Strikes Ten (Cheap Trick) and All Mod Cons (The Jam)
8/7 Harvey Danger at Harper's Ferry
8/7-9 Newport Jazz Festival
8/8 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/8 Blondie and Pat Benatar at the BoA Pavilion SOLDOUT
8/8 Drug Rug at the ME8/8 Dave Aaronoff at the Plough
8/8 Three Day Threshold at Toad (Free)
8/9 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/9 Baby Driver at the Milky Way (Free)8/9 Elvis Sunday at Dick's Last Resort
8/9 The John Powhida Show at Toad (Free)
8/9 Sean Bones at TTs
8/10 Movers and Shakers, The Cold Beat at Charlie's Kitchen
8/10 California 66 Tour with The Electric Prunes and Love (sort of) at Showcase Live CANCELLED
8/10 Noisettes at Great Scotts
8/11 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/12 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/12 The Script and Parachute at the Paradise
8/12 The Warlocks at Great Scotts
8/12 The Pretenders and Cat Power at the BoA Pavilion
8/12 Robert Gordon, Chris Spedding, Slim Jim Phantom and Glen Matlock at Showcase Live
8/13 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/13 Bat for Lashes at the Paradise
8/13 The Starlight Mints, Wye Oak at the ME
8/14 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/14 The Wallflowers at Boarding House Park, Lowell
8/14 Angeline at the Plough
8/14 Six Finger Satellite at TTs
8/14 Dinosaur Jr and Lou Barlow at the Beachcomber
8/14 Wild Light at Lowell Summer Music Series
8/15 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/15 The Radiators at Harpers
8/15 Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Hampton Beach Casino
8/16 Comedy of Errors at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Free Shakespeare www.commshakes.org)
8/16 Mad Men Cocktail Party at Noir, www.noir-bar.com
8/16 Trashcan Sinatras at TTs
8/16 The John Powhida Show at Toad (Free)
8/16 Hunk A Hunk A Elvis Memorial at Dick's Last Resort
8/17 The Breeders at the Paradise (I've got my ticket, do you?)
8/17 Triple Thick, Ross Phasor and MG Lederman at Charlie's Kitchen
8/17 Tori Amos at the BoA Pavilion
8/18 The Konks, Daily Voids and the Tampoffs at the ME
8/19 De La Soul at Showcase Live
8/19 Am and the Rescues at Passims
8/19 Sophia's B-Day Party at the ME (chick rock and cupcakes)
8/20 Bang Camaro at the ME
8/20 Loggins & Messina at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
8/21 The Electric Six and Les Sans Cullotes Rock On Concert Cruise
8/21 The Nebulas and Twang 'Em High at Church
8/22 Mew at the Paradise
8/23 Collective Soul at the House of Blues
8/23 These United States at TTs
8/23 The John Powhida Show at Toad (Free)
8/24 The Curses, The Acrobrats and Noble Rot at Charlie's Kitchen
8/25 Colin Hays (He comes from a land down-under) at Showcase Live
8/26 Cale Parks and Lemonade at Great Scotts
8/28 Los Straitjackets at Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
8/28 Black Moth Super Rainbow at the ICA
8/28 Mardi Gras Mambo with The Neville Bros and Dr John at the House of Blues
8/28 Barrance Whitfield and the Savages at the Plough
8/28 The Hothouse Flowers at Showcase Live
8/29 One Night Band Presented by Boston Band Crush at the ME http://www.onenightbandboston.com/
8/29 Lewis Black at Citi Performing Arts Center
8/29 The Hothouse Flowers at Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
8/30 The Flaming Lips at the BoA Pavilion
8/30 Bloodshot Records Beer-B-Q Bobby Bare Jr, Graham Parker, Charlie Pickett at the ME ($5 cover!)
8/30 The Hothouse Flowers at Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
8/30 The John Powhida Show at Toad (Free)
9/1 The Brunettes and Throw Me the Statue at the ME
9/1 Neptune at the Milky Way
9/3 Kay Hanley at TTs
9/3 Titus Andronicus at Harpers Ferry
9/4 The Killers at the Garden
9/4-7 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival (could be be road-trip worthy)
9/5 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at the ME
9/5 Pet Shop Boys at the House of Blues
9/5 Coco Rosie at the Paradise
9/6 Motorhead, The Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy at House of Blues
9/6 Jeddo Stars and Mondo Toplesss at the ME
9/7 Alice in Chains at the Paradise SOLDOUT
9/8 The Bodeans at Showcase Live
9/8 Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the House of Blues
9/8-15 Brimfield Antiques Flea Market
9/9 Dirty Three at the ICA
9/9 Naked Raygun at the ME
9/10 Axe Munkee, The Invisible Rays and The Weisstronauts at TTs
9/10 Living Colour (reunion) at Johnny D's
9/10 The Intelligence at TBD
9/10 Autolux at the Paradise
9/11 Larkin Grimm at the ME
9/11 Kings of Leon and Glasvegas at the Comcast Center
9/12 The Cult at the House of Blues
9/13 Sondre Lerche at the Paradise (I love this Norweigian singer! He is so cool)
9/13 Box Elders at O'Briens
9/13 Telefon Tel Aviv at Great Scotts
9/13 Hugh Cornwell (from the Stranglers) at TTs
9/14 Deerhoof at the ME
9/15 The Fruit Bats at TTs
9/15 The Horrors at the Paradise
9/15 Ramona Falls (members of Menomena) at Great Scotts
9/16 Yo La Tengo at the Wilbur
9/17 The Cave Singers at TTs
9/17 Jolie Holland at the Brattle
9/18 The Ragin' Teens reunion at TTs
9/18-20 Luau at the Lake in Lake George, NY http://www.luauatthelake.com/ (Tix are soldout but there is a waiting list)
9/19 Steeleye Span at the Somerville Theater
9/19 Lebowski Fest Movie Party at the House of Blues
9/20 Maximo Park at the Paradise
9/20 Jack Penate and Miike Snow at TTs
9/20 U2 with Snow Patrol at Gillette Stadium SOLDOUT
9/21 U2 with Snow Patrol at Gillette Stadium SOLDOUT
9/21 Regina Spektor at House of Blues
9/22 The Minus 5, Steve Wynn and the Baseball Project at the ME
9/22 Regina Spektor at the Orpheum
9/22 Son Volt at the Paradise
9/23 Mat Kearney at the House of Blues
9/24 Free Ice Cream Treat at Coldstone Creamery (with a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation)
9/24 Peter Mulvey at the Lizard
9/24 Moby at the House of Blues
9/24 Deer and the Headlights at the ME
9/25 Charlatans UK at the Paradise
9/25 Great Lake Swimmers at the ME
9/26 Fluff-Fest at Union Square, Somerville
9/26 The Varmints and My Own Worst Enemy at the Cantab
9/26 KMFDM at the House of Blues
9/26 Mike Viola at the Lizard
9/27 Dolores O'Riordan at the Paradise
9/27 The Ditty Bops at Passims
9/27 These Arms Are Snakes at TTs
9/28 Sunny Day Real Estate at the House of Blues (they're back!)
9/30 Mono at the ME
10/1 Why? at the ME
10/2 Graham Parker at Bull Run
10/2 Ben Folds at Symphony Hall
10/2 Dinosaur Jr and Lou Barlow at the ME
10/3 Dinosaur Jr and Lou Barlow at the ME
10/3 Ra Ra Riot and Maps & Atlases at the Paradise
10/4 Os Mutantes at Somerville Theatre
10/4 Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson at Sanders Theater
10/5 Japandroids at Great Scotts
10/6 Thee Oh Sees at Great Scotts
10/7 The Twilight Sad, Brakes Brakes Brakes and We Were Promised Jetpacks at Great Scotts (triple bill from the UK!)
10/7 Bob Mould at the Paradise
10/7 Howard Jones at Scullers
10/7 Lucinda Williams at Lupo's
10/8 Grizzley Bear and Beach House at the Orpheum
10/8 Howard Jones at Scullers
10/8 Manic Street Preachers at the Paradise
10/9 Nick Lowe at the Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
10/9 Built to Spill at the ME
10/10 Built to Spill at the ME
10/10 The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays at the House of Blues
10/10 The Most Serene Republic at Great Scotts
10/11 Built to Spill at the ME
10/11 Drummer at the ME
10/11 The Gossip at the Paradise
10/13 Sea Wolf at the Paradise
10/14 Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers and Carbon Leaf at the Somerville Theatre
10/14 Lonely Dear and Asobi Seksu at Great Scotts
10/15 The DoDos and the Ruby Suns at the ME
10/15 Al Green at the House of Blues
10/15 Nick Lowe at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
10/16 The Airborne Toxic Event at the House of Blues
10/17 School of Seven Bells at the Paradise
10/18 The Avett Brothers at the House of Blues
10/20 The Ravonettes and the Black Angels at the Paradise
10/21 Mum at the Somerville Theatre
10/21 Sister Hazel at the Paradise
10/22 Susan Cowsill at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
10/23 Keb Mo at the Somerville Theatre
10/25 Vic Chestnut at Somerville Theatre
10/29 The Misfits at Showcase Live
10/30 A Place to Bury Strangers at the ME
10/31 Guster at the Orpheum
10/31 Pinback at the Paradise
11/2 Girl Talk at the House of Blues
11/3 Monsters of Folk (Connor Oberst, M Ward, Yim Yames & Mike Mogis) at the Orpheum
11/4 Amy Millan (from Stars) at the ME
11/4 Islands and Jemina Pearl at the ME
11/4 Ray Lamontagne at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/9 Dan Auerbach at the Paradise
11/12 Brian Wilson at Lowell Memorial Auditorium
11/14 The Jesus Lizard at the Paradise
11/27 Pixies at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/27 Do Make Say Think at the ME
11/27 Charles Spearin at the ME
12/5 Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles at Johnny D's
12/6 Los Straitjackets at the Paradise
Any other suggestions? Let me know. Also please excuse any typos, I try to keep them to a minimum but I'm only human.
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