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Go See Brown Bird on Thursday or Else.

Published on December 13, 2011 By Mike K

Whiskey voiced indie folk duo Brown Bird is playing Middle East Upstairs on Thursday night ($10 advanced tickets here), and if you don’t go we can’t be friends any more. Since listening to their full live set at Newport Folk Festival,  Brown Bird has become one of my favorite folk acts currently playing, and their country/bluegrass/blues [...]

Barr Brothers and Baths playing Boston Tonight (December 1)

Published on December 1, 2011 By Mike K

Dreamy folk group The Barr Brothers are playing Cafe 939 at Berklee tonight. Tickets are $12 (available here) and you can watch the eerie video for ‘Beggar in the Morning’ below. Chill/ambient (warning: I don’t actually understand electronic music genres) electronic producer Baths is playing downstairs at Middle East tonight. You can get tickets here, and you can [...]

Great Show at Great Scott — Tonight!!

Published on September 26, 2011 By Mike K

Tonight: Monday September 26 at Great Scott One of my favorite local blogs, rslblog.com just turned me on to a great show that’s happening at Allston’s own Great Scott tonight. Viva Voce, The Parson Redheads, and Let’s Whisper will be playing tonight, and all signs point toward a great show. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE. If you head [...]

tUnE-YarDs at Paradise Rock Club; September 21, 2011

Published on September 22, 2011 By Mike K

Merrill Garbus, whose face is almost as expressive as her voice, whose world music sound spans centuries, whose adorable/terrifying stage presence can swing a hushed crowd to a frenzied mass and back again walked on stage tonight at the Paradise Rock Club with two lines of face paint and a ukulele and proceeded to play one [...]

Show Review: Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Future Islands at the Royale

Published on June 9, 2011 By Mike K

June 8, 2011 For Fans Of: MGMT, Postal Service, Black Keys, Walkmen, Fleet Foxes, Mumford and Sons Future Islands play music that sounds like it should be the sound-track to your dream right as it’s turning into a nightmare. I joked that the keyboardist and guitarist put up an ad on Craigslist to find a singer for [...]

Battles Are Coming to Boston in October [Concert/Streaming]

Published on June 8, 2011 By Mike K

For Fans of: Animal Collective, Mogwai, Panda Bear, Experimental Indie Touring in support of their new album, Gloss Drop, Battles are coming to Boston on October 2, and tickets go on sale THIS FRIDAY JUNE 10 at noon. You can get the tickets HERE. Even more exciting, you can stream their whole album at AOL [...]

Not-so-secret electro-pop concert at Church TONIGHT (2011.06.08)

Published on June 8, 2011 By Mike K

For those not going to the Okkervil River/ Titus Andronicus show at the Royale tonight, there’s a show for you! Assuming you like dance-y electro pop, that is. via beantownboogiedown, Andre Obin of Cambridge is headlining a show tonight at Church in Boston. Vanity Theft and People at Parties will also be there–the party starts [...]

Boston Show Reminder: June 6-9 2011

Published on June 6, 2011 By Mike K

Love Inks, Matt Pond PA, Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Yeasayer, Smith Westerns Monday June 6, 2011: ***Love Inks at O’brien’s in Allston. For fans of: Best Coast, War Paint, Cults ‘Blackeye’ by Love Inks: Matt Pond PA at Great Scott in Allston. For fans of: Pedro the Lion, Andrew Bird, Indie Pop ‘Fairlee’ by Matt Pond [...]

James Blake October 3rd 2011 at Paradise

Published on May 24, 2011 By mmly

I am ecstatic that James Blake announced he will be stopping in Boston during his North America tour. I am confident that his solid steamy beats will sell out Paradise, so grab your tickets as soon as they are available. Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday May 27. You can get them here. Check out Limit [...]

Explosions in the Sky playing the Orpheum Theater in Boston on October 5

Published on May 23, 2011 By twoifbyscene

For those who like: GodSpeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, This Will Destroy You, Instrumental Post Rock The anthemic Texas post-rock instrumentalists will be playing the Orpheum theatre on October 5, 2011. Tickets go on sale Friday May 27 at 10 AM, and you can get them here when they do. Explosions In The Sky are [...]