BOSTON:

The House of Blues has the Emergenza Final. Tickets are $20.

Comedian Jamie Kennedy hits the Wilbur Theatre tonite. TIx are $23 & $29.

The Paradise features Buffalo Tom with Mean Creek, Chris Campion  doors at 8 PM; 18+ show.

Demi Lovato is at the Agganis Arena with David Archuletta. Tickets are $39.50 & $49.50.

Church in the Fenway has SUPER SOUL SPECTACULAR!!

• SWINEDELLS
• JORDAN VALENTINE & THE SUNDAY SAINTS
• JENNY DEE AND THE DELINQUENTS
• BLACK MOSETTES
• YOUNG TREMORS

A KILLER Lineup of Boston Soul / R&B / 1960’s Girl Group
Bring your dancing shoes and GET ON DOWN!!
This should be a fun night with some of the areas BEST!!

Cover is $10.

The Hard Rock presents Stepping Feet - Dave Matthews Band Tribute With Special Guests: Matt Schwachman Band & Clayton Senne. Tix are $12.

FOXBORO:

Showcase Live has Spread Eagle - A Tribute to the Eagles. Cover is $15.

WORCESTER:

The Palladium features Pro-Pain with Sworn Enemy and Mantic Ritual. Cover is $17.

CAMBRIDGE:

The Middle East upstairs has Kudgel, Black Helicopter, Bob Evans (reunion), Guerrero, Mead Hall – 18+ $9 – NOTE: 8pm Doors

The Middle East Downstairs features Trust v. Banger with DJs Roguewaves and Jay K (So Dope), Black ELement & Durkin – 18+ $10

TT’s gets their groove on with Latex Lily pres. Night Of The Dolls “Noir”

Check out at 10:30pm

Sara Levesque Band at the Plough.

It’s Ropeadope Night at the Lizard Lounge with Leo Genovese, Japhy Ryder and Tim Collins. Cover is $10.

in Porter Square has at 10:00 PM

ORGAN IN ORBIT…NO COVER!!!!

The Tim Gearan Band is at Atwood’s Tavern.

in Harvard Square has Ken Reid hosting Leah Dubie, Chris Fleming, Erin Judge, Julie K., Tim Messenger, Jen Myszkowski, Erik Charles Nielsen, Gary Petersen, Joe Picirillo. Cover is $10

SOMERVILLE:

Johnny D’s features BRONZE RADIO RETURN and STEPANIAN

Sally O’s has at 6:00p  Radioactive Rustlers and at 9:00p  Sarcasmatics. NO COVER!!!

Check out

• hoof and anvil
• THE GRIM WHISTEL

Bull McCabe’s has Two Worlds.

ALLSTON:

Harpers Ferry goes back to the 90’s with DAYS OF THE NEW, LA MOB and BREAK THE DARK (ACOUSTIC). Cover is $15.

BRIGHTON:

The  Charlie River Band is at Porter Belly’s.

CAPE COD MELODY TENT:

Susan Tedeschi with special guest Shemekia Copeland…Tickets are $33.25 - $49.25

Have a great Friday night. Be safe and we’ll see you back here at thecitypulse.com

BOSTON:

 Church in the Fenway has 

• KEPI GHOULIE ELECTRIC!
• THE PLEASURE KILLS

Awesome night of pop punk!
Asian Man Recording artists Kepi Ghoulie with band.
(ex- Lookout Recording artist The Groovie Ghoulies)
The Pleasure Kills.. hailing from San Francisco
“This is absolutely pure power pop goodness, complete with sticky sweet female vocals. This is what heaven is like, I am sure of it.” 
- Maximum Rock N Roll. Cover is $8.

CAMBRIDGE:

 The Middle East upstairs features Team Robespierre (fr. Brooklyn), Chinese Stars, Big Digits, Truman Peyote – 18+ $9 – NOTE: 8pm Doors

 TT’s has The Wooden Birds feat. Andrew Kenny of American Analog Set

11:00pm
Other Lives
10:00pm
Hatcham Social
9:00pm

Cover is $10.

The Plough presents Stupidity

from Sweden CD release
Skinny Mike
of the Coffin Lids

 Check out King Wilkie along with the Parkington Sisters and Heavy Hometown at the Lizard Lounge. Cover is $7.

 in Porter Square has at 7:00 PM  

Cassavettes and at 10:00 PM  THE MOVING CO.

the residency continues . . .NO COVER!!!!!

 Hayride! is at Atwood’s Tavern.

 in Harvard Square features Mystery Lounge! Professional magicians! Bring the kids to the Show! All over 14 welcome! The Magic Of Lyn!! with guests Steve Kradolfer, David Oliver and guest comedian Gray Petersen Cover is $10

SOMERVILLE:

 Johnny D’s presents YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE from West Africa,

 9:00p  Jess Tardy is at Sally O’s. No Cover!!!

Over at Precinct it’s 

• JOES JAZZ AND BLUES FEST
• JEREMY LYONS BAND

 Bull McCabe’s in Union Square has the David Johnston Band.

  The Somerville Theatre features Comics Against Cancer. Tix are $20 & $30. 

ALLSTON:

 Great Scott features Totally Michael and Prizzy Prizzy Please . Cover is $9

NEW RELEASES:

CD’s 

SHAWN COLVIN, -Live- The title sez it all

DEF LEPPARD-Adrenalize (Deluxe Edition)-
DEF LEPPARD-Pyromania (Deluxe Edition)-Breakout the spandex and hairspray!!!!

DINOSAUR JR.-Farm (2 CD Deluxe Edition) One of the many deluxe editions being released this week

DREAM THEATER-Black Clouds & Silver Lining-

DREAM THEATER-Black Clouds & Silver Lining (Deluxe)-Seee!!!

GINUWINE-A Man’s Thoughts-This should be worth it.

GOATWHORE-Carving Out The Eyes Of God-Great name. Don’t know what the music is like.

GOD HELP THE GIRL (BELLE & SEBASTIAN)-God Help The Girl-Belle & Sebastian…yer sooo clever.

GRAND PUBA-Retroactive-This has nothing to do with the Flintstone’s.

PATTERSON HOOD, -Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)-Good buzz on this record. Great title too.

LEMONHEADS-Varshons-They’re baaack

BOB MARLEY,  & WAILERS-B Is For Bob-Reggae music for the kiddies.

MARS VOLTA-Octahedron-More strangeness from these guys.

JOHN MELLENCAMP, -Life, Death, Love And Freedom (Deluxe Edition)-More deluxe packaging.

TIFT MERRITT, -Buckingham Solo: Live- More live music…yeah

REM-Reckoning (Deluxe Edition)-When will this madness end???

SOUNDTRACK-HANGOVER
SOUNDTRACK-I LOVE YOU BETH COOPER
SOUNDTRACK-TRANSFORMERS-*Score* Revenge Of The Fallen (Linkin Park)
SOUNDTRACK-TRANSFORMERS-Revenge Of The Fallen

REGINA SPEKTOR, -Far
REGINA SPEKTOR, -Far (CD/DVD)Her sophomoric release. Very curious to hear this.

TONIC-A Casual Affair: Best Of Tonic-Another title that’s hard to decipher. 

VARIOUS ARTISTS-AWAY WE GO-
VARIOUS ARTISTS-MUGGS PRESENTS-Soul Assassins: Intermission-
VARIOUS ARTISTS-PSYCHOPATHIC RECORDS-Psychopathic Murder Mix-

VOIVOD-Infini- I’m surprised these guys are still around.

PETE YORN -Back & Fourth- Always good stuff from this guy.

DVD’s

BACKWOODS-
BLUE CHEER-Rocks Europe
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC
GIRLS NEXT DOOR-Season 5
INKHEART
JESUS SON
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD-Criterion Collection-
LEGEND OF THE BOG
LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND-Live In Toronto ‘69
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE-Criterion Collection-
PINK PANTHER 2-
ROMANCE COLLECTION-$14.99 
SIMON SAYS
TOM & JERRY-Chuck Jones Collection
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

There ya have it. Enjoy your Tuesday. See you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com

BOSTON:

The  play the  again tonite. Beckett is on the mound.

 Comedian Mike Epps is at The Wilbur Theatre for 2 shows. 7:30 & 10. Tickets are $32 & $42.

 Little Joy & Dead Trees are at Cafe 939. Cover is $8.

 The Berklee Performance Center has The Gary Burton Quartet Revisited featuring Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sanchez. Tickets: $56 & $41.

 The Paradise has Better Than Ezra with Tyrone Wells  doors at 8 PM; 18+ show.

MANSFIELD:

 No Doubt is at the Comcast Center with Paramore. Tix range from $10 - $80. Thanks for the the $10 ticket. Here’s a recent set list:

FOXBORO:

 Showcase Live features Alive! - A Kiss Tribute and Adrenalize - The Ultimate Def Leppard Experience. Tix are $12.

CAMBRIDGE:

 The Middle East upstairs has Via Audio (SideCho Records), Ha Ha Tonka (Bloodshot Records),The Dig (fr. NYC), Filligar 8pm - 18+ $10

 Downstairs at the Middle East it’s Black River Sound, The Phix, Omayga, Agari Crew 8pm - 18+ $10

 TT’s has Mark Lind & TheUnloved

Midnight
The Blackjacks
11:00pm
The New Alibis
10:00pm
Classic Ruins
9:00pm

Cover is $12.

The Plough and Stars presents at 10:30pm

Shepherdess + Grammercy Arms Band (x Dambuilders/Luna)

 Club Passim has The Nields. Tix are $20.

 The Lizard Lounge has The Andrea Gillis Band with The Gilded Splinters. Cover is $8.

 in Porter Square features at 7:00 PM  

The Brothers McCann
and The Baker Thomas Band - taking all of Saturday!! NO COVER!!!!

 Atwood’s Tavern has Sam Reid and

the Riot Act at 10PM

 in Harvard Square has Rick Jenkins hosting…Rick Canavan, Mike Del Ilano, Chris Fleming, Josh Gondelman, Dave Grabiner, Mehran, Joe Picirillo, Gary Petersen, Brian Shimkin. Cover is $10.

SOMERVILLE:

 It’s FUNKY WHITE HONKIES at Johnny D’s.

 Sally O’s features at 5:30p  Reverb Joe & The Reverberators

9:00p  Jeremy Lyons, Jerome Deupree & Dana Colley…NO COVER!!!!

Precinct presents 

• MCALISTER DRIVE
• THE FREEWAYS
• TO THE RUINS
• BRYAN MCPHERSON
• MATTHEW LINDSTROM

Bull McCabe’s in Union Square has Paddy Saul 6PM - Ronan Quinn -9:30PM 

ALLSTON:

 Great Scott presents Ho-Ag, MEandJOANCOLLINS, Ketman and The Main Drag. Cover is $9

BRIGHTON:

 It’s the Philip Pemberton Band at Smoken’ Joe’s.

 Porter Belly’s has The Allstonians

That’s it have a great weekend!!! See you Monday here at thecitypulse.com

BOSTON

The Sox welcome the Braves to town. Dice K is on the mound.

 Andrew Bird plays the Pavillion Tonight. Tix are $20 & $30. Here’s his set list from Carnegie Hall…

instrumental Intro
Water Jet Cicile/Self-Torture
Natural Disaster
Masterswarm
Effigy
Tenuousness
Oh No
Not a Robot, But a Ghost
Nomenclature
Imitosis
Fitz and Dizzyspells
Anonanimal
Souverian
Tables and Chairs
e:
Why?
Some of These Days
e2:
Fake Palindromes

 The Paradise has Bedouin Soundclash / The Aggrolites  

doors at 8 PM; 18+ show Cover is $16.50

 Church in the Fenway presents 

• SKULLFUNKED
• UNCLE BILLY’S SMOKEHOUSE
• MIARS
• SUNLEA
• JOHN SHORT

Cover is $10

MANSFIELD:

 The New Kids are at The Comcast Center along with Jesse McCartney and Jabbawockeez. Tickets are $25, $55 & $75. Here’s a recent set list:

“Single”
“My Favorite Girl”
“(You Got It) The Right Stuff”
“Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)”
“Valentine Girl”
“Please Don’t Go Girl”
“Grown Man” (With Nicole Scherzinger)
“Games”
“If You Go Away”
“2 In the Morning”
“Dirty Dancing”
“Tonight”
“Twisted”
“Baby I Believe in You”
“Give It To You” (Jordan solo)
“Stay the Same” (Joey solo)
“Cover Girl”
“I’ll Be Lovin’ You (Forever)”
“Click, Click, Click”
“Summertime”
Encore
“Step By Step”
“Hangin’ Tough”

FOXBORO:

  It’s another back to the 80’s show. Berlin hits Showcase Live. Tickets are $20.

CAMBRIDGE:

 The Middle East Upstairs has The Grift (CD Release), The Van Buren Boys

8pm - 18+ $12

 Downstairs at the Middle East features Cracker, Adam Ezra Group

8pm - 18+ $17

 TT’s has The Gravel Pit

 Club Passim presents  Natalia Zukerman, Amy Campbell opens, cover is $15 and then later at 11PM: Caravan of Thieves

FREE this week only! Special residency & late show!

 Club dElf and Copal are at the Lizard Lounge. Cover is $10.

 in Porter Square features an interesting line-up tonite at  10:00 PM  

Erin Barra
and 6th Degree

10:00 PM  
6th Degree
and Erin Barra

NO COVER!!!!

 The Tim Gearan Band is at Atwood’s Tavern

 in Harvard Square has Renata Tutko hosting Daniella Capolino, Andrew Durso, Alana Eisner, Maceo Gilleece, Adam Gropman, Mehran, Bigg Nezz, Gary Petersen. Cover is $10.

 Johnny D’s is busy with ZAC MAC BAND

PERSIAN BLUE

THE UPRISING

LOVE IN STOCKHOLM

 Sally O’s has at  6:00p  Larry Flint & The Road Scholars

9:00p  Stan Martin & The Honkytonk Heroes

NO COVER!!!

Precinct hosts 

• ALL STARS CD RELEACE PARTY
• 10PM JOSH LEDERMAN
• AND THE CAMBRIDGE SOMERVILLE ALL STARS

 Bull McCabe’s features Jim Ambrose and the Generous Poor

ALLSTON:

  LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND. Cover is $17

BRIGHTON:

 The Shirley Lewis Band is at Smoken’ Joe’s.

 Porter Belly’s has The Kieran Ridge Band

Enjoy your Friday night and we’ll see you back here at thecitypulse.com

They have another game with the Marlins, Jon Lester will take the mound.

There is rain in the forecast, so if the game doesn’t happen here’s what you can do instead…

BOSTON:

 The House Of Blues goes back to the 80’s with the Regeneration Tour featuring ABC with Wang Chung, Cutting Crew.

 Church in the Fenway has

• 11:00 DAISY CHANE
• 10:00 CORRIDOR SEVEN
• 9:00 BLACK & BLUE MORNING
• Cover is $8

CAMBRIDGE:

 The Middle East upstairs has Jounce (fr. NYC), Broken River Prophet, Miss Fairchild, Fatal Film - 18+ $8adv/$9dos - NOTE: 8pm Doors

 The Middle East downstairs features Four to the Floor Presents Work:  Boston’s After-Pride Dance Party - Featuring DJ D’hana and RIZZLA (of The Neighborhood and Kiki), DJChris Ewen (of Heroes and former head DJ at Manray), and Joseph Colbourne (of the Milky Way’s Color) - Hosted by Johnny Blazes, performing numbers in between sets – 18+ $5 for 21+, $15 for under 21 – NOTE: 9pm doors

 TT’s has Pansy Division

11:00pm
The Fatal Flaw
10:00pm
The Motion Sick
9:05pm

Cover is $10

The Plough & Stars presents 10:30pm

Robin Lane + Johnny Angel +Angeline

 The Lizard Lounge has Deva Mahal(daughter of Taj Mahal) and her band with special guests The Nephrock Allstars. Cover is $10.

 in Porter Square features at 7:00 PM  

Tristen

10:00 PM  
Rebecca Muir

NO COVER!!!

 Atwood’s Tavern has The Chip Smith Project

10PM

 in Harvard Square features Zach Sherwin! Guests Cesar Cervantes, Wes Hazard, Joe Laroche, Bruce Lerner, Gary Petersen, Anthony Scibelli, Rob Turbovsky, Matt Wilding, and special guest Rob Cantrell. Cover is $8.

SOMERVILLE:

 Sally O’s has 8:00p  Jodi Griffith, Eric Colville, Mr. Reliable. NO COVER!!!

Precinct hosts the  

• ALL STARS CD RELEACE PARTY
• 10PM JOSH LEDERMAN
• AND THE CAMBRIDGE SOMERVILLE ALL STARS

 Bull McCabe’s has the Summer Villians

HAMPTON BEACH, NH

 The Black Crowes visit the Hampton Beach Casino.  Tix are $39. Here’s a set list from earlier this month…

Movin’ On Down The Line
Wiser Time
Jealous Again
Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution
High Head Blues
Nonfiction
Poor Elijah - Tribute To Johnson (Medley)
Downtown Money Waster ->
Take Off From The Future ->
Thorn In My Pride
Oh Josephine
Soul Singing
Remedy

MOHEGAN SUN CASINO

 The New Kids!!! with Jesse McCartney and Jabbawockeez. Tix are $65 & $85

Have fun tonite!!! We’ll see you back here at thecitypulse.com