GOOD RIDDENCE, 2008!!!!!! C-YA!!! December 31, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a commentAdios, 2008. It’s the last night of the year. Don’t let the snow deter you from heading out and seeing some of these shows…
This is our “pick” of the night. FIRST NIGHT has it all going on click here to get the low down on all the festivities.
Showcase Live in Foxboro brings in the New Year with James Montgomery & the Uptown Horns. Tickets are $75 w/a meal $35 w/out the meal. Here’s the menu
”The Soup” host Joel McHale has 2 shows at the Wibur Theatre. 7 & 9:45. Tickets are $35 & $50.
The Paradise has Soulive doors at 7 PM; 18+ show. Tickets are $40.
The Beehive in the South End rings in ‘09 with a Burlesque show. $95 with food, $75 w/out.
Church in the Fenway closes out ‘08 with ANOTHER CRUSTY NEW YEAR’S EVE AT CHURCH WITH THE UPPER CRUST + THE KONKS + WATTS. Cover is $25
YES DEAR HEATHENS IT’S TRUE!
$25 day of
Bill’s Bar features New Year’s Eve “Party Like a ROCKSTAR!”
w/ THE L.A. MOB
The Hands Off Love Affair
Hednod
Caldera
Too Fast Zero
21+, *$20adv./$25dos.
Doors: 8:00pm
*Purchase your ticket in advance and receive:
FREE Food from Qdoba (8:00-10:00pm)!
FREE Champagne Toast @ Midnight!
FREE Party Favors!
and
FREE Coat Check! ($3 value)
The Hard Rock features The U2 tribute band The Joshua Tree. Tickets are $25.
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East has Leedz Edutainment presenting The 2009 New Yearz Bash featuringElemental Zazen, Rite Hook,Amadeus The Stampede, Scroll, Launchpad - Hosted by Ricky Mortis - Plus Special Guest DJ On&On of 94.5 9pm - 21+ $12
The Middle East Downstairs features Rock On! Presents Badfish - A Tribute To Sublime plus special guests Uncle Billy’s Smokehouse 8pm - 21+ - $40
TT’s has A “Heroes” New Years Eve beginning at
21+! Hats, noisemakers, champagne and white trash breakfast buffet
The Lizard Lounge has hi8us with many special guests. Tickets are $25.
in Porter Square features 8:00 PM special guest The Gilded Splinters
10:00 PM
CHRISTIAN McNEILL
& THE REDEEMERS!
NO COVER!!!!
It’s New Year’s Eve with
Tim Gearan $5 Cover at Atwood’s Tavern
in Harvard Square has their New Year’s Eve Show! One show! Sarah Blodgett, Dan Boulger, Rick Canavan, Erin Judge, Steve Macone, Tom E. Morello, Tony Moschetto, MC Mr. Napkins, Lamont Price, Robby RoadSteamer, Rick Jenkins, Dan Crohn. 8PM/$10.
SOMERVILLE:
Johnny D’s celebrates the New Year with Booty Vortex
Sally O’Brien’s has 5:00p Juliet & The Lonesome Romeos
8:00p Reverb Joe & The Reverberators
11:00p The Moving Company
NO COVER!!!!
Precinct features :
Bull Mc’Cabe’s has Jeremy Lyons & The Deltabilly Boys - New Years Eve Party $5 Cover
ALLSTON:
WALTHAM with very special guests: ASHERS, ORGAN BEATS, MY STUPID FRIENDS, MORGAN KNOCKERS, THE ANDWUTZ, WHITE MIC, OAK LONETREE, BUZZWATER, THE FRANKS, DIRTY SANCHEZ AND MORE…hosted by THE DEVIL
Cover is $25.
BRIGHTON:
Smoken’ Joe’s has the Phillip Pemberton Band
Ring in 2009 at Porter Belly’s!
Live music until 2am
featuring Grayspot
Champagne toast and hors d’oeuvres
$20/ticket available at the bar
limited to 100 tickets, get yours NOW!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Have fun, be safe and we’ll see you here next year right here at thecitypulse.com
2 nights 2 go!!!! December 30, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a commentThe year is almost over, so get out there and see what’s happening. We’ll start with our “pick” of the night…
It’s at Bull McCabe’s in Union Square, Somerville. Check out The David Johnston Band.
The Paradise has Soulive with DJ Rekha
doors at 7 PM; 18+ show. Tickets are $22.50
Church in the Fenway features HLOE & THE PAPPAS + THE FUNKADITES. Cover is $8
Hard Rock Cafe hosts 22 year old singer/songwriter Jason Bonham & Friends with Special Guest: Courtney Reid of Maeve . Cover is $5.
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East Upstairs presents Beneath the Sheets, A Fond Farewell, Nemes – 18+ $8
The Middle East Downstairs features Radar Recordings’ 6th Annual Last Night on Earth with Caspian,Constants, Adai (fr. CO), Hadoken – 18+ $12
TT’s has Mike MacDonald & The Widow Makers
10:40pm
WJ & The Sweet Sacrifice
9:50pm
Tex MacNamara
9:00pm
Cover is $7
The Plough & Stars has a double bill of Mente,
Joe Harvard
and The Dull
PLUS
Van Winkle
Ted & Mazz from Mente
Ellis Paul is at Club Passim for 2 shows. The 7p is SOLD OUT. There are tix still available for the 10p show. Adam Ezra opens.
Session Americana does their weekly residency at the Lizard Lounge. $8 Cover.
in Porter Square has at 8:00 PM
Chris Wilhem and at 10:00 PM AUDREY RYAN. NO COVER!!!
Atwood’s Tavern features Kosher Ham
in Harvard Sq. presents their Mystery Lounge! Professional magicians Pete Haddad, Mike Bent, David Oliver, Joe Howard and guest comedian Steve Macone. Cover is $10.
SOMERVILLE:
Johnny D’s sparks it up mon with Grateful Dread w/ Tom Major
The Dead done reggae
Sally O’s presents 9:00p Jesus & the Argonauts…NO COVER!!!
Precinct has:
ALLSTON:
DRIVE BY with: THE HOLLOW SOUND, THE WIDESCREEN EDITION & NEMES. Cover is $10.
Great Scott has Dead Cats Dead Rats, Margin Walker, Mutt, Gallow Hounds and Sherman Burns Cover is $9.
BRIGHTON:
The Gumbo Kings visit Smoken’ Joe’s
Jon Goodhue is at Porter Belly’s Pub
No new releases worth mentioning this week. Save your money for great releases in the New Year. See you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com
Monday, Monday December 28, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a commentAnother short week on tap and we get to close out the year!!!
The Beehive in the South End has Kukers And Dorko playing Acoustic electric jazz… This fiery and free band presents guitar virtuoso Matthew Dorko, drummer Dean Johnson of Club Delf, and “out ” bassist Larry Kukers. Dorko brings unique energy to the stage, performing electric jazz with a classical guitar. His fiery fusion with Kukers is the result of years of intense collaboration.
The Church in the Fenway features THE IRREVERENDS (REUNION) WITH THE BLIZZARD OF ‘78 (EX-DELTA CLUTCH) + THE VOGON POETS. Cover is $8
A reunion we thought might never happen of the “don’t call us country” Boston supergroup featuring John Brookhouse (THE DIRTY TRUCKERS/TONY & THE JOHNS), Adam White, Brendan Reilly, and Chris Keene (THE TAKERS/CYANIDE VALENTINE/THE TULIPS). And why is it on a Monday you ask? Well, that was the only date - 12/29 it so happens - when all four members found themselves back in Boston.
The Middle East Upstairs has Pulp 45, Zip Tie Handcuffs, Ghouls Night Out - 18+ $8
The Plough & Stars features at 10pm The Dear John Letter Lounge Country & Bluegrass vinyl from Bread & Roses.
in Porter Square has 2 bands. 8:00 PM SHWANG featuring Anita Suhanin and at 11 PM THE TIM GEARAN BAND
Miss Tess 9PM is at Atwood’s Tavern.
SOMERVILLE:
FREE PIZZA & TRIVA…HOW CAN YOU PASS THAT UP????? Only at Johnny D’s
Saglly O’s gets things going at 7:00p with Cheapshots Comedy Club and at 10:00 w/ Infinite Ensemble
THE MIKE HASTINGS BAND is at Precinct wrapping up their December residency.
ALLSTON:
BAYSIDE with: VALENCIA & PENROSE Cover is $16
BRIGHTON:
Porter Belly’s Pub has Tori Pyne.
That’s a bunch of good shows. If you head out be safe and we’ll see you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com
The Last Sunday of 2008 :( December 28, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a commentHere it is the last Sunday of ‘08 and another short work week. Here’s what we got going on…
The Palladium in Worcester features a DVD Shoot with The Acacia Strain, The Red Chord & Thy Will Be Done. Tickets are $10. Show starts @ 6:30.
BOSTON:
The Pat McGee Band are at the Paradise with Ernie Halter and Luke Mulholland. Tickets are $15.
It’s World Salsa Sunday at The Beehive in the South End.
The Church in the Fenway has THE BIG BIG BUCKS + LUAU + PARIS CAN WAIT (LIZ KELLY) + HARRIERS. Cover is $5
- 11:00 - THE BIG BIG BUCKS
- 10:00 - LUAU
- 9:00 - PARIS CAN WAIT (LIZ KELLY/FROM PORTLAND, OR)
- 8:00 - HARRIERS
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East upstairs features The Allstonians, Boston Jolly Pirates, Beat Soup, Big Lick 9pm - 18+ $9
TT’s has Akron/Family
10:30pm
Marissa Nadler
9:40pm
Carter Tanton Of Tulsa
Cover is $12
The Plough & Stars has 2 shows at 9pm w/Frank Morey Band and at 5pm Frank Drake & The Aristocrats
in Porter Square features at 8:00 PM Nicole Berke and at 10:00 PM MONIQUE ORTIZ…NO COVER!!!!
in Harvard Square presents Bethany Van Delft hosts Steve Albert, Pam Ames, Pat Boccuzzi, Shaun Donovan, James Duffy, Alana Eisner, Steve Macone, Mehran, Mike Sweeney. Cover is $8.
SOMERVILLE:
Johnny D’s has 2 shows…School of Rock All Star Tour 4:30pm and Holiday Blues Jam 6:30pm
7:30p Julie Dougherty is at Sally O’s…NO COVER!!!
Precinct is busy with:
ALLSTON:
ENVY ON THE COAST with: PERSON L, CRIME IN STEREO, LION OF IDO, FOREDOES ME QUITE. Cover is $12.
Get out and enjoy tonight. We’ll see you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com
A busy Saturday… December 27, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a commentOk, let’s see what we got going on…
The Brew is at Showcase Live in Foxboro. The Brew are an aptly named quartet from Amesbury, Massachusetts cooking up a musical melting pot on their brand-new, self-released album, Back to the Woods, that combines their roots in classic rock, adding ingredients of prog, jazz, reggae, world beat, indie, funk and orchestral pop, sometimes in the course of a single song.
Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence presents former Phish-man Mike Gordon. Tickets are $25.
Tracy Morgan, star of 30 Rock, is at the Wilbur Theatre for one show at 7:30.
The Paradise has THE SLIP / Marco Benevento & Joe Russo (Benevento-Russo Duo) doors at 8 PM; 18+ show
Church in the Fenway presents COCKED N LOADED + THE NEW ALIBIS + RED INVASION + THE SPOILERS. Cover is $8
Bill’s Bar on Landsdowne St has HILLBLOCK, Strange Tribe, Second Audio Program, Redlock (18+). Cover is $12
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East upstairs features The Twitch,The Few, Frequency 7, Alchemilla 9pm - 18+ $10
TT’s has DJ Joro Boro (has spun with Gogol Bordello & Balkan Beat Box)
The Lizard Lounge has Adam Payne with The Brothers McCann. Cover is $5. in Porter Square is busy with 7:00 PM Lyle Brewer & Christian McNeill
7:00 PM
Christian McNeill & Lyle Brewer
10:00 PM
special guest Katrin
10:00 PM
JEN MURDZA
NO COVER!!!!
The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square will help you laugh your ass off with Rick Jenkins hosting, Laura Burns, Adam Ginivisian, Chance Langton, Rebecca Michael, Giulia Rozzi, Andy Ofiesh, Steve Macone. Cover is $10.
SOMERVILLE:
The Swingin Johnsons are at Johnny D’s
Sally O’Brien’s has the Patsy Hamel Band at 9:00p…NO COVER!!!!
Bull McCabe’s presents Mike The Spike
ALLSTON:
VIRGINIA COALITION with: PETE AND J. Cover is $15.
Great Scott has Basstown, DJ Etan and DJ Volvox. Cover is $5
BRIGHTON:
Shirley Lewis and her Band are back at Smoken’ Joe’s.
Felonius Mayhem are at Porter Belly’s Pub
Have Fun tonight. See you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com