This week we have Death Vessel and Grizzly Bear playing the same night on opposite ends of town, TV on the Radio at the House of Blues and the Needy Visions, the must-see power-pop band of the moment, playing at Great Scott. It's going to be a good week.
Tuesday June 2nd
Cut Off Your Hands signed to Frenchkiss Records around the same time as Passion Pit. Now check out the Pit. They’re huge. Come see Cut Off Your Hands tonight at Great Scott, just so you can say you saw them when. 18+ - 9 pm - $10
The “New Nu Metal Tour” stops at Harper’s Ferry tonight. This is surely worth the cover if only for novelty’s sake. $14/door - ALL AGES - 7 pm
Telepathe at the Mid East Upstairs. 18+ - $9/door - 8 pm
Wednesday June 3rd
It’s unfair that anyone has to choose between the below two shows, but alas, fate is a cruel mistress.
Grizzly Bear’s new album, Vecktamist, is as close to chamber-pop perfection as it gets. And instead of relating it to any of its most obvious forebears, just know that it makes us happy. Truly happy. Ride their sunny 60s pop harmonies tonight at Berklee. All Ages - $18.50 - 7:30 pm
Death Vessel’s guitars jump through the decades, recalling the folkier side of early seventies Neil Young while maintaining a spot among his (freak) folk contemporaries like Devandra and Vetiver. And goddamn, that falsetto is high. Don’t be alarmed if you think it’s a woman at first. It’s just like if Young sang in key. And maybe a bit prettier. Catch him tonight at the Middle East Upstairs. 18+ - $9 - 8 pm
Thursday June 4th
The HoB is a fitting venue to capture the grandeur of TV on the Radio. Tonight! All Ages - $25 - 8 pm
The Serious Geniuses, Lemuria, Movers And Shakers, Bread And Roses tonight at Great Scott. 18+ - 9pm - $7.00
Dark Meat (fr. Athens, GA), Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band (Dead Oceans), Mighty Tiny at the Middle East Upstairs - 18+ - $9adv/$10dos - 8 pm
Friday June 5th
Man Man are known for wild, onstage antics, dressing up in tribal gowns, hooting and hollering, tearing across the stage. Gogol Bordello is a gypsy-rock hybrid of rock absurdity like man has never before witnessed. It’s entirely possible that they’ll leave the HoB as a pile of ashes after tonight. All Ages - $25 - 8 pm
Pretty & Nice’s Get Young was the best release from Boston last year. Their punk-rock take on new-wave classics like Squeez and XTC is worth your attention. Tonight at TT the Bears. 18+ - $10 - 9 pm
Saturday June 6th
Planetoid are Boston space-rockers transplanted from another dimension. We’ll let the below picture do all the explainin’. Middle East Downstairs. 18+ - $10 - 8 pm
Love in Stockholm bring their jazz/funk/whatever the hell it is to Harper’s Ferry tonight. 18+ - 9 pm
DPony, noisy-side project of Hooray For Earth frontman Noel Heroux, celebrates it’s cd release tonight at Great Scott. 21+ - 9pm - $10.00
Sunday June 7th
The Needy Visions! These dudes seem to play every goddamn week these days. They play throwback, seventies-garage pop-rock. And it’s some of the most infectious music we’ve heard in the area. We defy you to listen to “Mac’s Big Secret,” streaming on their MySpace, and not burst into spontaneous smiles. Tonight at Great Scott with MMOSS, who also rock. 18+ - 9pm - $7.00
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