Boston Weekly Picks
Aug 31 - Sep 6, 2015

Every week we listen to over 200 bands playing in the Boston area in order to compile our Weekly Picks. Stream the selected bands below.

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Mon, Aug 31 [fwaudio id=’2944′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Blinders and Will Sprott ZuZu [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=6121045&pl=mideastclub’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-8-31 ‘ dateend=’2015-8-31 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Blinders and Will Sprott at ZuZu’ description=’Blinders (http://blinders.bandcamp.com/) Will Sprott (https://www.facebook.com/willsprottt)’ locationaddress=’474 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Tue, Sep 1 [fwaudio id=’2947′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Tamaryn and Gambles Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004F04F2AD790D?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-9-1 ‘ dateend=’2015-9-1 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Tamaryn and Gambles at Great Scott’ description=’Tamaryn (https://www.facebook.com/pages/tamaryn/21877892594/) Gambles (https://www.facebook.com/iamgambles/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Thu, Sep 3 [fwaudio id=’2950′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Magic Magic, Funeral Advantage, Bent Shapes, and Lost Film Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EDDC7C94597?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-9-3 ‘ dateend=’2015-9-3 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Magic Magic, Funeral Advantage, Bent Shapes, and Lost Film at Great Scott’ description=’Magic Magic (https://www.facebook.com/magicmagicband/) Funeral Advantage (http://funeraladvantage.bandcamp.com/) Bent Shapes (http://bentshapes.com/) Lost Film (http://twitter.com/lostfilmband)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sat, Sep 5 [fwaudio id=’2955′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] The New Highway Hymnal and Infinity Girl Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EF6B5E05B8D?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-9-5 ‘ dateend=’2015-9-5 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’The New Highway Hymnal and Infinity Girl at Great Scott’ description=’The New Highway Hymnal (http://thenewhighwayhymnal.bandcamp.com/) Infinity Girl (http://ihateinfinitygirl.com/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sun, Sep 6 [fwaudio id=’2958′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Swervedriver and Gateway Drugs The Sinclair [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EB3A49141B4?brand=sinclair’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-9-6 ‘ dateend=’2015-9-6 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Swervedriver and Gateway Drugs at The Sinclair’ description=’Swervedriver (http://swervedriver.com/) Gateway Drugs (https://www.facebook.com/gatewaydrugs)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Sun, Sep 6 [fwaudio id=’2961′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Aj Davila And Terror Amor, Dirty Fences, and Earthquake Party! Middle East Upstairs [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=6058605&pl=mideastclub&REFID=elink’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-9-6 ‘ dateend=’2015-9-6 23:59:00′ utc=’-8′ summary=’Aj Davila And Terror Amor, Dirty Fences, and Earthquake Party! at Middle East Upstairs’ description=’Aj Davila And Terror Amor (https://www.facebook.com/ajdavilasix) Dirty Fences (https://www.facebook.com/dirtyfences/) Earthquake Party! (https://myspace.com/destructionsounds/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Blinders and Will Sprott
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Monday, Aug 31 at ZuZu
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474 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
Blinders
Somerville, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://blinders.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/blinders2013′]
Will Sprott
San Jose, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/willsprottt’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://willsprott.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/secret-seven/will-sprott-of-the-mumlers’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://hairdo.bandcamp.com’]
Tamaryn and Gambles
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Tuesday, Sep 1 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Tamaryn
New York, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/tamaryn/21877892594/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://tamarynmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/tamarynmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://tamaryn.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/tamaryn’]
Gambles
New York, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/iamgambles/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://gmbls.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/whoisgambles/’]
Magic Magic, Funeral Advantage, Bent Shapes, and Lost Film
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Thursday, Sep 3 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Magic Magic
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/magicmagicband/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/magic-magic-band’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://magicmagic.bandcamp.com/’]
Funeral Advantage
Allston, MA
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://funeraladvantage.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/funeraladvantagema/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/funadv’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://funeraladvantage.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/funeraladvantage/’]
Bent Shapes
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://bentshapes.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bentshapes.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bentshapes.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://spacecommandmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/bentshapes’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/bentshapes’]
Lost Film
Northampton, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/lostfilmband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/lostfilmband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://lostfilm.bandcamp.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://lostfilmband.tumblr.com/’]
The New Highway Hymnal and Infinity Girl
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Saturday, Sep 5 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
The New Highway Hymnal
Northshore, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://thenewhighwayhymnal.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/newhighwayhymnal/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://newhighwayhymnal.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/newhighwyhymnal’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/the-new-highway-hymnal’]
Infinity Girl
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://ihateinfinitygirl.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/ihateinfinitygirl/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://infinitygirl.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://ihateinfinitygirl.com/music/’]
Swervedriver and Gateway Drugs
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Sunday, Sep 6 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
Swervedriver
United Kingdom
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://swervedriver.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/swervedriverofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://swervedriver.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/swervedriveruk’]
Gateway Drugs
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/gatewaydrugs’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://gatewaydrugsband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://gatewaydrugs.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/gatewaydrugs_’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.youtube.com/user/gatewaydrugsofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/gatewaydrugsband’]
Aj Davila And Terror Amor, Dirty Fences, and Earthquake Party!
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Sunday, Sep 6 at Middle East Upstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Aj Davila And Terror Amor
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/ajdavilasix’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/ajdavilasix’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kyd8cfh3zktvvcyclvohx’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/aj-davila-terror-amor’]
Dirty Fences
New York, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/dirtyfences/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://dirtyfences.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.dirtyfences.com/’]
Earthquake Party!
Boston, MA
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/destructionsounds/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/earthquakeparty/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/earthquakeparty/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://earthquakeparty.bandcamp.com/’]