Boston Weekly Picks
May 9 - May 15, 2016

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, May 9 [fwaudio id=’4406′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Wild Nothing and Charlie Hilton The Sinclair [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005045163FB1EC?brand=sinclair’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-9 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-9 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Wild Nothing and Charlie Hilton at The Sinclair’ description=’Wild Nothing (http://wildnothingmusic.com/) Charlie Hilton (http://twitter.com/palanadelrey)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Tue, May 10 [fwaudio id=’4409′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] We Are Scientists and Prism Tats Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/we-are-scientists-boston-massachusetts-05-10-2016/event/01005076DA1E6A69′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-10 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-10 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’We Are Scientists and Prism Tats at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’We Are Scientists (https://www.facebook.com/wearescientists/) Prism Tats (https://www.facebook.com/prismtats/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Wed, May 11 [fwaudio id=’4412′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] La Luz, Las Rosas, and Bong Wish 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=6528755′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-11 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-11 23:59:00′ utc=’-8′ summary=’La Luz, Las Rosas, and Bong Wish at Middle East Upstairs’ description=’La Luz (https://www.facebook.com/laluzusa) Las Rosas (https://lasrosas.bandcamp.com/) Bong Wish (http://bongwish.bandcamp.com/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Thu, May 12 [fwaudio id=’4416′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Rogue Wave and Hey Marseilles The Sinclair [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005048B2F82EB9?brand=sinclair’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-12 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-12 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Rogue Wave and Hey Marseilles at The Sinclair’ description=’Rogue Wave (http://roguewavemusic.com/) Hey Marseilles (http://heymarseilles.com/)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Fri, May 13 [fwaudio id=’4419′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, and Doug Tuttle The Sinclair [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-13 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-13 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, and Doug Tuttle at The Sinclair’ description=’King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (http://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/) The Murlocs (http://twitter.com/themurlocs) Doug Tuttle (http://www.facebook.com/dougtuttledougtuttle)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Sat, May 14 [fwaudio id=’4423′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Plants And Animals and Wintersleep Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005053A7B26D68?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-14 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-14 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Plants And Animals and Wintersleep at Great Scott’ description=’Plants And Animals (http://plantsandanimals.ca/) Wintersleep (http://wintersleep.com/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sun, May 15 [fwaudio id=’4426′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Dead Meadow, Ghost Box Orchestra, and Sand Reckoner Cuisine En Locale [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-15 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-15 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Dead Meadow, Ghost Box Orchestra, and Sand Reckoner at Cuisine En Locale’ description=’Dead Meadow (https://myspace.com/deadmeadow/) Ghost Box Orchestra (https://www.facebook.com/ghostboxorchestra/) Sand Reckoner (http://sandreckonerband.com/)’ locationaddress=’156 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA’]
Wild Nothing and Charlie Hilton
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Monday, May 9 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
Wild Nothing
Virginia, USA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://wildnothingmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/wildnothing/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://wildnothing.shopfirebrand.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/wildnothing’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://wildnothingct.bandcamp.com/’]
Charlie Hilton
Portland, OR
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/palanadelrey’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/palanadelrey’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://charliehilton.us/’]
We Are Scientists and Prism Tats
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Tuesday, May 10 at Brighton Music Hall
[fwaddtocalendar size=’large’ datestart=’2016-5-10 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-10 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’We Are Scientists and Prism Tats at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’We Are Scientists (https://www.facebook.com/wearescientists/) Prism Tats (https://www.facebook.com/prismtats/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’][fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/we-are-scientists-boston-massachusetts-05-10-2016/event/01005076DA1E6A69′]
158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
We Are Scientists
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/wearescientists/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://wearescientists.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/wearescientists’]
Prism Tats
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/prismtats/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://prismtats.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://prismtats.bandcamp.com/’]
La Luz, Las Rosas, and Bong Wish
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Wednesday, May 11 at Middle East Upstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
La Luz
Seattle, WA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/laluzusa’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.laluz.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.laluzband.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/la_luz_band’]
Las Rosas
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://lasrosas.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/lasrosasbrooklyn/’]
Bong Wish
Boston, MA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://bongwish.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/bongwish’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyrepyeoqia’]
Rogue Wave and Hey Marseilles
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Thursday, May 12 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
Rogue Wave
Oakland, CA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://roguewavemusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/roguewave’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/roguewaveband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.roguewavemusic.com/#home?filter=all’]
Hey Marseilles
Seattle, WA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://heymarseilles.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/heymarseilles/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://heymarseilles.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/heymarseilles’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://instagram.com/heymarseilles/’]
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, and Doug Tuttle
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Friday, May 13 at The Sinclair
[fwaddtocalendar size=’large’ datestart=’2016-5-13 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-13 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, and Doug Tuttle at The Sinclair’ description=’King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (http://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/) The Murlocs (http://twitter.com/themurlocs) Doug Tuttle (http://www.facebook.com/dougtuttledougtuttle)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
Melbourne, Australia
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/kinggizzardandthelizardwizard’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/kinggizzardband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.panacherock.com/artists/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard’]
The Murlocs
Melbourne, Australia
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/themurlocs’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/themurlocs/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://themurlocs.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.greatscottboston.com/’]
Doug Tuttle
Rochester, NH
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.facebook.com/dougtuttledougtuttle’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/troubleinmind’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/the_doug_tuttle’]
Plants And Animals and Wintersleep
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Saturday, May 14 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Plants And Animals
Montreal
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://plantsandanimals.ca/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/plantsandanimals/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/plantandanimal’]
Wintersleep
Canada
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://wintersleep.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/wintersleep’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.twitter.com/wintersleep’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://wintersleep-uk-tour-mixtape.bandcamp.com/’]
Dead Meadow, Ghost Box Orchestra, and Sand Reckoner
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Sunday, May 15 at Cuisine En Locale
[fwaddtocalendar size=’large’ datestart=’2016-5-15 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-15 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Dead Meadow, Ghost Box Orchestra, and Sand Reckoner at Cuisine En Locale’ description=’Dead Meadow (https://myspace.com/deadmeadow/) Ghost Box Orchestra (https://www.facebook.com/ghostboxorchestra/) Sand Reckoner (http://sandreckonerband.com/)’ locationaddress=’156 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA’]
156 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA
Dead Meadow
Washington D.C.
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/deadmeadow/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://deadmeadow.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.reverbnation.com/deadmeadow’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/deadmeadowltd’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/deadmeadowofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://deadmeadowstore.bigcartel.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/dead-meadow-official-177062599000500/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.deadmeadow.com/+https://myspace.com/deadmeadow+++http://deadmeadowstore.bigcartel.com’]
Ghost Box Orchestra
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/ghostboxorchestra/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://ghostboxorchestra.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://ghostboxorchestra.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://youtube.com/ghostboxorchestra’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.twitter.com/ghostboxband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cuisineenlocale.com/events/calendar/’]
Sand Reckoner
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://sandreckonerband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/sandreckonerband/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/sand-reckoner-159610677382619/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/sandreckonertsr/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://sandreckoner.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://sandreckoner.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/sandreckoner/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cuisineenlocale.com/events/calendar/’]