Boston Weekly Picks (Aug 16-Aug 22, 2010)

Every week we listen to around 200 bands playing in the Boston area in order to compile our Weekly Picks. Stream the selected bands below. Check back weekly and add the Weekly Picks calendar to your iCalendar or Google Calendar for automatic updates as we add more shows. Subscribe to the Weekly Picks Calendar Add to your Google Calendar Add to your iCalendar application
Monday, August 16
New Politics, Funeral Party, and RIBS     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/New%20Politics%20-%20Yeah%20Yeah%20Yeah.mp3″ text=”New Politics – Yeah Yeah Yeah” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/New%20Politics%20-%20Dignity.mp3″ text=”New Politics – Dignity” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/New%20Politics%20-%20Give%20Me%20hope.mp3″ text=”New Politics – Give Me hope” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/RIBS%20-%20Even.mp3″ text=”RIBS – Even” dl=”0″] Great Scott 8:30pm, 18+, $7.00
Sister Spaceman and Thick Shakes     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sister%20Spaceman%20-%20Jesus%20on%20the%20Mainline.mp3″ text=”Sister Spaceman – Jesus on the Mainline” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sister%20Spaceman%20-%20Peach%20Tree%20Shake.mp3″ text=”Sister Spaceman – Peach Tree Shake” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sister%20Spaceman%20-%20No%20Place%20to%20Go.mp3″ text=”Sister Spaceman – No Place to Go” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Thick%20Shakes%20-%20Baby%20Youre%20a%20Starfish.mp3″ text=”Thick Shakes – (Baby) You’re a Starfish” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Thick%20Shakes%20-%20Glass%20Mask.mp3″ text=”Thick Shakes – Glass Mask” dl=”0″] Charlie’s Kitchen 9pm
The Delta Mirror, The Ropes, and Magic Man     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Delta%20Mirror%20-%20He%20Was%20Worse%20Than%20the%20Needle%20He%20Gave%20You.mp3″ text=”The Delta Mirror – He Was Worse Than the Needle He Gave You” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Ropes%20-%20Be%20My%20Gun.mp3″ text=”The Ropes – Be My Gun” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Ropes%20-%20I%20Miss%20You%20Being%20Gone.mp3″ text=”The Ropes – I Miss You Being Gone” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Ropes%20-%20Love%20is%20a%20Chain%20Store.mp3″ text=”The Ropes – Love is a Chain Store” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Magic%20Man%20-%20Polygons.mp3″ text=”Magic Man – Polygons” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Magic%20Man%20-%20Daughter.mp3″ text=”Magic Man – Daughter” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] OBriens 9pm, 18+, $8.00
Tuesday, August 17
Josh Caress     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Josh%20Caress%20-%20We%20Will%20Fight.mp3″ text=”Josh Caress – We Will Fight” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Josh%20Caress%20-%20Perestroika%20On%20My%20Mind.mp3″ text=”Josh Caress – Perestroika On My Mind” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Josh%20Caress%20-%20Is%20That%20What%20You%20Want.mp3″ text=”Josh Caress – Is That What You Want” dl=”0″] Harpers Ferry 8pm, 18+
Admiral Radley, Hooray for Earth, and Big Big Buildings     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Admiral%20Radley%20-%20I%20Heart%20California.mp3″ text=”Admiral Radley – I Heart California” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Admiral%20Radley%20-%20Ghost%20of%20Syllables.mp3″ text=”Admiral Radley – Ghost of Syllables” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Hooray%20for%20Earth%20-%20Surrounded%20by%20Your%20Friends.mp3″ text=”Hooray for Earth – Surrounded by Your Friends” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Hooray%20for%20Earth%20-%20Surrounded%20By%20Your%20Friends%20Twin%20Shadow%20Remix.mp3″ text=”Hooray for Earth – Surrounded By Your Friends (Twin Shadow Remix)” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Hooray%20for%20Earth%20-%20Form%20Oh%20No%20Ono%20Remix.mp3″ text=”Hooray for Earth – Form (Oh No Ono Remix)” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Hooray%20for%20Earth%20-%20Comfortable%20Comparable.mp3″ text=”Hooray for Earth – Comfortable, Comparable” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Hooray%20for%20Earth%20-%20Comfortable%20Comparable%20Chairlift%20Remix.mp3″ text=”Hooray for Earth – Comfortable, Comparable (Chairlift Remix)” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Big%20Big%20Buildings%20-%20Nova%20In%20Separate%20Explosions.mp3″ text=”Big Big Buildings – Nova (In Separate Explosions)” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Big%20Big%20Buildings%20-%20Astronomer.mp3″ text=”Big Big Buildings – Astronomer” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Big%20Big%20Buildings%20-%20Space%20Hotels.mp3″ text=”Big Big Buildings – Space Hotels” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Big%20Big%20Buildings%20-%20Expletives.mp3″ text=”Big Big Buildings – Expletives!” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] TT The Bear’s 9:00pm, $12
Wednesday, August 18
Lee “Scratch” Perry Harpers Ferry 8PM, 18+
Girlfriends and Eux Autres     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Girlfriends%20-%20Govt%20Seizure.mp3″ text=”Girlfriends – Govt Seizure” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Girlfriends%20-%20Creep%20Stuff.mp3″ text=”Girlfriends – Creep Stuff” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Eux%20Autres%20-%20Youre%20Alright.mp3″ text=”Eux Autres – You’re Alright” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Eux%20Autres%20-%20Queen%20Turner.mp3″ text=”Eux Autres – Queen Turner” dl=”0″] Great Scott 9pm, 18+, $8.00
Friday, August 20
The Organ Beats and Herra Terra     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Organ%20Beats%20-%20Happy%20BirthdayCome%20on%20Home.mp3″ text=”The Organ Beats – Happy Birthday/Come on Home” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Organ%20Beats%20-%20Sleep%20When%20We%20Are%20Dead.mp3″ text=”The Organ Beats – Sleep When We Are Dead” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Organ%20Beats%20-%20No%20One%20Can%20Tell%20You.mp3″ text=”The Organ Beats – No One Can Tell You” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Herra%20Terra%20-%20Lost%20in%20Labyrinth.mp3″ text=”Herra Terra – Lost in Labyrinth” dl=”0″] TT The Bear’s 9:00pm, $10
Jeremy Messersmith and Slow Runner     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Jeremy%20Messersmith%20-%20Organ%20Donor.mp3″ text=”Jeremy Messersmith – Organ Donor” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Slow%20Runner%20-%20Rainyface.mp3″ text=”Slow Runner – Rainyface” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Slow%20Runner%20-%20Somebody%20to%20Smother.mp3″ text=”Slow Runner – Somebody to Smother” dl=”0″] Lizard Lounge 8:30, 21+, $10 doors/$8 adv
California King     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/California%20King%20-%202012.mp3″ text=”California King – 2012″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/California%20King%20-%20Come%20To%20Me%20and%20Stay.mp3″ text=”California King – Come To Me and Stay” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] PA’s Lounge 8:30PM, 21+, $8
Saturday, August 21
The Applicators     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Applicators%20-%20My%20Weapon.mp3″ text=”The Applicators – My Weapon” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Applicators%20-%20Bad%20Infection.mp3″ text=”The Applicators – Bad Infection” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Applicators%20-%20I%20Need%20You.mp3″ text=”The Applicators – I Need You” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] PA’s Lounge 8:30PM, 21+, $8
Sunday, August 22
The Arkanes     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Arkanes%20-%20Just%20Cant%20Help%20Myself.mp3″ text=”The Arkanes – Just Can’t Help Myself” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Arkanes%20-%20Sharpshooter.mp3″ text=”The Arkanes – Sharpshooter” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Arkanes%20-%20Set%20Fire%20to%20the%20Scene.mp3″ text=”The Arkanes – Set Fire to the Scene” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] Church Door 8pm, 18+, $6
Laarks     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Laarks%20-%20All%20the%20Words%20You%20Cant%20Say%20Right.mp3″ text=”Laarks – All the Words You Can’t Say Right” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] TT The Bear’s 10:00pm, $9
I Have Ears and Tennis     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/I%20Have%20Ears%20-%20Euro%20K.mp3″ text=”I Have Ears – Euro K” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/I%20Have%20Ears%20-%20Rabbit%20Heart.mp3″ text=”I Have Ears – Rabbit Heart” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/I%20Have%20Ears%20-%20Talkin%20To%20You.mp3″ text=”I Have Ears – Talkin’ To You” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Tennis%20-%20Baltimore.mp3″ text=”Tennis – Baltimore” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Tennis%20-%20Bahama%20Banks.mp3″ text=”Tennis – Bahama Banks” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Tennis%20-%20Marathon.mp3″ text=”Tennis – Marathon” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] Great Scott 9pm, 18+, $8.00
Birds and Batteries     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Birds%20and%20Batteries%20-%20Strange%20Kind%20of%20Mirror.mp3″ text=”Birds and Batteries – Strange Kind of Mirror” dl=”0″] Middle East Upstairs 18+, $10