Boston Weekly Picks (Dec 6-Dec 12, 2010)

Our concert picks for the week… (Chief pictured.)
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, December 6
Girlfriends, Tennis, Family Portrait, and Girlfriends     [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″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Family%20Portrait%20-%20Glide%20Part%20One.mp3″ text=”Family Portrait – Glide Part One” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Family%20Portrait%20-%20Glide%20Part%20Two.mp3″ text=”Family Portrait – Glide Part Two” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [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″] Middle East Upstairs 18+, $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show
Tuesday, December 7
Chamberlin Cafe 939 1:00 PM
Wednesday, December 8
Chief and The Dig     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Chief%20-%20Night%20and%20Day.mp3″ text=”Chief – Night and Day” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Dig%20-%20Youre%20Already%20Gone.mp3″ text=”The Dig – You’re Already Gone” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Dig%20-%20Two%20Sisters%20in%20Love.mp3″ text=”The Dig – Two Sisters in Love” dl=”0″] TT The Bear’s 8:45pm, $10
The Craters and Camp Island Great Scott 9pm, 18+, $5.00 – $10.00 donation, WTBU’s Left Of The Dial, A fundraiser for The Boston Counter Cultural Compass
Thursday, December 9
Bert Jansch Johnny D’s 8 pm
Freelance Whales, Miniature Tigers, and Pretty and Nice     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Freelance%20Whales%20-%20Generator%20Second%20Floor.mp3″ text=”Freelance Whales – Generator Second Floor” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Miniature%20Tigers%20-%20Mansion%20of%20Misery.mp3″ text=”Miniature Tigers – Mansion of Misery” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Miniature%20Tigers%20-%20Gold%20Skull.mp3″ text=”Miniature Tigers – Gold Skull” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Pretty%20and%20Nice%20-%20Tora%20Tora%20Tora.mp3″ text=”Pretty and Nice – Tora Tora Tora” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Pretty%20and%20Nice%20-%20Pixies.mp3″ text=”Pretty and Nice – Pixies” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Pretty%20and%20Nice%20-%20Solar%20Energy.mp3″ text=”Pretty and Nice – Solar Energy” dl=”0″] Middle East Downstairs 18+, $12 Advance / $15 Day Of Show
Friday, December 10
Mystery Roar     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Mystery%20Roar%20-%20Mayhem.mp3″ text=”Mystery Roar – Mayhem” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] Great Scott 10pm, 21+, $5, The Pill
Saturday, December 11
Red Bellows and Old Abram Brown     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Red%20Bellows%20-%20L.S.%20Blues.mp3″ text=”Red Bellows – L.S. Blues” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Old%20Abram%20Brown%20-%20Will%20Our%20Garden%20Grow.mp3″ text=”Old Abram Brown – Will Our Garden Grow” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Old%20Abram%20Brown%20-%20Mountain%20Lions.mp3″ text=”Old Abram Brown – Mountain Lions” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Old%20Abram%20Brown%20-%20No%20Celebration.mp3″ text=”Old Abram Brown – No Celebration” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Old%20Abram%20Brown%20-%20Tides.mp3″ text=”Old Abram Brown – Tides” dl=”0″] Cafe 939 8:00 p.m, $8 advance, $10 day of show
Faces on Film and Birds and Batteries     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Faces%20on%20Film%20-%20Famous%20Last%20Words.mp3″ text=”Faces on Film – Famous Last Words” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [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″] Great Scott 9pm, 21+, $10.00
Sunday, December 12
You Can Be A Wesley, Girlfriends, and Girlfriends     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/You%20Can%20Be%20A%20Wesley%20-%20Stuck%20in%20A%20Battle.mp3″ text=”You Can Be A Wesley – Stuck in A Battle” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/You%20Can%20Be%20A%20Wesley%20-%20Wildlife.mp3″ text=”You Can Be A Wesley – Wildlife” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/You%20Can%20Be%20A%20Wesley%20-%20Creatures.mp3″ text=”You Can Be A Wesley – Creatures” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/You%20Can%20Be%20A%20Wesley%20-%20Rearrange%20the%20Sea.mp3″ text=”You Can Be A Wesley – Rearrange the Sea” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/You%20Can%20Be%20A%20Wesley%20-%20Old%20in%20Florida.mp3″ text=”You Can Be A Wesley – Old in Florida” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/You%20Can%20Be%20A%20Wesley%20-%20Talking%20Science.mp3″ text=”You Can Be A Wesley – Talking Science” dl=”0″]     [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″] Great Scott 9:30pm, 18+, FREE, Great Scott Holiday Party Show
MMOSS, Zach Cale, Woodsy Pride, and Baba Yaga     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/MMOSS%20-%20Grow%20Down.mp3″ text=”MMOSS – Grow Down” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/MMOSS%20-%20Wool%20Gathering.mp3″ text=”MMOSS – Wool Gathering” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Zach%20Cale%20-%20Kicked%20Awake.mp3″ text=”Zach Cale – Kicked Awake” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Zach%20Cale%20-%20Hello%20Oblivion.mp3″ text=”Zach Cale – Hello Oblivion” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Zach%20Cale%20-%20Mourning%20Glory%20Kid.mp3″ text=”Zach Cale – Mourning Glory Kid” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Woodsy%20Pride%20-%20As%20Always%20A%20Good%20Thing.mp3″ text=”Woodsy Pride – As Always A Good Thing” dl=”0″] Whitehaus 8:00 PM