Boston Weekly Picks (Apr 2-Apr 8, 2012)

Our concert picks for the week… (Fenster pictured. Photo by Maxime Ballesteros.)
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. 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, April 2
Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and Conduits     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Cursive%20-%20The%20Sun%20and%20Moon.mp3″ text=”Cursive – The Sun and Moon” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Cymbals%20Eat%20Guitars%20-%20And%20The%20Hazy%20Sea.mp3″ text=”Cymbals Eat Guitars – And The Hazy Sea” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Conduits%20-%20Top%20of%20the%20Hill.mp3″ text=”Conduits – Top of the Hill” dl=”0″] Middle East Downstairs
First Aid Kit Paradise
Tuesday, April 3
A Silent Film, Empires, and Carousel     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/A%20Silent%20Film%20-%20You%20Will%20Leave%20A%20Mark.mp3″ text=”A Silent Film – You Will Leave A Mark” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Empires%20-%20Cant%20Steal%20Your%20Heart%20Away.mp3″ text=”Empires – Can’t Steal Your Heart Away” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Carousel%20-%20Get%20Up.mp3″ text=”Carousel – Get Up” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Carousel%20-%20Open%20Road.mp3″ text=”Carousel – Open Road” dl=”0″] Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, April 4
Secret School     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Secret%20School%20-%20Goodbye%20Party%20Demo.mp3″ text=”Secret School – Goodbye Party (Demo)” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Secret%20School%20-%20Ends%20When%20I%20Start%20Demo.mp3″ text=”Secret School – Ends When I Start (Demo)” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Secret%20School%20-%20I.O.U..mp3″ text=”Secret School – I.O.U.” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] Church
Bozmo Great Scott
Plants And Animals and This Is The Kit     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Plants%20And%20Animals%20-%20The%20Mama%20Papa.mp3″ text=”Plants And Animals – The Mama Papa” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Plants%20And%20Animals%20-%20Lightshow.mp3″ text=”Plants And Animals – Lightshow” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/This%20Is%20The%20Kit%20-%20Spinney.mp3″ text=”This Is The Kit – Spinney” dl=”0″] TT The Bear’s
Thursday, April 5
Sand Reckoner, Night Beats, MMOSS, Sand Reckoner, and Apache Dropout     [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/Sand%20Reckoner%20-%20The%20Shepherd%20Song.mp3″ text=”Sand Reckoner – The Shepherd Song” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sand%20Reckoner%20-%20Flesh%20and%20Bones.mp3″ text=”Sand Reckoner – Flesh and Bones” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sand%20Reckoner%20-%20Morning%20Star.mp3″ text=”Sand Reckoner – Morning Star” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] OBriens
Saturday, April 7
Gentlemen Hall, Freezepop, Art Decade, and Doorbells     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Art%20Decade%20-%20The%20Queen.mp3″ text=”Art Decade – The Queen” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Doorbells%20-%20Too%20Young%20Demo.mp3″ text=”Doorbells – Too Young (Demo)” dl=”0″] Brighton Music Hall
Of Monsters And Men and Lay Low     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Lay%20Low%20-%20By%20and%20By.mp3″ text=”Lay Low – By and By” dl=”0″] House of Blues
Winterpills and A Severe Joy     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/A%20Severe%20Joy%20-%20Frank%20Black%20Soundtrack.mp3″ text=”A Severe Joy – Frank Black Soundtrack” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/A%20Severe%20Joy%20-%20I%20Need%20You%20Close.mp3″ text=”A Severe Joy – I Need You Close” dl=”0″] Cafe 939
The War On Drugs and Viva Viva     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Viva%20Viva%20-%20Valentine.mp3″ text=”Viva Viva – Valentine” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Viva%20Viva%20-%20Heartbreak%20Sweepstakes.mp3″ text=”Viva Viva – Heartbreak Sweepstakes” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Viva%20Viva%20-%20Hailing%20A%20Cab%20In%20Hell.mp3″ text=”Viva Viva – Hailing A Cab In Hell” dl=”0″] Middle East Downstairs
The December Sound, Fenster, Sand Reckoner, and Sand Reckoner     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20December%20Sound%20-%20Drone%20Refusenik.mp3″ text=”The December Sound – Drone Refusenik” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20December%20Sound%20-%20Never.mp3″ text=”The December Sound – Never” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Fenster%20-%20Fantasy%20II.mp3″ text=”Fenster – Fantasy II” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sand%20Reckoner%20-%20The%20Shepherd%20Song.mp3″ text=”Sand Reckoner – The Shepherd Song” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sand%20Reckoner%20-%20Flesh%20and%20Bones.mp3″ text=”Sand Reckoner – Flesh and Bones” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Sand%20Reckoner%20-%20Morning%20Star.mp3″ text=”Sand Reckoner – Morning Star” dl=”0″ dl=”0″] Church
Howler and Quilt     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Howler%20-%20Back%20of%20Your%20Neck.mp3″ text=”Howler – Back of Your Neck” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Howler%20-%20I%20Told%20You%20Once.mp3″ text=”Howler – I Told You Once” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Quilt%20-%20Utopian%20Canyon.mp3″ text=”Quilt – Utopian Canyon” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Quilt%20-%20Cowboys%20in%20the%20Void.mp3″ text=”Quilt – Cowboys in the Void” dl=”0″] Great Scott