Boston Weekly Picks (Aug 20-Aug 26, 2012)

Our concert picks for the week… (Speedy Ortiz pictured. Photo by Nick Floem.)
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, August 20
Tan Vampires, Old Abram Brown, and The Milkman’s Union     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Old%20Abram%20Brown%20-%20Tides.mp3″ text=”Old Abram Brown – Tides” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/The%20Milkmans%20Union%20-%20Little%20Bird.mp3″ text=”The Milkman’s Union – Little Bird” dl=”0″] Great Scott
Wednesday, August 22
Speedy Ortiz, Dirty Dishes, Ghost Box Orchestra, Grass Is Green, and Speedy Ortiz     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Dirty%20Dishes%20-%20Deer%20in%20Headlights.mp3″ text=”Dirty Dishes – Deer in Headlights” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Dirty%20Dishes%20-%20Stolen%20Apples.mp3″ text=”Dirty Dishes – Stolen Apples” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Dirty%20Dishes%20-%20In%20the%20Clouds.mp3″ text=”Dirty Dishes – In the Clouds” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Ghost%20Box%20Orchestra%20-%20Oh%20The%20Moon%20Hangs%20Low.mp3″ text=”Ghost Box Orchestra – Oh, The Moon Hangs Low” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Ghost%20Box%20Orchestra%20-%20The%20Only%20Light%20On.mp3″ text=”Ghost Box Orchestra – The Only Light On” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Ghost%20Box%20Orchestra%20-%20Rhythm%20Hills%20Jam.mp3″ text=”Ghost Box Orchestra – Rhythm Hills Jam” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Grass%20Is%20Green%20-%203%20Little%20Chickens.mp3″ text=”Grass Is Green – 3 Little Chickens” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Grass%20Is%20Green%20-%20Ruffle%20Ball.mp3″ text=”Grass Is Green – Ruffle Ball” dl=”0″ dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Speedy%20Ortiz%20-%20Indoor%20Soccer.mp3″ text=”Speedy Ortiz – Indoor Soccer” dl=”0″]     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Speedy%20Ortiz%20-%20Silver%20Spring.mp3″ text=”Speedy Ortiz – Silver Spring” dl=”0″] Great Scott
Friday, August 24
The Brian Jonestown Massacre Royale
Saturday, August 25
Shovels and Rope Johnny D’s
Dikes Of Holland     [wpaudio url=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/foundwaves/audios/Dikes%20Of%20Holland%20-%20Streetwalker.mp3″ text=”Dikes Of Holland – Streetwalker” dl=”0″] OBriens