Boston Weekly Picks
Apr 27 - May 3, 2015

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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Tue, Apr 28 [fwaudio id=’1894′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Wolf Alice Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E6CA75F443B?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-28 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-28 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Wolf Alice at Great Scott’ description=’Wolf Alice (https://soundcloud.com/wolfalice)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Tue, Apr 28 [fwaudio id=’1896′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] The Wombats, Life In Film, and Cheerleader Paradise [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004D75B9AD65FA’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-28 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-28 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’The Wombats, Life In Film, and Cheerleader at Paradise’ description=’The Wombats (http://thewombats.co.uk/) Life In Film (https://www.facebook.com/lifeinfilm) Cheerleader (https://www.facebook.com/cheerleadersounds)’ locationaddress=’967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA’]
Wed, Apr 29 [fwaudio id=’1900′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Two Gallants Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E2FB13E4360?c=rmk-lnneweng_web_TwoGallants_crossroads_012115′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-29 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-29 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Two Gallants at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’Two Gallants (http://twogallants.com/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sat, May 2 [fwaudio id=’1902′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Delicate Steve Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E52D476CB5E?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-2 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-2 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Delicate Steve at Great Scott’ description=’Delicate Steve (https://myspace.com/delicatesteve/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sun, May 3 [fwaudio id=’1904′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E5AB6135630′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-3 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-3 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (http://trailofdead.com/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sun, May 3 [fwaudio id=’1906′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Toro Y Moi and Vinyl Williams Paradise [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E30E9A490A2′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-3 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-3 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Toro Y Moi and Vinyl Williams at Paradise’ description=’Toro Y Moi (https://myspace.com/toroymoi/) Vinyl Williams (https://www.facebook.com/vinylwilliams/)’ locationaddress=’967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA’]
Wolf Alice
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Tuesday, Apr 28 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Wolf Alice
London, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/wolfalice’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://youtube.com/wolfalicevideos’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/wolfalicemusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/wolfalicemusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.wolfalice.co.uk/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://open.spotify.com/artist/3btzeqd6sugimihpmrgkwv’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://po.st/pvr99s’]
The Wombats, Life In Film, and Cheerleader
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Tuesday, Apr 28 at Paradise
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967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
The Wombats
Liverpool, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://thewombats.co.uk/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/thewombatsuk#!/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thewombatsuk/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://thewombats.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/thewombats’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/thewombatsuk/music/songs’]
Life In Film
London, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/lifeinfilm’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://smarturl.it/lifgetcloser’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/life-in-film’]
Cheerleader
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/cheerleadersounds’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cheerleadersounds.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/cheerleadersounds’]
Two Gallants
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Wednesday, Apr 29 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Two Gallants
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twogallants.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/two-gallants/103114093062022/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/twogallants’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/twogallants’]
Delicate Steve
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Saturday, May 2 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Delicate Steve
Fredon, NJ
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/delicatesteve/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/delicatesteve/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://delicatesteve.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://delicatesteve.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/delicatesteve’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bit.ly/dmxsgq’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bit.ly/gdkcfn’]
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
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Sunday, May 3 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Austin, TX
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://trailofdead.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/trailofdead/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/andyouwillknowusbythetrailofdead/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/realtrailofdead/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://realtrailofdead.tumblr.com/’]
Toro Y Moi and Vinyl Williams
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Sunday, May 3 at Paradise
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967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Toro Y Moi
Columbia, SC
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/toroymoi/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://toroymoi.blogspot.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/toroymoi/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://toroymoi.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/toroymoi’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/toroymoi/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.carparkrecords.com/’]
Vinyl Williams
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/vinylwilliams/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://vinylwilliams.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/vinylwilliams’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.soundcloud.com/vinylwilliams’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/vinylwilliams’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://vinylwilliams.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.last.fm/music/vinyl+williams’]