Boston Weekly Picks
Aug 3 - Aug 9, 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.

One of this week’s picks is Boston Fuzzstival at the Middle East Thursday through Saturday. Visit our post dedicated to the festival for more information.

Festival Pick: Boston Fusstival 2015

Weekly Picks

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Wed, Aug 5 [fwaudio id=’2778′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Wolf Alice and Made Violent Middle East Downstairs [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=6009165&pl=mideastclub&REFID=elink’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-8-5 ‘ dateend=’2015-8-5 23:59:00′ utc=’-7′ summary=’Wolf Alice and Made Violent at Middle East Downstairs’ description=’Wolf Alice (https://soundcloud.com/wolfalice) Made Violent (https://www.facebook.com/madeviolent)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Wed, Aug 5 [fwaudio id=’2781′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Young Rising Sons, Hunter Hunted, and Cruisr The Sinclair [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EACFA6C7463?brand=sinclair’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-8-5 ‘ dateend=’2015-8-5 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Young Rising Sons, Hunter Hunted, and Cruisr at The Sinclair’ description=’Young Rising Sons (http://twitter.com/youngrisingsons) Hunter Hunted (http://hunterhuntedmusic.com/) Cruisr (https://www.facebook.com/cruisrtheband)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Thu, Aug 6 [fwaudio id=’2785′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Saintseneca Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E97C79E8EF6?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-8-6 ‘ dateend=’2015-8-6 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Saintseneca at Great Scott’ description=’Saintseneca (http://mamabirdrecordingco.com/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Fri, Aug 7 [fwaudio id=’2787′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Philip Selway The Sinclair [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E7799C2210F?brand=sinclair’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-8-7 ‘ dateend=’2015-8-7 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Philip Selway at The Sinclair’ description=’Philip Selway (http://twitter.com/philipselway)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Sun, Aug 9 [fwaudio id=’2789′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Ducktails, Julian Lynch, and Itasca Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EA5BDB455D3?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-8-9 ‘ dateend=’2015-8-9 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Ducktails, Julian Lynch, and Itasca at Great Scott’ description=’Ducktails (http://alexphelan.com/ducktails/) Julian Lynch (http://julianlynch.bandcamp.com/) Itasca (http://twitter.com/kaylacohen)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Wolf Alice and Made Violent
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Wednesday, Aug 5 at Middle East Downstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Wolf Alice
London, England
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/’]
Made Violent
Buffalo, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/madeviolent’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.madeviolent.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://madeviolent.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/madeviolentband’]
Young Rising Sons, Hunter Hunted, and Cruisr
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Wednesday, Aug 5 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
Young Rising Sons
Red Bank, NJ
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/youngrisingsons’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/youngrisingsons’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://youngrisingsons.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.soundcloud.com/youngrisingsons’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://youtube.com/youngrisingsons’]
Hunter Hunted
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://hunterhuntedmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/hunterhuntedmusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://hunterhuntedmusic.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/hunterhunted123′]
Cruisr
Philadelphia, PA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/cruisrtheband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.cruisrtheband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/cruisr’]
Saintseneca
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Thursday, Aug 6 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Saintseneca
Columbus, OH
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://mamabirdrecordingco.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://saintseneca.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/saintseneca/music#!/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://tunes.mamabirdrecordingco.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/Saintseneca’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://saintseneca.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/saintseneca’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.anti.com/’]
Philip Selway
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Friday, Aug 7 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
Philip Selway
Oxford, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/philipselway’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/philipselway’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.philipselway.com/’]
Ducktails, Julian Lynch, and Itasca
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Sunday, Aug 9 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Ducktails
Ridgewood, NJ, New Jersey
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://alexphelan.com/ducktails/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/ducktailss/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/ducktails/78029223987′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.newimageslimited.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/mattmondanile’]
Julian Lynch
Madison, WI
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://julianlynch.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/juleslynch’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/julianlynchmusic’]
Itasca
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/kaylacohen’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/itasca’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://itasca-music.blogspot.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.soundcloud.com/itasca’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://itasca.bandcamp.com/’]