Boston Weekly Picks
Oct 19 - Oct 25, 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, Oct 20 [fwaudio id=’3367′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Cheatahs Middle East Upstairs [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=6163805&pl=mideastclub&REFID=elink’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-20 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-20 23:59:00′ utc=’-8′ summary=’Cheatahs at Middle East Upstairs’ description=’Cheatahs (http://cheatahs.tumblr.com/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Thu, Oct 22 [fwaudio id=’3369′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Mikky Ekko and Transviolet Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004ECFACAB3476′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-22 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Mikky Ekko and Transviolet at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’Mikky Ekko (http://twitter.com/mikkyekko) Transviolet (http://twitter.com/transvioletband)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Thu, Oct 22 [fwaudio id=’3372′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Blackbird Blackbird Middle East Upstairs [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=6177525&pl=mideastclub&REFID=elink’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-22 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-22 23:59:00′ utc=’-8′ summary=’Blackbird Blackbird at Middle East Upstairs’ description=’Blackbird Blackbird (https://www.facebook.com/blackbirdblackbirdsf/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Fri, Oct 23 [fwaudio id=’3374′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Israel Nash and The Pines Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EFCCF1F8925?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-23 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-23 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Israel Nash and The Pines at Great Scott’ description=’Israel Nash (http://twitter.com/israelnash) The Pines (https://myspace.com/thepinesspace/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Fri, Oct 23 [fwaudio id=’3377′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Telekinesis Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004EC2BFAB595D’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-23 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-23 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Telekinesis at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’Telekinesis (https://myspace.com/telekinesismusic/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sat, Oct 24 [fwaudio id=’3379′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Something Sneaky Firebrand Saints [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://www.facebook.com/events/904874406260047/?ref=5&action_history=null’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-24 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-24 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Something Sneaky at Firebrand Saints’ description=’Something Sneaky (https://www.facebook.com/somethingsneaky/)’ locationaddress=’1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA’]
Sun, Oct 25 [fwaudio id=’3381′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Here We Go Magic and Big Thief Cuisine En Locale [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-10-25 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-25 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Here We Go Magic and Big Thief at Cuisine En Locale’ description=’Here We Go Magic (https://myspace.com/herewegomagic/) Big Thief (http://adrianne.com/)’ locationaddress=’156 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA’]
Cheatahs
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Tuesday, Oct 20 at Middle East Upstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Cheatahs
London, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://cheatahs.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/cheatahs/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cheatahs.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cheatahs.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/cheatahssuck’]
Mikky Ekko and Transviolet
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Thursday, Oct 22 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Mikky Ekko
Nashville, TN
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/mikkyekko’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/mikkyekko’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.mikkyekko.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.instagram.com/mikkyekko’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.youtube.com/mikkyekko’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/mikkyekko’]
Transviolet
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/transvioletband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/transviolet’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/transviolet’]
Blackbird Blackbird
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Thursday, Oct 22 at Middle East Upstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Blackbird Blackbird
Oakland, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/blackbirdblackbirdsf/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://blackbirdblackbird.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://blackbirdblackbird.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://blackbirdblackbird.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://byebyeblackbird.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/blackbirdblackbirdsf/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/blckbrdblckbrd’]
Israel Nash and The Pines
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Friday, Oct 23 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Israel Nash
Dripping Springs, TX
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/israelnash’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/israelgripka’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://israelnash.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/israelnash’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://youtube.com/israelgripka’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/israelnashmusic’]
The Pines
Moonrise, IA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/thepinesspace/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thepinesmusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://thepinesmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/thepinesmusic’]
Telekinesis
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Friday, Oct 23 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Telekinesis
Seattle, WA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/telekinesismusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://telekinesismusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/_telekinesis/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/telekinesismusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.reverbnation.com/telekinesis’]
Something Sneaky
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Saturday, Oct 24 at Firebrand Saints
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1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Something Sneaky
South Shore, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/somethingsneaky/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://sneakyband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/somethingsneaky’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://somethingsneakyband.com/’]
Here We Go Magic and Big Thief
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Sunday, Oct 25 at Cuisine En Locale
[fwaddtocalendar size=’large’ datestart=’2015-10-25 ‘ dateend=’2015-10-25 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Here We Go Magic and Big Thief at Cuisine En Locale’ description=’Here We Go Magic (https://myspace.com/herewegomagic/) Big Thief (http://adrianne.com/)’ locationaddress=’156 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA’]
156 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA
Here We Go Magic
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/herewegomagic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://herewegomagicband.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/herewegomagic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/herewegomagic.band’]
Big Thief
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://adrianne.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/adriannelenkermusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bigthief.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bigthief.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/big-thief’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://instagram.com/bigthiefmusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/bigthiefmusic’]