Boston Weekly Picks
Jan 18 - Jan 24, 2016

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, Jan 19 [fwaudio id=’3845′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Midriffs, Black Beach, and Earthquake Party! Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004F91E75584A4?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-1-19 ‘ dateend=’2016-1-19 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Midriffs, Black Beach, and Earthquake Party! at Great Scott’ description=’Midriffs (https://www.facebook.com/midriffs) Black Beach (http://blackbeachma.bandcamp.com/) Earthquake Party! (https://www.facebook.com/earthquakeparty/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Tue, Jan 19 [fwaudio id=’3849′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Andrew St. James Cafe 939 [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://apps.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=fa97e3ae53485a3afcc0892268360320&vqitq=343d2e3c-83a9-46db-818e-3acf18d4a7a0&vqitp=6bc91f09-9394-4956-8905-7d98f3991654&vqitts=1446148949&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=45ffb3cc818815e43261770bba86e0ed’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-1-19 ‘ dateend=’2016-1-19 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Andrew St. James at Cafe 939′ description=’Andrew St. James (https://www.facebook.com/andrewsaintjames)’ locationaddress=’939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA’]
Wed, Jan 20 [fwaudio id=’3851′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Chairlift Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004F8EBE8A4CCB’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-1-20 ‘ dateend=’2016-1-20 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Chairlift at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’Chairlift (http://chairlifted.com/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Fri, Jan 22 [fwaudio id=’3853′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Graveyard 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=6297075′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-1-22 ‘ dateend=’2016-1-22 23:59:00′ utc=’-7′ summary=’Graveyard at Middle East Downstairs’ description=’Graveyard (https://www.facebook.com/graveyardofficial/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Fri, Jan 22 [fwaudio id=’3855′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Hamilton Leithauser Cafe 939 [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://apps.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=7dc95fd770163a90d8e6e712bf114589&vqitq=8d522893-fbeb-46b6-88df-6b7450912928&vqitp=2d1927e9-969c-4c8a-b967-0b9e619ad5c6&vqitts=1449524985&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=993a54fe5d8513314717287015aa5c28′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-1-22 ‘ dateend=’2016-1-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Hamilton Leithauser and Hamilton Leithauser at Cafe 939′ description=” locationaddress=’939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA’]
Midriffs, Black Beach, and Earthquake Party!
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Tuesday, Jan 19 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Midriffs
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/midriffs’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://midriffs.bandcamp.com/’]
Black Beach
Middleboro, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://blackbeachma.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/blackbeachma’]
Earthquake Party!
Boston, MA
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/earthquakeparty/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/earthquakeparty/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://earthquakeparty.bandcamp.com/’]
Andrew St. James
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Tuesday, Jan 19 at Cafe 939
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939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Andrew St. James
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/andrewsaintjames’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.andrewstjames.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.andrewstjames.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/andrewstjames’]
Chairlift
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Wednesday, Jan 20 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Chairlift
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://chairlifted.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/chairlift/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/chairlifted’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/chairlift’]
Graveyard
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Friday, Jan 22 at Middle East Downstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Graveyard
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/graveyardofficial/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://graveyardmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.youtube.com/graveyardsongs’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.twitter.com/graveyard’]
Hamilton Leithauser and Hamilton Leithauser
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Friday, Jan 22 at Cafe 939
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939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Hamilton Leithauser
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/jameshamiltonleithauser’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://hamiltonleithauser.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/hleithauser’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/hamiltonleithauser’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic’]