Boston Weekly Picks
Apr 18 - Apr 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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Mon, Apr 18 [fwaudio id=’4247′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Tokyo Police Club, From Indian Lakes, and Charly Bliss Paradise [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/tokyo-police-club-boston-massachusetts-04-18-2016/event/0100504CC3157CD2′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-18 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-18 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Tokyo Police Club, From Indian Lakes, and Charly Bliss at Paradise’ description=’Tokyo Police Club (https://myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub/) From Indian Lakes (https://www.facebook.com/fromindianlakes/) Charly Bliss (http://charlybliss.bandcamp.com/)’ locationaddress=’967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA’]
Wed, Apr 20 [fwaudio id=’4251′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] The New Mastersounds and Moon Hooch The Sinclair [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-20 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-20 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’The New Mastersounds and Moon Hooch at The Sinclair’ description=’The New Mastersounds (https://www.facebook.com/newmastersounds/) Moon Hooch (https://www.facebook.com/moonhoochmusic/)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Fri, Apr 22 [fwaudio id=’4254′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] White Denim The Sinclair [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-22 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’White Denim at The Sinclair’ description=’White Denim (http://whitedenimmusic.com/)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Fri, Apr 22 [fwaudio id=’4256′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Polica and MOTHXR Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/polica-boston-massachusetts-04-22-2016/event/01004F5BEC474E0B’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-22 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Polica and MOTHXR at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’Polica (https://www.facebook.com/thisispolica/) MOTHXR (http://mothxr.tumblr.com/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sat, Apr 23 [fwaudio id=’4259′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Night Moves, ABADABAD, and Parks Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100505700408934?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-23 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-23 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Night Moves, ABADABAD, and Parks at Great Scott’ description=’Night Moves (http://nightmovesmpls.com/) ABADABAD (http://abadabad.bandcamp.com/) Parks (https://www.facebook.com/parksband/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sat, Apr 23 [fwaudio id=’4263′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Operators and Bogan Via 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=6435365′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-23 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-23 23:59:00′ utc=’-8′ summary=’Operators and Bogan Via at Middle East Upstairs’ description=’Operators (http://twitter.com/operators_band) Bogan Via (https://www.facebook.com/theboganvia/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Sun, Apr 24 [fwaudio id=’4266′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers The Sinclair [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005048BA223396?brand=sinclair’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-24 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-24 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers at The Sinclair’ description=’Julien Baker (https://julienbaker.bandcamp.com/) Phoebe Bridgers (http://soundcloud.com/phoebebridgers)’ locationaddress=’52 Church St, Cambridge, MA’]
Tokyo Police Club, From Indian Lakes, and Charly Bliss
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Monday, Apr 18 at Paradise
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967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Tokyo Police Club
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/tokyopoliceclub/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://tokyopoliceclub.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/tokyopoliceclub/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.youtube.com/wearetokyopoliceclub’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://smarturl.it/tpcep1-it’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/tokyopoliceclub’]
From Indian Lakes
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/fromindianlakes/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://fromindianlakes.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://fromindianlakes.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.merchdirect.com/triplecrownrecords’]
Charly Bliss
New York, NY (based) / Westport, CT (hometown)
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://charlybliss.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/charlybliss’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/charly_bliss’]
The New Mastersounds and Moon Hooch
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Wednesday, Apr 20 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
The New Mastersounds
Leeds, United Kingdom
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/newmastersounds/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://newmastersounds.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/the-new-mastersounds’]
Moon Hooch
Brooklyn, NY
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/moonhoochmusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://moonhooch.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://moonhooch.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.youtube.com/user/moonhooch’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/moonhooch’]
White Denim
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Friday, Apr 22 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
White Denim
Austin, TX
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://whitedenimmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/whitedenimmusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/whitedenimmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/whitedenim’]
Polica and MOTHXR
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Friday, Apr 22 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Polica
Minneapolis, MN
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thisispolica/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://thisispolica.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/polica’]
MOTHXR
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://mothxr.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mothxr.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/mothxr’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mothxr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/mothxr’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.instagram.com/mothxr/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/motherband’]
Night Moves, ABADABAD, and Parks
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Saturday, Apr 23 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Night Moves
Minneapolis, MN
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://nightmovesmpls.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/night-moves-141259789244790/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/nightmovesmpls’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://nightmovesmpls.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://nightmoves.bandcamp.com/’]
ABADABAD
Allston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://abadabad.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://abadabad.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/abadabad/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/nycabadabad/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/abadabad-154056194664888/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.greatscottboston.com/’]
Parks
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/parksband/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://parksband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://parksband.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.vimeo.com/parksmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.twitter.com/parksband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.greatscottboston.com/’]
Operators and Bogan Via
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Saturday, Apr 23 at Middle East Upstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Operators
Canada
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/operators_band’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/theoperatorsmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.operatorsmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/operators-the-band’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.instagram.com/operatorstheband/’]
Bogan Via
Phoenix, AZ
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/theboganvia/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://boganvia.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://boganvia.bandcamp.com/’]
Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers
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Sunday, Apr 24 at The Sinclair
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52 Church St, Cambridge, MA
Julien Baker
Memphis, TN
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://julienbaker.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/julienrbaker’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/julienrbaker’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://julienbaker.com/’]
Phoebe Bridgers
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/phoebebridgers’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/phoebebridgers’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://phoebebridgers1.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/phoebe_bridgers’]