Boston Weekly Picks
May 18 - May 24, 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, May 19 [fwaudio id=’2151′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Palma Violets and Public Access TV Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E6DEFBBA8D3?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-19 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-19 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Palma Violets and Public Access TV at Great Scott’ description=’Palma Violets (http://palmaviolets.co.uk/) Public Access TV (https://www.facebook.com/publicaccesstv)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Tue, May 19 [fwaudio id=’2154′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Geographer Brighton Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E51C4BC7473′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-19 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-19 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Geographer at Brighton Music Hall’ description=’Geographer (http://geographermusic.com/)’ locationaddress=’158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Thu, May 21 [fwaudio id=’2156′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] The Rentals, Rey Pila, and Radiation City 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=5718655&pl=mideastclub&REFID=elink’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-21 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-21 23:59:00′ utc=’-7′ summary=’The Rentals, Rey Pila, and Radiation City at Middle East Downstairs’ description=’The Rentals (https://www.facebook.com/therentals) Rey Pila (https://www.facebook.com/reypilaofficial) Radiation City (https://www.facebook.com/radiationcity/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Thu, May 21 [fwaudio id=’2160′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Bent Shapes, TW Walsh, Weather, and Vita And The Woolf TT The Bear’s [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?orgId=15325′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-21 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-21 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Bent Shapes, TW Walsh, Weather, and Vita And The Woolf at TT The Bear’s’ description=’Bent Shapes (http://bentshapes.com/) TW Walsh (http://twwalsh.bandcamp.com/) Weather (https://www.facebook.com/weathertheband) Vita And The Woolf (https://www.facebook.com/vitaandthewoolf)’ locationaddress=’10 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA’]
Fri, May 22 Bo Ningen Great Scott [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=4103&awinaffid=212341&clickref=&p=http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004E7EF85A74C9?brand=greatscott’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-22 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-22 23:59:00′ utc=’-5′ summary=’Bo Ningen at Great Scott’ description=’Bo Ningen (http://boningen.info/)’ locationaddress=’1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA’]
Sun, May 24 [fwaudio id=’2167′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Holy Wave 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=5684255&pl=mideastclub&REFID=elink’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-5-24 ‘ dateend=’2015-5-24 23:59:00′ utc=’-8′ summary=’Holy Wave at Middle East Upstairs’ description=’Holy Wave (https://myspace.com/holywaves/)’ locationaddress=’472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA’]
Palma Violets and Public Access TV
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Tuesday, May 19 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Palma Violets
Lambeth, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://palmaviolets.co.uk/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/palmaviolets/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/palmaviolets’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/palma-violets’]
Public Access TV
New York, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/publicaccesstv’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://patvmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/publicaccesstv’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/public_accesstv’]
Geographer
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Tuesday, May 19 at Brighton Music Hall
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158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Geographer
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://geographermusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/geographerfan/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://geographer.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/geographermusic’]
The Rentals, Rey Pila, and Radiation City
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Thursday, May 21 at Middle East Downstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
The Rentals
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/therentals’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.therentals.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/therentals’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://therentalsmusic.tumblr.com/’]
Rey Pila
Mexico City, Mexico
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/reypilaofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.reypila.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/reypila’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/rey-pila’]
Radiation City
Portland, OR
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/radiationcity/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://radiationcity.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://radiationcity.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.tenderlovingempire.com/radiation-city/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/radiationcity’]
Bent Shapes, TW Walsh, Weather, and Vita And The Woolf
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Thursday, May 21 at TT The Bear’s
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10 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA
Bent Shapes
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://bentshapes.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bentshapes.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bentshapes.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://spacecommandmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/bentshapes’]
TW Walsh
Boston, MA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twwalsh.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/twilliamwalsh’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twwalsh.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/twwalsh’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/twwalsh’]
Weather
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
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Vita And The Woolf
Philadelphia, PA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/vitaandthewoolf’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://vitaandthewoolf.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://vitaandthewoolf.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/vitaandthewoolf’]
Bo Ningen
Friday, May 22 at Great Scott
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1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, MA
Bo Ningen
Japan
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://boningen.info/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/bo-ningen-official/171019199641365′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/boningenuk’]
Holy Wave
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Sunday, May 24 at Middle East Upstairs
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472 – 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Holy Wave
Austin, TX
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/holywaves/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://holywave.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/holy_wave’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/hlywave’]