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“DAISY DUKE’S HILLBILLY HOEDOWN!” › Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers + Handsome Wife + Miss Madison West + MC Vice V’ersatile › 8 pm › Midway Café, 3496 Washington St, Jamaica Plain › 617.524.9038 or midwaycafe.com DANIELLE ATE THE SANDWICH + THE CARRIE FERGUSON BAND + THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE + CHIMNEY CHOIR › 7 pm › Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge › 617.497.0823 DAVID MALLETT › 7 pm › Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Cambridge › $28-$30 › 617.492.7679 ELIANE ELIAS/MARK JOHNSON › Fri-Sat Fri-Sat 8 pm › Scullers, 400 Soldiers Field Rd, Cambridge › $30 › 617.783.0090 or scullersjazz.com FANCY TRASH + MALLETT BROTHERS BAND + TOWNSHIP + COYOTE KOLB › 9 pm › Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston › $13-$15 › 617.779.0140 or ticketmaster.com HOLLY GOLIGHTLY & THE BROKEOFFS + MUCK & THE MIRES › 10:30 pm › T.T. the Bear’s Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge › $12 › 617.492.2327 or ticketweb.com HONK!FEST KICK OFF PARTY › 8 pm › Johnny D’s, 17 Holland St, Somerville › $12 › 617.776.2004 or johnnyds.com JOVANOTTI › 7 pm › Royale, 279 Tremont St, Boston › 617.338.7699 or boweryboston.com MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD › 8 pm › Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston › $27.50-$30 › 617.585.1260 or necmusic.edu MISS TESS & THE TALKBACKS + MELVERN TAYLOR › 9 pm › Lizard Lounge, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge › $15 › 617.547.0759 or lizardloungeclub.com MORRISSEY › 8 pm › Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston › $38.75-$103.75 › 866.348.9738 or citicenter.org NEGRONI’S TRIO › 9 pm › Ryles, 212 Hampshire St, Cambridge › $10 › 617.876.9330 or rylesjazz.com OBBINI TUMBAO › 7:30 pm › Regattabar, 1 Bennett St, Charles Hotel, Cambridge › $20 › 617.661.5000 or regattabarjazz.com OTT & THE ALL SEEING I + GOVINDA + SUPERSILLYUS › Middle East Downstairs, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge › $15-$20 › 617.864.EAST or ticketweb.com PASSAFIRE + ALL GOOD :: FEEL GOOD COLLECTIVE + THE BRIGHTON BEAT › 8 pm › Church of Boston, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston › $12 › 617.236.7600 or churchofboston.com POLIÇA + GARDENS & VILLA › 9 pm › Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm Ave, Boston › $15 › 617.494.0700 or ticketmaster.com RAZORS IN THE NIGHT + FULL BODY ANCHOR + MARK LIND & FRIENDS + JASON BENNET & THE RESISTANCE + MIKE SAVITKAS + NICOLE TAMMARO › Radio, 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville › $5 › 617.764.0005 or radiobarunion.com REGINA SPEKTOR + ONLY SONS › 7:30 pm › Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI › $39.50-$49.50 › 401.272.4862 or vmari.com “ROCK AND SHOCK SERIES FINALS” › Tensus + Your Pain is Endearing + Deadfall › 6 pm › Palladium Upstairs, 261 Main St, Worcester › $10 › 978.797.9696 TORNADO RIDERS + AMERICAN THREAD + FORWARD MOTION + DJ A-CON › 6 pm › All Asia, 334 Mass Ave, Cambridge › 617.497.1544 or allasiabar.com TRISTATES › 9 pm › Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ, 351 Washington St, Brighton › $5 › 617. 254.5227 or smokenjoesbbq.com
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THE BANDANA SPLITS › 8 pm › MASS MoCA, 87 Marshall St, North Adams › massmoca.org
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• James Iha Many musicians score a lifetime free pass based on their past accomplishments, and James Iha should 4 be no exception, given his role as guitarist of Smashing Pumpkins’ vital early years. His Look to the Sky solo record dropped last month, but we haven’t heard it yet; we’re still stuck on Siamese Dream. Church, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston › 8 pm › $18; $15 advance › churchofboston.com tHu
• DIego garcIa Opening for Italian superstar Jovanotti is ArgentineanAmerican romantic crooner Diego Garcia, who you might remember from a 5 decade ago as sexy-ass frontman of New York indie lads Elefant. Garcia’s pulling a Julio Iglesias act these days, but Elefant’s 2003’s debut Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid still holds up as an underrated post-millennial gem. Royale, 279 Tremont St, Boston › 6 pm › $28; $25 advance › boweryboston.com fri
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• WhIte DynomIte Highlighting this bludgeoning Mad Oak Records showcase is the street-walking garage-punk explosion of White Dynomite, Dave Unger’s latest rock-and-roll powder keg of white suits and black intentions. Mellow Bravo, Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck, and Portland’s Murcielago round things out. Drink up. Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston › 9 pm › $10 › ticketweb.com
• the raveonettes Subject to a gazillion “Great Danes” headlines 7 since bursting onto the garage-rock scene in 2003, the über-cool duo of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are back in action with sixth album Observator (Vice), another noisy wall of skeleton shakedowns. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm Ave, Boston › 8 pm › $16.50 › ticketmaster.com sun
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• ghost Box orchestra Boston’s psych rock scene is on the verge of a major 8 breakout, and this majestic quartet has been leading the charge. GBO will also be at Deep Heaven Now in Somerville later this month with the Vandelles, Ringo Deathstarr, and two dozen others. T.T. the Bear’s Place, 15 Brookline St, Cambridge › 8:30 pm › $12; $10 advance › ticketweb.com MOn
Scullers PHX Oct. 4_Scullers PHX Sept ANNA BORGES & BILL WARD BRAZILIAN DUO › Sunset Café, 851 Cambridge St, Cambridge › 617.547.2938 or thesunsetcafe.net BARRETT ANDERSON TRIO + RON LEVY + PER HANSON › 9 pm › Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ, 351 Washington St, Brighton › $5 › 617. 254.5227 or smokenjoesbbq.com BEN TAYLOR › 7:30 pm › Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Rd, Dorchester › $15-$18 › 617.282.8000 COLUMBUS + ENDANGERED SPEECHES › 8 pm › Café 939, 939 Boylston St, Boston › 617.747.6038 or ticketmaster.com/ CRUEL HAND + I DECLARE WAR + FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY + NO BRAGGING RIGHTS + RUDE AWAKENING + ACACIA STRAIN › 5:30 pm › Palladium Upstairs, 261 Main St, Worcester › $15 › 978.797.9696 CRYSTAL CASTLES + HEALTH › 6:30 pm › House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St, Boston › $30-$40 › 888.693.2583 DANIELLE MIRAGLIA › 7:30 pm › Toad, 1920 Mass Ave, Cambridge › 617.497.4950 or toadcambridge.com DEAD FRIENDS + THE BLUE BLOODS + PSYCHO + PENALTY KILL › 8 pm › Radio, 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville › $8 › 617.764.0005 or radiobarunion.com/ DISPATCH + GOOD OLD WAR + PARKINGTON SISTERS › 8 pm › Agganis Arena, 925 Comm Ave, Boston › $46 › 617.358.7000 or ticketmaster.com THE NEW COMPLAINERS › 8 pm › O’Brien’s, 3 Harvard Ave, Allston › $10 › 617.782.6245 or obrienspubboston.com FILLIGAR + COUNTRY MICE › Middle East Downstairs, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge › $12 › 617.864.EAST or ticketweb.com THE FLEETING ENDS + NEMES + DJ SPECIAL K › 10 pm › Tommy Doyle’s at Harvard, 96 Winthrop St, Cambridge › $5 › 617.864.0655 or tommydoyles.com
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BOSTON’S #1 JAZZ CLUB!
sCullers jazz Club
Thurs., Oct 4
8pm
DAVE SAMUELS & CARIBBEAN JAZZ PROJECT
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 5 & 6
8pm & 10pm
ELIANE ELIAS 8pm DONNY McCASLIN Thurs., Oct. 11 8pm STEVE KUHN with special guest GADI LEHAVI Weds., Oct. 10
Fri., Oct. 12
LORETTA LAROCHE
8pm & 10pm
“JEST & JAZZ” Weds., Oct. 17
8pm
ERENA TERAKUBO DOUBLETREE SUITES
BY HILTON BOSTON Call for Tickets & Info at: 617-562-4111
Dinner/Show Packages Available. Also In-Club menu
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