Rock, pop, etcetera
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Bryan Ferry, by Zak Hussein/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 31, 2016 BRYAN FERRY The suave English gentleman vocalist is touring with a crack band that includes longtime guitar associate Neil Hubbard, and playing a set list that ranges from the first Roxy Music album to his latest solo LP, 2014’s “Avonmore” along with
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Garbage The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 28, 2016 GARBAGE Having celebrated their 20th anniversary on tour last fall, Shirley Manson & Co. return to town in support of a strong, dark new album, “Strange Little Birds,” with Kristin Kontrol (Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) in support. July 28, 8 p.m. $45, $55.
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Super Furry Animals The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 24, 2016 HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but you’re guaranteed to hear all
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The Julie Ruin, by Shervin Lainez The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 21, 2016 HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but
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Paul McCartney, by Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 17, 2016 PAUL McCARTNEY Three years after his last jaw-dropping performance at Fenway, Sir Paul’s back to please the masses again this weekend. A glance at Setlist.fm suggests he’s playing a bushel of songs he didn’t get around to last time, while also hitting
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Luke Bryan, by Matthew J. Lee/Boston Globe The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 14, 2016 LUKE BRYAN The pop-country superstar shrugged off his spring break fixation with last year’s “Kill the Lights,” but that doesn’t mean he’s not all about a good time. His Saturday night show has been sold out for ages, but
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Gwen Stefani, by Rich Fury/Invision/AP/File The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 10, 2016 JOE JACKSON Not quite a year after this versatile singer-songwriter played a sold-out Wilbur in support of his latest album, the itinerant and excellent “Fast Forward,” he’s back for another pass. Same disc, same space, but you can count on seeing and hearing
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Swans, by Samantha Marble The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 7, 2016 SWANS The swansong arrives for Michael Gira and the present configuration of his reactivated art-rock band, touring in support of a fourth and final album, “The Glowing Man.” Potent as the new disc is (and its predecessors have been), the stage is
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Donald Fagen, by Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 3, 2016 KING SUNNY ADÉ He didn’t get to tour the US last year because of a visa glitch, but leave it to the iconic king of Nigerian juju to make the best of the situation: Now this concert, presented by World
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Peter Gabriel and Sting, by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 30, 2016 BOB DYLAN + MAVIS STAPLES Here’s a case of iconic performers venturing toward new horizons while moving in opposite directions: Dylan with classic-pop standards made famous by Sinatra, Staples in songs by modern-day troubadours and
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FLAG, by Dmitri Coats The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 26, 2016 FLAG Whatever one makes of the turmoil continually afflicting the iconic hardcore-punk band Black Flag, there’s no denying the abrasive catharsis songs like “Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie,” “TV Party,” and “My War” provide — and no better way to hear them played right than by
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Quilt, by Daniel Dorsa The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 23, 2016 DEERHOOF Hot on the heels of “Balter/Saunier,” an arrestingly gorgeous collaboration with Chicago new-music ensemble Dal Niente, this inimitable quartet comes to town heralding “The Magic,” its newest collection of tunefully itchy art-pop gems, which arrives the same day. June 24, 8
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Brian Wilson, by Ben Stas for the Boston Globe The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 19, 2016 BRIAN WILSON WITH THE BOSTON POPS The Beach Boys maestro, joined by Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his art-pop milestone “Pet Sounds” by playing the album start-to-finish, reportedly for the last time. Two
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At the Drive-In, by Matt Roberts/Getty Images The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 16, 2016 JAM’N 94.5 SUMMER JAM + KISS 108 CONCERT These popular smorgasbords offer a range of current hitmakers catering to diverse tastes. Fetty Wap, Ty Dolla Sign, and Kevin Gates are among the big names at Summer
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Dixie Chicks, by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 12, 2016 DIXIE CHICKS It’s been 13 years since this chart-topping country-crossover trio landed in hot water for giving President Bush the stink eye on stage, and to judge by reports of a defaced Donald Trump banner in use during the group’s first North
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Mashrou'Leila The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 9, 2016 MASHROU’LEILA Having established itself as an art-rock septet, this popular, controversial Lebanese band took a sharp turn on its fourth LP, “Ibn el Leil,” fashioning an artful strain of dance pop as engrossing as it is propulsive. June 9, 7 p.m. $40, advance $30. Middle
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King Woman, by M.J. Bernier The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 5, 2016 WAX IDOLS + KING WOMAN Two of the most consistently fascinating acts operating at the cusp of shoegaze, metal, industrial, and goth, each fronted by an intense, darkly magnetic vocalist: Hether Fortune (formerly of White Lung) with Wax Idols, Kristina Esfandiari with King
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Venom Inc. The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 2, 2016 BEYONCÉ We’d barely stopped vibrating from Queen Bey’s stark, enigmatic “Formation” when she rocked the world with her new video album. When life gives you “Lemonade,” you jump in the car and make tracks for the stadium. June 3, 7:30 p.m. $50-$310. Gillette Stadium,
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Braids The ticket: Pop musicSunday, May 29, 2016 BRAIDS There likely was no song issued in 2015 that was more intimate or painful than “Miniskirt,” an unflinching account of abuse, resilience, and healing on “Deep in the Iris,” the third LP from a Canadian trio best known for dizzy, dreamy electropop. The story continues with
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Rhys Chatham, by Roland Owsnitzki The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, May 26, 2016 RHYS CHATHAM The 2nd SHIFT Music Series welcomes the punk-minimalist visionary, an auteur of symphonies for armies of electric guitars. Paradoxically, in his first local appearance since 2007 he’ll play enhanced solo-guitar music of the sort found on his entrancing new
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