One of Boston�s best-kept secrets is again stepping out of the living room and into the clubs.
This hebdomad the �Band in Boston� podcast, headed by the Somerville-based husband-and-wife duo of Andy and Jen Guthrie, takes over P.A.�s Lounge for a six-night stand featuring 25 local bands and musicians on multiple stages.
The fun starts tonight with a relatively unknown lineup featuring Boat, the Woodrow Wilsons, Creeping Weeds and Old Abram Brown.
�There ar a number of bands who are flying under the radio detection and ranging right now,� Jen Guthrie aforesaid. �We�re psyched to be able to highlight their music.�
That�s what �Band in Boston� has been around since its inception in 2006. But the Guthries� podcast visual modality is a troika of local medicine goodness. In addition to highlighting new music and upcoming shows, �Band in Boston� �s Flophouse Sessions features artists playing stripped down, semi-acoustic performances in the Guthrie house, piece Boston Bootlegs broadcasts live recordings of local gigs around the city.
More than 100 bands have already dropped by the Guthries� Somerville monotone for a Flophouse Session, and some of the more recent acts highlighted this workweek at P.A.�s, located on Somerville Avenue near Union Square.
Some of the artists that leap off the listings page include Emeen Z tomorrow night, the Beatings� Eldridge Rodriguez, Mr. Sister and Ryan Lee Crosby on Wednesday, and a mega Friday night lineup of Baker, Drug Rug duette Tommy Allen and Sarah Cronin, and Marc Pinansky of Township.
But the best thing close to �Band in Boston is the chance to disclose new, previously unheard local music. So head over to bandinbostonpodcast.com for a preview of the week ahead, as well as previously recorded performances of those taking part.
All shows start at 8:30 p.m., with a $7-$8 cover ($10-$11 for those 18-to-20 days old).
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Madonna�s company is forever better the second time around - just ask Alex Rodriguez.
So let Boston rejoice. Madge has added a irregular local date to her 90-percent sold-out �Sticky & Sweet Tour.� In increase to her previously proclaimed Oct. 15 show at the TD Banknorth Garden, which sold out quicker than Guy Ritchie, she�s announced a follow-up gig the future night.
Tickets ar $57.50-$352.50 and go on sale Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. through Live Nation and at the TD Banknorth Garden.
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