Photo of Theater District tagged “Bostonist” by Antydiluvian . Boston’s worst live music venue, the Wilbur Theatre, on the left. Is there a shittier live music venue in Boston than the Wilbur Theatre? We hope not. Let’s just say that it takes an advanced level of suck to cancel...

Mason Jennings with Anni Rossi The Somerville Theater (55 Davis Square, Somerville) Thursday, October 15, 8pm (doors open 7:15) $24 [ Tickets ] Mason was interviewed by Cat Mooney . Tomorrow night, hippie-folk rocker Mason Jennings will grace the stage at the Somerville Theater with indie songstress...

Porter Exchange, located in Porter Square, is filled with Japanese food stalls and restaurants. Take your pick from noodles and rice bowls to pastries. Cafe Mami is just one of the small stalls where you can get great food for cheap. With nothing on the menu over $9, Cafe Mami offers hearty meals that...

Jack DeJohnette in 2006, http://www.flickr.com/photos/imjackhandy/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Last week, the legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette graced the stage of the Berklee Performance Center to present a program charting the past and future directions of his music. The show was divided into two sets—the...

Onstage last night at the Somerville Theater, Os Mutantes looked remarkably young for a 40-year-old band. The Brazilian pop alchemists, who were at the center of Brazil’s Tropicália cultural uprising, had performed a new transmutation—this time, on themselves. The band looked young because...

The Boston Pops with Ben Folds Friday, Oct. 2, 8 pm Symphony Hall Tickets $20-$75. Limited tickets have been released. Ticket information. Keith Lockhart quickly acknowledged the elephant in the room that is Symphony Hall. Singer-songwriter Ben Folds’ impending Oct. 2 return to the Boston venue...

The Pixies come to Boston on November 27th It’s often been said that the Velvet Underground never sold many records but that every single one of their fans went out and started a band of their own. Similarly, the Pixies had a huge influence on their audience and subsequently, acts that were embraced...

In response to last year’s excessive tailgating (including two alcohol-related deaths), hundreds sobered up with cops instead of seeing Kenny Chesney at the New England Country Music Festival. [ Boston Globe ] Southwest Airlines has landed at Logan. [ Dallas Morning News ] A team from Peabody...

                            Bostonist made it to Mozart Park in Jamaica Plain last night in time to catch the second set by Orquesta Bacharengue , the fusion ensemble headed by Berklee faculty member Ricardo Monzón. The group fuses...

                      Cymbals Eat Guitars may be one of those bands you just “don’t get” until you see them live. Like so many fuzz-infected groups coming out of New York, it’s often hard to tell who’s another Sonic...