Shane MacGowan of the Pogues - hot stuff, right ladies?

Best Coast + Wavves | February 4 at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston | $18 | On sale now via ticketmaster.com

Dum Dum Girls | March 2 at the Brighton Music Hall, Allston | $12 | On sale now via ticketmaster.com

Robyn | February 4 at the House of Blues, Boston | $22.

On sale Friday, November 19

Steve Connolly | January 8 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston | On sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.com

Guthrie Govan + Jon Finn Group | January 28 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston | $16 | On sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.com

Ke$ha | April 12 at the House of Blues, Boston | $39.

On sale Friday, November 12

Lynyrd Skynyrd | December 31 at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $75-$110 | On sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.com

Kathy Griffin | May 13 at the Wilbur Theatre, Boston | $50-$72 | On sale at noon via ticketmaster.com

On sale Saturday, November 13

Sarah McLachlan | January 11 at the Opera House, Boston | $39.

On sale Thursday, November 4

OK Go | December 5 at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston | $20 | On sale at noon via ticketmaster.com

On sale Friday, November 5

Amanda Palmer + Tristan Allen | December 12 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston | $10 | On sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.com

Tokyo Police Club + Two Door Cinema Club | January 19 at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston | $16.

Broken Bells

On sale now

WFNX Miracle on Tremont Street: Broken Bells, Neon Trees, and Ra Ra Riot | December 2 at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston | $33.75-$38.25 | Went on sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.com

Usher + Trey Songz | December 21 at the TD Garden, Boston | $27-$125 | Went on sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.

On sale Friday, October 22

Crystal Castles | March 19 at the House of Blues, Boston | $25-$35 | On sale at 10 am via livenation.com

Matisyahu | December 6 at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston | $30 | On sale at noon via ticketmaster.com

Patton Oswalt | January 22 at the Wilbur Theatre, Boston | $24-$29 | On sale at noon via ticketmaster.

Author David Sedaris

On sale Friday, October 15

Robert Randolph & the Family Band | Dec 3 at the House of Blues, Boston | $25; $22.50 advance | On sale at 10 am via livenation.com

Dropkick Murphys | March 17 and 18 at the House of Blues, Boston | $32.50 | On sale at 10 am via livenation.com

It's Sunday night, and the smell of marijuana is thick in the orchestra pit at the Orpheum. Fans in pig masks shout "Fuck you Les!", "Fuck you Larry!", and "Primus fucking sucks!". Les Claypool comes on stage, accompanied by his gentleman cohorts Larry Lalonde on guitars and Jay Lane on drums. He hits a flatulent note on his Carl Thompson bass, and the world explodes.

On sale Thursday, October 7

Dashboard Confessional | December 11 at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston | $33 | On sale at 1 pm via ticketmaster.com

On sale Saturday, October 9

Sam Adams | November 27 at the House of Blues, Boston | $25-$35 | On sale at 10 am via livenation.com

Weezer's "Memories" Tour | December 14 [Blue Album] and 15 [Pinkerton] at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston | $18.

Kings of Leon

On sale Friday, October 1

Chucho Valdes with the Afro-Cuban Messengers | October 28 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston | $46.25-$56.25 | On sale at 10 am via ticketmaster.com

Nick Zinner [Yeah Yeah Yeahs]

On sale now

"The Book Revue: Words and Music" with Nick Zinner, Kristin Hersh, and more | October 16 at John Hancock Hall, Boston | $10 | On sale now via bostonbookfestival.org

On sale Friday, September 24

Bush | October 30 at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $30-$50 | On sale at 9 am via ticketmaster.

Get dreamy and check out astral dance-poppers School of Seven Balls performing "Heart Is Strange," the synth-soaked single off their new album Disconnect from Desire, at the Middle East Downstairs on September 11, 2010.

And while you're at it, dig the beautifully hazy electronics and slightly off-putting falsetto of openers Active Child (that voice simply does not match that dude).

^{Active Child play a new song}

“Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone” sang Rush mouthpiece Geddy Lee in the midst of “Subdivisions”, from 1982’s Signals. Ostensibly a diatribe against the numbing isolation and tribalism of then-modern day suburbia, in some ways it sums up the life of your average Rush fanatic: going through your day, going to the office, hanging out with people, all the while hiding your secret shame that when you put on your headphones you still keep dialing up records with pentagrams on the cover by the dorkiest (and yet most awesome) rock band of all time.

Behold: below, some greatest hits from "GOLDEN SOUNDS," the Brookline Access Television series run by BATV programming coordinator and Tunnel of Love guitarist ANDY MCBAIN. If Tunnel of Love didn't blow your pussy out . . . well, this will. We had the pleasure of taking in a taping of the show last night at BATV's brand-new, $1.

M.I.A.

On sale on Friday, September 10

Mos Def + Talib Kweli | October 3 at the House of Blues, Boston | $32.50-$49.50 | On sale at 10 am via livenation.com

KT Tunstall + Hurricane Bells | November 29 at the House of Blues, Boston | $25-$35 | On sale at 10 am via livenation.com

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