Preview | Boston Calling Music Festival | 05.23-24.2014 | City Hall Plaza | Boston, MA

Preview Compiled By: Michael Urban

This years May edition of the 2014 Boston Calling Music Festival is tough to top. National touring acts such as Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse are headlining the downtown Boston festival hosted at the City Hall Plaza. If you were lucky enough to get a ticket you are in for a treat as this years line up is stacked from top to bottom and has a little something for everyone. Saturday and Sunday tickets are sold out, but a few do remain for Friday. VIP options are also still available. To purchase tickets click here.
 
Below we are going to take a look at the festivals top billings for the weekend. In tonight’s edition we will dig deeper into the line up for some hidden gems you might not know about, or maybe you do but didn’t know they sung that song you love, so much ie. The Neighbourhood – ‘Sweater Weather’. 🙂
 

FRIDAY | May 23

Jack Johnson | ‘Never Know’ | In Between Dreams
“…But after all we’re just a bubble in a boiling pot…”

 

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | ‘Home’ | Up from Below

SATURDAY | May 24

Death Cab For Cutie | ‘Cath…’ | Narrow Stairs

The Decemberists | ‘The Sporting Life’ | Picaresque

The Head and the Heart | ‘Rivers & Road’s’ | The Head and the Heart

*This is the only live version of a song I included because it’s just that powerful…

SUNDAY | May 25

Modest Mouse | ‘Ocean Breathes Salty’ | Good News for People Who Love Bad News

“You wasted life why wouldn’t you waste death…”

Brand New | ‘The Quite Things That No One Ever Knows’ | Deja Entendu

Bastille | ‘Pompeii’ | Bad Blood

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