One of the most prolific, talented and kind artists with whom The Bad Penny has had the pleasure of getting to know, renaissance man/multi-instrumentalist/Canada-to-Germany transplant Aidan Baker talks about how he keeps many plates spinning with his multitude of projects, his relationships with his collaborators and “the preset spectrogram of the waveform.” Don’t know what that means? You’ll have to watch this interview, which was long overdue to be published, to find out.
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Upcoming Concerts in Boise
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(Seeking advance coverage of your upcoming concert in Boise? The Bad Penny is the only music website that provides it for shows that happen in the City of Trees. Email korzeck at gmail.com for consideration.)
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11.15.26: Cadette, Dumn, Sewn and Other Room There @ Realms
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11.15.26: Myq Kaplan @ Lounge Boise (2 p.m.)
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11.16.26: Russian Circles, Primitive Man @ Treefort Music Hall
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11.16.26: Foy Vance, Bonnie Bishop, Ronnie McMullan @ The Knitting Factory
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11.20.26: Comeback Kid, The Warriors, Dead Heat, Time x Heist @ The Shrine
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11.20.26: Mongoloids, Smylebak, Withstand the Sands @ Realms
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11.20.26: Emo Philips @ Lounge Boise
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11.21.26: Emo Philips @ Lounge Boise
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11.22.26: Clarion, Novulent, Slow Exit @ Treefort Music Hall
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11.22.26: Saosin, Silent Planet, Like Moths to Flames, Save Us @ The Knitting Factory
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11.22.26: Fear Factory, Darkest Hour @ The Shrine
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11.29.26: Bodysnatcher, Gideon, Psycho-Frame, Volatile Ways @ The Shrine
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11.29.26: Cat Clyde, Dean Johnson @ Treefort Music Hall
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12.3.26: The Grouch & Eligh, Amp Live, Brother Ali, Lyrics Born @ Treefort Music Hall
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12.4.26: Whitechapel, Chelsea Grin, The Acacia Strain, Netherwalker @ Treefort Music Hall
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12.6.26: Suicide Silence, Emmure, Angelmaker, Synestia @ Treefort Music Hall
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12.8.26: Guilt Trip, Gates to Hell, Mauled @ The Shrine
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12.9.26: Pokey LaFarge, Cicada Rhythm @ The Shrine
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12.10.26: Ripe @ The Shrine
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12.11.26: Miss May I, Born Of Osiris, Convictions, Downswing @ The Shrine
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12.15.26: MISSIO, Ryan Oakes @ Knitting Factory
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12.16.26: Velnias @ The Shrine
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12.26.26: Afrosonics: New Year Blastoff! @ Treefort Music Hall
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2.13.27: Where’s West? @ Neurolux
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2.21.27: Codefendants, Jakob Nowell and the Castle @ The Shrine
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2.22.27: Cloud Nothings @ The Shrine
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2.25.27: Powerplant @ The Shrine
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2.26.27: Caskets @ The Shrine
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3.12.27: The Lemonheads, Mylo Bybee @ Treefort Music Hall
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3.13.27: Noah Gundersen @ Neurolux
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3.27.27: Greta Van Fleet at ExtraMile Arena
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3.31-4.4.27: Modest Mouse, Orville Peck, Courtney Barnett, All Them Witches, Truck Violence, Bully, Drug Church, Guitar Wolf, Ratboys @ Treefort
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4.4.27: Sleaford Mods @ Treefort Music Hall
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4.13.27: The Chats @ Treefort Music Hall
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4.20.27: Rec Hall @ The Shrine
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5.10.27: Conor Oberst @ The Shrine
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5.15.27: DIIV @ The Shrine
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5.22.27: Babes in Canyon @ The Shrine
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Favorite 2026 Albums So Far
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(List of best albums of 2026 coming soon ... stay tuned.)
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Abandon Agony - Endbringer (self-release)
Agrimonia - Of the Shadows (self-release)
At the Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead (Century Media)
Bosse-de-Nage - Hidden Fires Burn Hottest (The Flenser)
Colossal Rains - Feral Sorrow (Memory)
Cult of Luna - In The Shadow of Your Shadow (RED CRK)
Fluisteraars - Jacht der Mysteriën (Eisenwald)
Lamb of God - Into Oblivion (Epic)
MØL - Dreamcrush (Nuclear Blast)
Wailin Storms - The Arsonist (Season of Mist)
