1) Where stark metal and brainy post rock intersect Russian Circles and Mammifer @ Neumos.
2) No misogyny, no heckling, just jokes: Comedy Womb @ Rendezvous.
3) Big, brass-balled beat from RL Grime @ Neptune Theatre.
4) "Talismanic scores, ethereal imagery, interactive spaces, and a new work for spatialized anti-choir"—Jessika Kenney: Anchor Zero @ Frye Art Museum .
5) The 2014's best movie you've never heard of Whiplash @ Regal Meridian 16.
And many, many other strange and wonderful things.