If you want proximity to a band about to blow up, catch a show at Brighton Music Hall. The rock club—which filled the gap left in Allston when Harpers Ferry closed—serves as a pivotal jumping-off point for both local and nationally touring bands on the rise. Artists who’ve graduated from small-scale clubs like T.T.’s and Great Scott stop by Brighton Music Hall (which offers that same feeling of intimacy with more space) before launching to grander venues—think past acts as varied as Canadian garage-rockers Japandroids, Berklee-trained songstress Betty Who, and indie-folk outfit Typhoon. Plus, the club occasionally books massive touring acts that drop in for an afterparty (notably, a midnight bash with Diplo).