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Kid Mountain, Horse Jumper of Love, Beeef and Puppy Problems played Great Scott – 1/28

Kid Mountain, Horse Jumper of Love, Beeef and Puppy Problems played Great Scott – 1/28

I won’t try and write anything objective about this show since more than one of these bands is comprised (in whole or in part) of friends, roommates and former editors of mine, but Puppy Problems sound great in their full-band incarnation, Beeef are a blast/should 

Holy Holy played The Wilbur – 1/21

Holy Holy played The Wilbur – 1/21

Last Thursday, as I had the previous Thursday, I gathered with a group of mourning music fans for a David Bowie tribute show. In contrast to Out of the Blue’s rapidly assembled survey of our weird and wonderful local acts, however, Holy Holy’s stop at 

Black Beach, Earthquake Party and Lady Pills played Great Scott – 1/19

Black Beach, Earthquake Party and Lady Pills played Great Scott – 1/19

The fine folks at Allston Pudding put on a tour-return show for locals Black Beach and Midriffs at good old Great Scott on Tuesday night.

Scenes from Out of the Blue Too’s Bowie Tribute Night

Scenes from Out of the Blue Too’s Bowie Tribute Night

We lost David Bowie last Sunday, and the impact was hard to take. A sense of mourning has hung over the entirety of the music community this week, but at Cambridge’s Out of Blue Too gallery on Thursday night, a host of local musicians translated 

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones played House of Blues – 12/26

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones played House of Blues – 12/26

Ok, one last 2015 blog post, and then the greener pastures of 2016 await (although they’ve been less green and pasture-like than grey and bleak thus far). Anyway, as I mentioned in my year-end post last week, this was the third year I’ve covered one 

Bidding farewell to Bowie

Bidding farewell to Bowie

I’m not usually one to eulogize the dead – particularly celebrities I’ve never met – but in ruminating on the loss of David Bowie today, the degree to which the man has been omnipresent in my life since I first took a serious interest in 

Perfect Pussy played Middle East Upstairs – 12/16

Perfect Pussy played Middle East Upstairs – 12/16

Still got a few late 2015 blog posts to catch up on…first off, here’s a gallery from last month’s show with New York noisemakers Perfect Pussy and Big Ups.

Top Shows/Photos of 2015

Top Shows/Photos of 2015

I’ve totally neglected to do a proper shows/photo wrap-up at the end of a given year prior to this one, but given how insane 2015 was for my life in concert photography, I think it had to be done. I’m just gonna tackle this chronologically 

Top Records of 2015

Top Records of 2015

This was an exceptionally good year for music. I don’t get around to writing about albums nearly as much as I write about live shows, so I thought I’d take the year-end opportunity to get some thoughts down on what resonated with me in 2015. 

Elvis Depressedly played Great Scott – 11/29

Elvis Depressedly played Great Scott – 11/29

I’m way behind on blogging because, despite my early predictions, December did not turn out to be a slow month. Anyway, here’s an orphaned photo set from a Sunday night show at the end of November with bummer North Carolina indie pop band Elvis Depressedly