Noise Floor’s 2019 Year in Review
Noise Floor looks back on the year’s live music highlights in Boston and beyond.
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Yo La Tengo played night seven of Hanukkah at Bowery Ballroom – 12/28
Yo La Tengo played the seventh night of their annual NYC Hanukkah run with openers Snail Mail, comedian Matt Walsh and some special guests.
Daughters and Health played Paradise Rock Club – 12/21
Providence doomsayers Daughters and LA industrial noise-rockers Health co-headlined a sold-out Paradise before Christmas with support from NYC’s Show Me The Body.
Hallelujah the Hills played Great Scott – 12/19
Boston mainstays Hallelujah the Hills headlined a release show for their new record at Allston’s Great Scott with Major Stars and Adam Schatz.
Scenes from the Boston Music Awards
Boston’s annual year-end awards show/mini-festival/scene summit went down at the House of Blues Wednesday night.
Cattle Decapitation played Brighton Music Hall – 12/2
Technical death metal vets Cattle Decapitation brought their stacked Genocidal Tendencies tour to Brighton Music Hall earlier this month, with support from Atheist, Author & Punisher and Vitriol.
Exhumed and Gatecreeper played ONCE – 11/13
Arizona death metal crew Gatecreeper and California death-grinders Exhumed brought their co-headlining campaign to ONCE last week with Necrot and Judiciary.
Octfest took over Knockdown Center – 10/19
Pitchfork’s third-annual Octfest descended on NYC’s Knockdown Center for a day of loud music and craft beers on Saturday.
Oranssi Pazuzu played Cambridge – 10/14
Finnish psych-metal warriors Oranssi Pazuzu made a long-awaited Massachusetts appearance last week with support from Insect Ark and Fuligin.
