Tribulation played Brighton Music Hall – 10/13
Theatrical Swedes Tribulation headlined their biggest Boston show to date at Brighton Music Hall on a recent Saturday, with support from New York’s Black Anvil and locals Morne.
San Francisco’s Culture Abuse and Florida’s Gouge Away teamed up for a fall tour that rolled through Cambridge last week with locals Bittermelon.
Cambridge’s Harvard Square played host to a wild double-header on a recent Monday night, with U.K. firebrands Shame tearing up The Sinclair followed by local heavy-psych heroes Major Stars playing a tour-kickoff gig upstairs at Charlie’s.
Philadelphia foursome Hop Along headlined Northeastern’s campus rock club/Starbucks with Free Cake For Every Creature and Maggie Rosenberg last week.
MC5 founding guitarist Wayne Kramer celebrated the 50th anniversary of the classic Kick Out the Jams with his MC50 supergroup at the Paradise on a recent Thursday.
Post-punk revivalist mainstays Interpol headlined Boston’s Orpheum Theatre last Tuesday in support of their latest record, joined by fellow NYC trio Sunflower Bean.
Mary Timony’s Ex Hex headlined a sold-out Great Scott on Saturday night with support from New York’s EZTV and Boston’s E.
Allston’s Great Scott paid host to a monster six-band benefit show for Deep Cuts Deli on Saturday night, featuring the talents of Ovlov, Kindling, Bad History Month, Settler, Ozlo and Saccharine.
Local luminaries Pile played a surprise basement gig at Allston’s Makeout Point on Friday night with Treadles, Jupiter Styles and Prior Panic.