Self Defense Family and Sannhet played Great Scott – 5/30
Sprawling New York collective Self Defense Family and post-metal trio Sannhet opened their co-headlining tour with support from Weeping Icon and Fiddlehead at Great Scott last week.
Baltimore hardcore upstarts Turnstile concluded their spring North American tour with LA’s Touché Amoré, San Francisco’s Culture Abuse and Texans Razor Bumps at the Paradise last Monday night.
Featured photo by Maria Jose Govea / Red Bull Content Pool – no external photo credentials were issued for the show Sweden’s Karin Dreijer kicked off a rare North American tour with the first U.S. Fever Ray show in nearly a decade at the Brooklyn Hangar Saturday …
Punk rock lifer Jeff Rosenstock headlined a sold-out Paradise last Saturday with support from D.C.’s Bad Moves and the U.K.’s Martha.
Doug Martsch’s Built to Spill and Greg Dulli’s Afghan Whigs brought their co-headlining spring tour to Boston’s House of Blues on Friday, with support from California electronic duo Rituals of Mine.
Calgary post-punk crew Preoccupations returned to Boston in support of their aptly-titled third LP New Material, joined by fellow Canadians Freak Heat Waves.
Heavy-psych warriors Earthless headlined a St. Patrick’s Day show at The Sinclair with Japan’s Kikagaku Moyo and LA’s JJUUJJUU.
Boston noise-rock trio Kal Marks played a record release show at the Elks Lodge last weekend, joined by fellow locals Nice Guys, Bat House and Furanimal.
U.K. post-punk trio Shopping headlined a pre-nor’easter show at Great Scott last Thursday with support from locals Halfsour and Melissa Weikart.