Hallelujah the Hills played Great Scott – 12/19

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. 

A Very Allston Christmas at Great Scott – 12/17

A Very Allston Christmas at Great Scott – 12/17

Allston Pudding and Disposable America threw a benefit show last week for the release of this year’s “A Very Allston Christmas” compilation with Me in Capris, Paige Chaplin, Bedbug and Allison and Moon at Great Scott. 

Scenes from the Boston Music Awards

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

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

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. 

Halloween at O’Brien’s

Halloween at O’Brien’s

The locals took over O’Brien’s in Allston on Halloween night for cover sets spanning Devo to Bright Eyes.

Octfest took over Knockdown Center – 10/19

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

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.

The Dodos played Brighton Music Hall – 10/9

The Dodos played Brighton Music Hall – 10/9

Indie-folk duo The Dodos stopped by Brighton Music Hall last week as part of a short east coast tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of their breakthrough LP Visiter.

The Number Twelve Looks Like You played ONCE – 10/3

The Number Twelve Looks Like You played ONCE – 10/3

New Jersey mathcore crew The Number Twelve Looks Like You stormed Somerville’s ONCE Ballroom on Thursday with support from Pound, God Mother and Rong.