Motion City Soundtrack played House of Blues – 1/6
Reactivated pop-punk heroes Motion City Soundtrack hit Boston’s House of Blues on their post-hiatus winter tour with support from Ohio’s The Sidekicks and Brooklyn’s A Great Big Pile of Leaves.
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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.
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
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.
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
Pitchfork’s third-annual Octfest descended on NYC’s Knockdown Center for a day of loud music and craft beers on Saturday.