The Skull played Middle East Upstairs – 2/2
Heavy metal supergroup The Skull landed in Cambridge last weekend for a show with likeminded locals Worshipper and Hey Zeus.
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35mm Snapshots From Solid Sound
The month of January is awful, but remember June? June was great. In that spirit, Noise Floor offers an analog flashback to Wilco’s biennial Solid Sound Festival in bucolic Western Massachusetts last summer.
Sorority Noise played afterHours at Northeastern University – 1/18
Hartford-bred rockers Sorority Noise headlined Northeastern’s coffee shop performance space with Philly’s Katie Ellen and Boston’s Prior Panic.
True Widow played Great Scott – 1/14
Dallas stoner-gaze trio True Widow returned to Allston last Sunday night for a gig with local favorites Kal Marks.
Horse Jumper of Love, Wildhoney and Mini Dresses played Great Scott – 1/13
Disposable America and Anxiety Pop presented a stacked Saturday night bill in Allston.
Cymbals Eat Guitars played Great Scott – 12/28
Cymbals Eat Guitars swung by Allston’s Great Scott for an end-of-the-year show with Charles Bissell of The Wrens and Boston’s Bad History Month.
Unsane played Great Scott – 12/18
Sludgy noise rock stalwarts Unsane headlined a truly stacked heavy bill at Great Scott a week before Christmas, featuring Big Brave, Child Bite and Hepatagua.
Angel Olsen played House of Blues – 12/4
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Angel Olsen returned to Boston last week for her biggest local headlining show to date at the House of Blues, with support from psych supergroup Heron Oblivion.
St. Vincent played House of Blues – 11/30
Annie Clark returned to Boston as St. Vincent for her first headlining show since 2014, unveiling her exquisitely artful “Fear the Future” show in support of this year’s MASSEDUCTION.
The Dream Syndicate played ONCE Ballroom – 12/1
The Dream Syndicate, reunited vanguards of the Paisley Underground, played their first Boston-area show in roughly three decades at ONCE on Friday night, with support from founding Television guitarist Richard Lloyd and his band.