The Proletariat played ONCE Ballroom – 11/3

Boston punks The Proletariat recently reunited after a three-decade hiatus for a short east coast tour, headlining Somerville’s ONCE Ballroom earlier this month. 

High On Fire and Meshuggah played House of Blues – 11/2

High On Fire and Meshuggah played House of Blues – 11/2

A few weeks back, Swedish avant-prog mainstays Meshuggah brought their tour with Matt Pike’s stoner-thrash power trio High On Fire to Boston’s House of Blues. 

Temples played Brighton Music Hall – 10/29

Temples played Brighton Music Hall – 10/29

U.K. psych rockers Temples returned to Boston on Saturday night for a Halloween-adjacent show with Los Angeles’ Vinyl Williams. 

Merchandise played Great Scott – 10/7

Merchandise played Great Scott – 10/7

Tampa, FL’s Merchandise returned to Great Scott earlier this month for a show in support of their latest full length, A Corpse Wired for Sound. Brooklyn duo Public Memory opened. 

Brand New played Cross Insurance Arena – 10/15

Brand New played Cross Insurance Arena – 10/15

Over the weekend, Long Island emo/post-hardcore mainstays Brand New headlined Portland, ME’s awkwardly-named hockey arena with The Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball.

Tastemakers Presented Car Seat Headrest – 10/2

Tastemakers Presented Car Seat Headrest – 10/2

When I shot Car Seat Headrest at The Sinclair a few weeks ago for Allston Pudding, I figured it would be Will Toledo’s last Boston show in a 500-cap club. Little did I know I’d see him play a Starbucks last weekend. 

Radiohead on 35mm at Madison Square Garden

Radiohead on 35mm at Madison Square Garden

Back in July, I headed to New York City for most of a week to catch – among other things – one of Radiohead’s very few headlining U.S. dates of 2016. I was in the general admission pit for the English art-rock icons’ second night at 

The Feelies played The Sinclair – 9/16

The Feelies played The Sinclair – 9/16

Long-running New Jersey rockers The Feelies stopped by The Sinclair earlier this month on one of their now-yearly East Coast tours. 

Angel Olsen played The Sinclair – 9/20

Angel Olsen played The Sinclair – 9/20

Touring in support of her stellar new LP My Woman, celebrated North Carolina singer/songwriter Angel Olsen and her band sold out two nights at Cambridge’s Sinclair earlier this week. 

Bruce Springsteen played Gillette Stadium – 9/14

Bruce Springsteen played Gillette Stadium – 9/14

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band wrapped up the second North American leg of 2016’s The River Tour with a four-hour marathon show at Gillette last Wednesday night.