Following the recent announcement of its Allston relocation for next year, Boston Calling offered its final outing at City Hall in late May with sets from Sia, Robyn, Sufjan Stevens, Haim, Janelle Monae and many more.
Boston Hassle’s POOL series, a self-described “experimental electronic night,” brought the final date of a co-headlining tour by locals Dyr Faser and Maryland’s Insect Factory to Cambridge’s Industry Lab last Wednesday.
Last month, eccentric singer/songwriter Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Chicago drone outfit Bitchin Bajas brought their collaborative tour to Cambridge’s Sinclair.
The less official but more legitimate of the two reformed Black Flags headlined a show at The Sinclair last weekend with support from Baltimore’s War on Women and Ontario’s The Dirty Nil.
Emo revival luminaries Modern Baseball headlined a massive show at House of Blues last week, with support from California’s Joyce Manor and their Philly neighbors Thin Lips.
The current iteration of Cleveland avant-punk stalwarts Pere Ubu brought their “Coed Jail” tour to The Sinclair on Monday night with support from Ohio neighbors Obnox.
U.K. gothic/post-punk legends The Cure returned to Boston earlier this month for a sold-out show at Agganis – their first in town since 2008.
From the get-go, there was something a little bit off about last week’s appearance by Wu-Tang Clan legend GZA at Brighton. The tour was announced just weeks before it happened and didn’t appear to be supporting anything in particular. Indeed, the Brooklyn rapper born Gary Grice …
Touring in support of their eighth studio effort, New York indie pop mainstays Nada Surf headlined the Paradise on Saturday night with Brooklynites Big Thief and Bird of Youth in tow.
I had a bit of a morbid start to last week – rapidly working one’s way through “In Cold Blood” will do that. But what better way to combat existential angst at the capacity for human evil than an evening of upbeat Scottish indie pop?