Holy Holy played The Wilbur – 1/21

Holy Holy played The Wilbur – 1/21

Last Thursday, as I had the previous Thursday, I gathered with a group of mourning music fans for a David Bowie tribute show. In contrast to Out of the Blue’s rapidly assembled survey of our weird and wonderful local acts, however, Holy Holy’s stop at 

Black Beach, Earthquake Party and Lady Pills played Great Scott – 1/19

Black Beach, Earthquake Party and Lady Pills played Great Scott – 1/19

The fine folks at Allston Pudding put on a tour-return show for locals Black Beach and Midriffs at good old Great Scott on Tuesday night.

Scenes from Out of the Blue Too’s Bowie Tribute Night

Scenes from Out of the Blue Too’s Bowie Tribute Night

We lost David Bowie last Sunday, and the impact was hard to take. A sense of mourning has hung over the entirety of the music community this week, but at Cambridge’s Out of Blue Too gallery on Thursday night, a host of local musicians translated 

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones played House of Blues – 12/26

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones played House of Blues – 12/26

Ok, one last 2015 blog post, and then the greener pastures of 2016 await (although they’ve been less green and pasture-like than grey and bleak thus far). Anyway, as I mentioned in my year-end post last week, this was the third year I’ve covered one 

Perfect Pussy played Middle East Upstairs – 12/16

Perfect Pussy played Middle East Upstairs – 12/16

Still got a few late 2015 blog posts to catch up on…first off, here’s a gallery from last month’s show with New York noisemakers Perfect Pussy and Big Ups.

Top Shows/Photos of 2015

Top Shows/Photos of 2015

I’ve totally neglected to do a proper shows/photo wrap-up at the end of a given year prior to this one, but given how insane 2015 was for my life in concert photography, I think it had to be done. I’m just gonna tackle this chronologically 

Elvis Depressedly played Great Scott – 11/29

Elvis Depressedly played Great Scott – 11/29

I’m way behind on blogging because, despite my early predictions, December did not turn out to be a slow month. Anyway, here’s an orphaned photo set from a Sunday night show at the end of November with bummer North Carolina indie pop band Elvis Depressedly 

Pile played Great Scott – 12/3

Pile played Great Scott – 12/3

Beloved Boston noisemakers Pile played the first of three December residency shows at Great Scott on Thursday night. 

King Diamond played the Orpheum – 11/24

King Diamond played the Orpheum – 11/24

Danish heavy metal lifer King Diamond descended upon Boston’s Orpheum with his eponymous band last week for a show that promised a front-to-back performance of their 1987 favorite Abigail, along with a sampling of other career highlights. 

Mitski played Northeastern – 11/9

Mitski played Northeastern – 11/9

Brooklyn-based and Boston-beloved singer/songwriter Mitski stopped by Northeastern’s central Starbucks location/performance space earlier this month for a solo set of her disarmingly beautiful songs. I’d been impressed by her full-band opening sets in the past, for the likes of Speedy Ortiz and Hundred Waters, but