Earth played ONCE Ballroom – 6/18
Drone legends Earth headlined a sold-out ONCE on Tuesday night with support from Seattle’s Helms Alee.
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Boston Calling 2019 – Saturday
The second day of May’s annual Boston Calling Music Festival went down at the Harvard Athletic Complex with Tame Impala, Hozier, Anderson .Paak and more.
Wear Your Wounds and Uniform played Cambridge – 5/18
Jacob Bannon’s Wear Your Wounds and New York noisemakers Uniform teamed up for a spring tour that hit Cambridge last month with locals Labor Hex.
Cursive and mewithoutYou played the Paradise – 5/14
A spring tour triumvirate of emo and post-hardcore stalwarts featuring co-headliners Cursive and mewithoutYou alongside openers The Appleseed Cast hit Boston’s Paradise last week.
Pedro the Lion played Brighton Music Hall – 5/11
Reactivated sad-rock darlings Pedro the Lion headlined a Saturday night gig at Allston’s Brighton Music Hall earlier this month with singer-songwriter John Vanderslice.
Ulthar and Wake played O’Brien’s – 4/10
West Coast death metal crew Ulthar and Canadian grinders Wake topped a deafening Wednesday night at O’Brien’s.
Death played ONCE – 4/18
Detroit proto-punks Death headlined Somerville’s ONCE Ballroom with locals Minibeast and Duck & Cover.
Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle played MassArt – 4/5
New Orleans sludge metal shapeshifters Thou and singer-songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle teamed up for a spring tour that hit Boston’s Massachusetts College of Art and Design earlier this month with support from locals Seed.
Spiral Stairs played O’Brien’s – 3/28
Solo rocker and onetime Pavement foil Scott Kannberg headlined a stacked bill at O’Brien’s under his Spiral Stairs moniker with The Clean’s Hamish Kilgour and local trio Halfsour last month.
Mott the Hoople played the Orpheum – 4/9
U.K. glam icons Mott the Hoople hit Boston’s Orpheum last week as part of their first U.S. tour in 45 years, joined by Paisley Underground vets The Dream Syndicate.