Wu-Tang Clan played Tsongas Arena – 11/2
Staten Island hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan visited Greater Boston for a stop on their run of anniversary shows celebrating 25 years of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
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Calvin Johnson played Dorchester Art Project – 10/15
Hero of the oddball indie-pop underground Calvin Johnson and his band headlined a Monday night show with Perennial, Frank Hurricane and Request Freebird in Dorchester.
KEN Mode & Birds In Row played ONCE – 10/21
Canadian noisemakers KEN Mode and French punk firebrands Birds In Row joined forces to descend on Somerville’s ONCE Ballroom last Sunday night.
Tribulation played Brighton Music Hall – 10/13
Theatrical Swedes Tribulation headlined their biggest Boston show to date at Brighton Music Hall on a recent Saturday, with support from New York’s Black Anvil and locals Morne.
Cat Power played Paradise Rock Club – 10/5
Cat Power – singer/songwriter Chan Marshall and her current three-piece band – headlined a sold-out Paradise on Friday night in support of Marshall’s first LP in six years, with support from the enigmatic Willis Earl Beal.
The Growlers played Royale – 9/19
Californian crew The Growlers played a spirited Royale show with New York punks Surfbort last month.
Idles played Brighton Music Hall – 9/20
Bristol punks Idles headlined a wild show at Brighton Music Hall with NYC’s Bambara on a recent Thursday night.
Hop Along played afterHours at Northeastern University – 9/18
Philadelphia foursome Hop Along headlined Northeastern’s campus rock club/Starbucks with Free Cake For Every Creature and Maggie Rosenberg last week.
Wayne Kramer brought the MC50 tour to Paradise Rock Club – 9/13
MC5 founding guitarist Wayne Kramer celebrated the 50th anniversary of the classic Kick Out the Jams with his MC50 supergroup at the Paradise on a recent Thursday.
Interpol played the Orpheum – 9/11
Post-punk revivalist mainstays Interpol headlined Boston’s Orpheum Theatre last Tuesday in support of their latest record, joined by fellow NYC trio Sunflower Bean.