Power Trip played Paradise Rock Club – 5/11
Dallas rippers Power Trip brought their biggest U.S. tour to date to Boston’s Paradise last Friday, joined by openers Sheer Mag, Fury and Red Death.
Baltimore hardcore upstarts Turnstile concluded their spring North American tour with LA’s Touché Amoré, San Francisco’s Culture Abuse and Texans Razor Bumps at the Paradise last Monday night.
Featured photo by Maria Jose Govea / Red Bull Content Pool – no external photo credentials were issued for the show Sweden’s Karin Dreijer kicked off a rare North American tour with the first U.S. Fever Ray show in nearly a decade at the Brooklyn Hangar Saturday …
Punk rock lifer Jeff Rosenstock headlined a sold-out Paradise last Saturday with support from D.C.’s Bad Moves and the U.K.’s Martha.
Doug Martsch’s Built to Spill and Greg Dulli’s Afghan Whigs brought their co-headlining spring tour to Boston’s House of Blues on Friday, with support from California electronic duo Rituals of Mine.
Calgary post-punk crew Preoccupations returned to Boston in support of their aptly-titled third LP New Material, joined by fellow Canadians Freak Heat Waves.
Boston music veterans including Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller, Vapors of Morphine and the Boston Typewriter Orchestra’s Jeff Breeze teamed up for a Sunday afternoon show to benefit Amnesty International at Somerville’s Aeronaut Brewery.
Heavy-psych warriors Earthless headlined a St. Patrick’s Day show at The Sinclair with Japan’s Kikagaku Moyo and LA’s JJUUJJUU.
U.K. post-punk trio Shopping headlined a pre-nor’easter show at Great Scott last Thursday with support from locals Halfsour and Melissa Weikart.
Reactivated Boston hardcore vets American Nightmare headlined a sold-out show at Brighton on Presidents’ Day weekend with support from Pissed Jeans, Protester and Spiritual Cramp.