Nada Surf, Big Thief and Bird of Youth played Paradise – 6/4
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.
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Trashcan Sinatras played Middle East Upstairs – 5/17
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?
The Thermals played The Sinclair – 4/25
For a band I’ve listened to since high school, it’s been a long time coming for me to catch a Thermals concert.
Acid Mothers Temple played Great Scott – 4/4
Indefatigable Japanese psych-rock outfit Acid Mothers Temple headlined one of their yearly Boston gigs at Great Scott last Monday, with support from Michigan’s Mounds and locals Magic Shoppe.
Savages played Paradise – 4/1
London post-punk quartet Savages returned to Boston on Friday night, touring in support of their 2016 sophomore studio LP Adore Life.
Animal Collective + Coheed and Cambria played Boston and I had a weird night – 2/22
Ok, these photos are ancient by news standards at this point, because I have no time to blog lately, but I still wanted to document my most incongruous double-booking of the year in (double) gallery format.
Earthless and Elder played The Sinclair – 3/16
San Diego shredders Earthless and Boston’s own Elder took over The Sinclair for a very loud Wednesday night.
Rangda and Major Stars played Out of the Blue Too – 3/5
Last Saturday, Cambridge’s Out of the Blue Too hosted a stellar double bill of exploratory psych-rock madness featuring Chris Corsano, Ben Chasny and Sir Richard Bishop’s Rangda and local luminaries Major Stars.
Wrekmeister Harmonies and Bell Witch played O’Brien’s Pub – 3/4
Friday night at Allston’s O’Brien’s Pub welcomed a supremely heavy bill topped by co-headliners in Chicago’s Wrekmeister Harmonies and Seattle duo Bell Witch.
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 …