Pile played Great Scott – 12/3
Beloved Boston noisemakers Pile played the first of three December residency shows at Great Scott on Thursday night.
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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
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 …
Deafheaven played Royale – 11/3
If we’ve met, you’re probably aware of my feelings on Deafheaven. The California-based black/post/gaze/whatever-metal band have been one of my favorite working acts since the release of their 2013 breakthrough Sunbather, and I talk about this frequently. They released their third record, New Bermuda, in October and …
Garbage played The Orpheum – 10/21
Every concert shoot is challenging in one way or another, but there are some that really do try one’s patience to an abnormal degree. The Boston date on Garbage’s “20 Years Queer” tour – celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut record – was one …
Ghost Box Orchestra played Middle East Upstairs – 10/16
Ok, slightly behind on blog posting. But I’ll catch up. Here we have an excellent Friday night show from precisely a month ago, centering on Ghost Box Orchestra’s EP release and support from Major Stars, Boom Said Thunder and 28 Degrees Taurus.
S played Lilypad – 10/13
S is the current project of Jenn Champion (formerly Jenn Ghetto) of 90s slowcore greats Carissa’s Wierd, who has released four albums under the moniker since 2001 and brought her tour in support of last year’s Cool Choices to the cozy Lilypad on a recent Tuesday …
Mercury Rev played Sinclair – 10/12
Long-running psychedelic pop experimentalists Mercury Rev headlined The Sinclair on Columbus Day, with support from a stripped-down incarnation of Boston’s Thick Wild.
Makthaverskan played Great Scott – 10/8
Gothenburg, Sweden’s Makthaverskan, who specialize in a particularly effective brand of emotionally forthright and hook-y post-punk, played Great Scott earlier this month along with Denmark’s Lower.
Kraftwerk played the Wang Theatre – 10/3
Wang Center? Citi Wang Theatre? Citi Performing Arts Center? No one has any idea what downtown’s most ornate performance space is actually called anymore. It’s quite a beautiful place to see a show though, and probably the Boston area’s best-suited venue to the rare and …