Did England’s most mysteriously enigmatic ‘heavy pop’ band play their final show ever in Allston a few weeks back? It’s a very real possibility. At least they’ll have gone out in style, supported by Chicago’s breakout folk weirdo Willis Earl Beal.
Reunited Chapel Hill indie rockers Archers of Loaf played the first of two nights at Cambridge’s Middle East Downstairs last Friday, with support from Merge label-mates Pipe and newcomers Hundred Visions.
Ben Gibbard and company made a stop at the Wang Theatre last Saturday in the course of their unique tour featuring the Magik*Magik Orchestra and support from slowcore pioneers Low.
Also published today was my writeup on last week’s Horrors show at the Paradise with Small Black. Check that out here at the WRBB radio blog, and see the full set of photos after the jump.
Kurt Wagner’s long running alt-country collective Lambchop visited the Paradise last night in support of their new record Mr. M.
Northeastern brings something for the hipster crowd to Springfest 2012 with an afterHours show featuring shoegaze-leaning indie rockers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, with support from Bear Hands.
Former Boston natives The Magnetic Fields returned Friday night for the first of two shows at Berklee in support of their latest studio effort Love at the Bottom of the Sea.
Kevin Barnes and his merry band of musicians and costume changing ninjas descended on the Paradise Sunday night for a ridiculous and ridiculously fun show.
British trio The Joy Formidable brought their anthemic tunes, a whole lot of ocean-themed props and New York City’s loudest band to a sold-out crowd at the Paradise on Friday night. Prior to the evening’s more theatrical elements, another New York band by the …
An extended weekend of great Boston shows began Thursday night at Brighton with self-described “loud British band” Swervedriver. Remarkably hard-to-Google shoegazers Heaven opened. Heaven is the New York-based project of Matt Sumrow, Ryan Lee Dunlap, and occasional Swervedriver drummer Mikey Jones. Bathed in a constant …