Venerated emo-punk trailblazers Jawbreaker brought their 25th anniversary tour for 1995’s Dear You (we’ll get to that math in a minute) to Boston’s House of Blues on Saturday with support from The Get Up Kids and Worriers.
Boston hardcore vets American Nightmare kicked off a 20th anniversary tour for their debut full-length Background Music with support from Chemical Fix and Gel.
A short story about a gig I saw a long time ago. ___________________________________________________________
The second entry in a weekly column by Terence Cawley.
Irish post-punks The Murder Capital played their first-ever U.S. show in Somerville on Wednesday night.
Chicago rippers Oozing Wound headlined a Wednesday night gig at O’Brien’s.
The late Friday night show at Great Scott earlier this month hosted an ultra-heavy bill headed by Salt Lake City’s Cult Leader with NYC’s Primitive Weapons and Stockholm’s God Mother.
Punks from opposite ends of the east coast – Fort Lauderdale’s Gouge Away and Albany’s Drug Church – teamed up for a sold-out Tuesday night rager at Great Scott last week with support from Seattle’s New Gods.
Back on Election Day – which already feels like a year ago – Canada’s proggiest hardcore band Fucked Up headlined a wild show at Brighton joined by Candy and Bad Waitress.
