Cambridge’s Harvard Square played host to a wild double-header on a recent Monday night, with U.K. firebrands Shame tearing up The Sinclair followed by local heavy-psych heroes Major Stars playing a tour-kickoff gig upstairs at Charlie’s.
Thalia Zedek Band played a hometown record release show joined by Helen Money and Sleepyhead at the Midway last month.
Cat Power – singer/songwriter Chan Marshall and her current three-piece band – headlined a sold-out Paradise on Friday night in support of Marshall’s first LP in six years, with support from the enigmatic Willis Earl Beal.
Californian crew The Growlers played a spirited Royale show with New York punks Surfbort last month.
Bristol punks Idles headlined a wild show at Brighton Music Hall with NYC’s Bambara on a recent Thursday night.
Philadelphia foursome Hop Along headlined Northeastern’s campus rock club/Starbucks with Free Cake For Every Creature and Maggie Rosenberg last week.
MC5 founding guitarist Wayne Kramer celebrated the 50th anniversary of the classic Kick Out the Jams with his MC50 supergroup at the Paradise on a recent Thursday.
Post-punk revivalist mainstays Interpol headlined Boston’s Orpheum Theatre last Tuesday in support of their latest record, joined by fellow NYC trio Sunflower Bean.
Mary Timony’s Ex Hex headlined a sold-out Great Scott on Saturday night with support from New York’s EZTV and Boston’s E.
Allston’s Great Scott paid host to a monster six-band benefit show for Deep Cuts Deli on Saturday night, featuring the talents of Ovlov, Kindling, Bad History Month, Settler, Ozlo and Saccharine.