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Wussy and Thalia Zedek Band played Midway Cafe – 4/2

Wussy and Thalia Zedek Band played Midway Cafe – 4/2

Cincinnati indie-rock greats Wussy played to a sold-out room at Jamaica Plain’s Midway Cafe last Saturday night with support from local legend Thalia Zedek and her top-notch backing band.  

Savages played Paradise – 4/1

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

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

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

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

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.

Kid Mountain, Horse Jumper of Love, Beeef and Puppy Problems played Great Scott – 1/28

Kid Mountain, Horse Jumper of Love, Beeef and Puppy Problems played Great Scott – 1/28

I won’t try and write anything objective about this show since more than one of these bands is comprised (in whole or in part) of friends, roommates and former editors of mine, but Puppy Problems sound great in their full-band incarnation, Beeef are a blast/should 

Holy Holy played The Wilbur – 1/21

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 

Black Beach, Earthquake Party and Lady Pills played Great Scott – 1/19

Black Beach, Earthquake Party and Lady Pills played Great Scott – 1/19

The fine folks at Allston Pudding put on a tour-return show for locals Black Beach and Midriffs at good old Great Scott on Tuesday night.

Scenes from Out of the Blue Too’s Bowie Tribute Night

Scenes from Out of the Blue Too’s Bowie Tribute Night

We lost David Bowie last Sunday, and the impact was hard to take. A sense of mourning has hung over the entirety of the music community this week, but at Cambridge’s Out of Blue Too gallery on Thursday night, a host of local musicians translated