Perfect Pussy played Middle East Upstairs – 12/16
Still got a few late 2015 blog posts to catch up on…first off, here’s a gallery from last month’s show with New York noisemakers Perfect Pussy and Big Ups.
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Top Shows/Photos of 2015
I’ve totally neglected to do a proper shows/photo wrap-up at the end of a given year prior to this one, but given how insane 2015 was for my life in concert photography, I think it had to be done. I’m just gonna tackle this chronologically …
Top Records of 2015
This was an exceptionally good year for music. I don’t get around to writing about albums nearly as much as I write about live shows, so I thought I’d take the year-end opportunity to get some thoughts down on what resonated with me in 2015. …
Elvis Depressedly played Great Scott – 11/29
I’m way behind on blogging because, despite my early predictions, December did not turn out to be a slow month. Anyway, here’s an orphaned photo set from a Sunday night show at the end of November with bummer North Carolina indie pop band Elvis Depressedly …
Pile played Great Scott – 12/3
Beloved Boston noisemakers Pile played the first of three December residency shows at Great Scott on Thursday night.
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.
“Pygmalion” as Slowdive’s bummer ambient masterpiece
Slowdive at the Royale, 10/26/2014 A little Thanksgiving detour. This isn’t apropos of anything really, but I think Pygmalion is probably Slowdive’s best record. The Reading-based quintet are one of the lynchpins of the Creation Records shoegaze heyday, largely thanks to their 1993 sophomore LP Souvlaki, which …
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 …