The Thermals played The Sinclair – 4/25
For a band I’ve listened to since high school, it’s been a long time coming for me to catch a Thermals concert.
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Acid Mothers Temple played Great Scott – 4/4
Indefatigable Japanese psych-rock outfit Acid Mothers Temple headlined one of their yearly Boston gigs at Great Scott last Monday, with support from Michigan’s Mounds and locals Magic Shoppe.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …