Self-described “post-everything instrumental band” Pelican returned to Boston for the first time in four years on Saturday night, headlining a sold-out show at Great Scott with the accompaniment of Phantom Glue and Kings Destroy.
It was an particularly heavy Tuesday evening at the Middle East Downstairs this week, as the club paid host to doom metal pioneers Saint Vitus and their pummeling trio of openers in Pallbearer, The Hookers and Gozu.
The latest in Ty Segall’s non-stop stream of new projects is Fuzz: a three-piece specializing in throwback proto-metal for which Segall himself tries his hand at drums. The band played a sweaty and super-energetic gig at Great Scott on Monday with Creaturos and CCR Headcleaner. …
Italian soundtrackers/prog-rockers Goblin, famous for their work on films like Dawn of the Dead and Suspiria, are currently touring the U.S. for the very first time. I caught their show at Sinclair and reviewed it for Allston Pudding. Photo gallery here.
Bill Callahan, the prolific singer/songwriter formerly behind Smog and now releasing music under his own name, played a sold-out show at The Sinclair a few weeks back in support of his latest release, Dream River. Check out a gallery of photos from the show here.
French indie pop superstars Phoenix brought an impressive, arena-sized show to the House of Blues earlier this month. Read my review for Tastemakers here and check out more photos here.
A little behind on sharing photos from the billion things I’ve shot recently, but to start here’s a gallery from the spacey Flaming Lips / Tame Impala show at Agganis back in September, complete with Wayne Coyne’s weird baby doll and giant glowing pedestal.
Thom Yorke’s all-star side-project Atoms for Peace are currently in the midst of a brief U.S. tour in support of their 2013 album Amok. I ventured to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to catch one of the band’s only East Coast dates, and brought a pocket-sized 35mm …
Chapel Hill indie rock royalty Superchunk returned this year with a new record and a tour, which stopped at the Paradise last Thursday. It was a fantastic show from one of my favorite bands, which I reviewed for Tastemakers. A larger photo gallery, including shots …
Provocative Norwegian singer/songwriter Jenny Hval just wrapped up her first-ever tour of the U.S., which made its first stop in Boston a few weeks ago at Berklee’s intimate Cafe 939. I reviewed the show for Tastemakers. More photos here.