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Kylesa played Middle East Downstairs – 6/16

Southern psychedelic sludge masters Kylesa headlined a stacked bill at Middle East Downstairs last Sunday. Support included the demonic vintage vibes of Blood Ceremony (pioneers in melding metal with flutes), headbanging space rock from White Hills, tight and energetic instrumental metal from Lazer/Wulf and some 

Mikal Cronin played Great Scott – 6/17

Hello! I’ve been doing lots of music related things lately, but most of them have not been for this site and thus I’ve been terrible about updating it. Regardless, here are some photos from last Monday’s show at Great Scott with Mikal Cronin, Shannon & 

Boris played Brighton Music Hall – 5/5

Japan’s most versatile drone/doom/experimental metal band spent two nights in Boston last weekend as a part of their From the Past, the Present and Through to the Future tour. I was distracted by a former Smith during Saturday’s “greatest hits” set, but I made it 

Wavves and FIDLAR played Brighton Music Hall – 4/8

On what is almost certainly the year’s most fitting double-bill, surf-punks Wavves and FIDLAR played a sold-out Brighton Music Hall earlier this month to an appropriately energetic crowd.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds played the Orpheum – 3/24

Hello there. It’s been a while. As you’re probably aware, Boston has been a bit chaotic as of late. My personal life has gone ahead and followed suit. Things are calming down though, and at last I have time to get around to a month’s 

Tyler, the Creator played the Paradise – 3/21

One year to the day after controversial rap group Odd Future played the House of Blues and were shut down mid-song by Boston police, ringleader Tyler, the Creator returned for a solo show in promotion of his new album, Wolf.

Joel Plaskett played O’Brien’s Pub – 3/20

Veteran Canadian indie rocker Joel Plaskett performed a rapturously received acoustic set to a sold-out O’Brien’s on Wednesday night. World’s Quietest band and Cause a Rockslide opened.

PAWS played Great Scott – 3/11

Glaswegian noise-pop trio PAWS hit Great Scott on Monday night as a part of their first U.S. tour, leading up to South by Southwest. Read on for first impressions and photos, also featuring openers Idiot Genes.

Record review: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away

I don’t write nearly enough album reviews, but Nick Cave’s stunning new record is one I feel rather strongly about. Read my thoughts on it at length over at the Tastemakers Magazine site.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra played Brighton Music Hall – 3/2

A sold-out Brighton Music Hall welcomed a diverse collection of psychedelic revivalists for Saturday night’s show, wherein Unknown Mortal Orchestra brought along Foxygen and Wampire for the ride.