I play competitive air guitar. What else do you need to know?
DCDR
[bandcamp width=700 height=42 album=3666934844 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=e99708 track=1593286365] Boston’s grunge punks DCDR have just put a new album out (you might know them better under their previous name, Dead Cats Dead Rats, as whom they won a couple Boston Music Awards), which
The Dead Girls
[bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=1599186325 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 track=102257151] I’ve got a special one for you today. Today, The Dead Girls release Noisemaker, their last and final album, capping a 10-year run. That’s pretty special. But better yet, and clearly a reason
joe fletcher
This is simple; this is stripped-down; this is a genre of country music I would call “regret adventures.” This is Joe Fletcher’s latest album, You’ve Got the Wrong Man. One thing should be instantly clear: invoking the ghost of Hank Williams can only ever be a good sign.
concert review
Sloan came to Great Scott last night! They are a Canadian band harking back to the days of my youth (this is their 23rd year as a band), which means this isn’t my first time seeing them… only my first time since 2000. “Bells On” has been one of
caroline rose
Photos by Matt LeBel and me. Any halfway adequate-looking ones of Long Time are his. Tuesday night, Allston’s sweatered and plaid faithful flocked to Great Scott – no shade, I have lived in Allston, and in the wintertime I am reliably either sweatered or plaid – to see jazzy Boston folkster
Queen Chief
All right, okay, it isn’t Halloween anymore, and I’m not trying to spook you anymore. So instead of horror and dread, how about a loud, heavy response to grim life? Good! Then Queen Chief is right up your alley. The band is based in Portland, OR, but singer
Those Poor Bastards
[youtube]http://youtu.be/-Fdlh5Xv6_k[/youtube] It continues to be almost Halloween. Everyone seems in altogether too high of spirits for the time at hand, so I’m here to help you out with that. Friends – fiends – take a listen to Those Poor Bastards’ new album, Vicious Losers, and
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/109707802[/vimeo] Halloween’s on its way. Recently, Boston just had a full night and day of howling winds and rain. A black cat literally just crossed my path (granted, she is my cat and she lives here, but just never mind that). What better time