Seeing Jeffrey Lewis and Quasi in the same night seems like an unlikely dream come true. The two may not seem like a likely pair, but on Wednesday at Great Scott they brought out the best in each other and delivered two of their most mesmerizing performances to date.
By Lisa Battiston NOFX. Bad Religion. Social Distortion. Hot Water Music. Lagwagon. Swingin’ Utters. Less Than Jake. Propagandhi. Bouncing Souls. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Sick of It All. Pennywise. Operation Ivy. These are a handful of the bands on the t-shirts of the kids at the Good Riddance show last Wednesday night. These […]
Ty Segall is a beast. At 26 years old, an age that many people are still trying to justify as okay to live at home with their parents, Segall has released eight plus albums and even more EPs under the monikers Ty Segall, The Ty Segall Band, Epsilons, The Perverts, and collaborations with White Fence and Mikal Cronin….
Tuesday night at the Great Scott offered up an insanely cathartic and catchy three sets courtesy of a group of three artists from very different backgrounds, albeit with one precious thing in common — honest-to-blog, genuine star power.
By Chloe Gomez Ben Cooper, previously of Electric President, has been making music under the moniker Radical Face since 2003, with his first album released in 2007. His most recent album is set to release next week and is entitled The Family Tree: The Branches. It’s a very cool thing when you can go to […]
Recent LA transplants Islands kicked off their North American tour at the Great Scott. Stacked with tour mates Brazos and Boston local favorite Skinny Bones, Great Scott was packed to the brim.
Hardcore stalwarts Modern Life is War took to the stage at the Middle East Downstairs on Sunday night – here are five things (besides the music) that were pretty sick:
There’s no one you want to surround yourself with more for an album release show than your friends and maybe a handful of weirdoes…
Coming upon Great Scott late last Monday night, the crowd inside was already thick with the patrons there to see openers Caténine (a Massachusetts-based recording project with advertised Cure, Field Mice, and New Order influences) and Ovlov (good and loud Connecticut rock and roll). My spread-thin show-going time on a work night held allegiance to the closing band I kept missing every time they’d make the drive from Northampton to Boston…
I’m guessing Brooklyn’s Shark? hears the term “surf-punk” a lot, so I’m sorry for that. I haven’t read anything about them using the description, but it’s just the perfect genre-combination to capture what they play. The four-piece relies on consistent chugging (but interesting) bass and drums underneath a rhythm guitar wailing on power…