Just cuz it’s spooky season doesn’t mean you’re gonna get horrifying vibes. In fact, sometimes you get just the opposite, and the scene turns out to be immaculate. That’s how things rolled out this past weekend at EXIT Galleries small garage space in Allston for a Halloween block party.
The installation is curated by local artist Sam Fish and really addresses a need for multimedia art spaces, art galleries where musicians can lay their stuff down while an audience busts some moves. The crowd was friendly, talkative, and, most importantly, all there to hear some good tunes. Plus, there was free Topo Chico, which would have been more than enough to drag me out.
To kick things off, Rolex Daytona played an eclectic DJ set, diving in between hip-hop, electronic, rock, and just about everything in between. Props to Rolex for not just dropping The Cure on Halloween, but for dropping “Cold” off of Pornography – peak goth-era Cure.
After that, Rilla Force, who might just get the title of busiest producer in Massachusetts, took over on the decks, providing remix after remix of the most danceable tunes in hip-hop. The peak involved an even groovier mix of Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On”.
Finally, Haasan Barclay closed out the night with a solo set that featured some new material plus a few tracks that have become standards in his repertoire. Also included were “Curfews” and “Call My Phone,” two singles from this year that represent some of the catchiest material to come out of Boston thus far in 2021 (and the clock’s ticking to top them, folks). Haasan was also decked out in his Sting costume. The wrestler, not the dude from The Police and the superior Dune movie (YEAH I SAID IT).
And of course, since EXIT Gallery is on a very residential street in Lower Allston, there were some absolutely adorable families out trick-or-treating. Plenty of curious kids stopped by the open garage door to join in getting their grooves on. And that? We love to see it.
Check out some photos from the even below and keep an eye out for future events put on by EXIT Galleries.
