Savages (Middle East Downstairs 7/12)

By Neil Patch Photos by Matthew Shelter Your enjoyment of a Savages concert depends entirely upon how easily you agree with what an artist is telling you to believe. The London-based quartet is a band with an overt and critical message for Western society best summed up by the title of their debut LP: Silence […]

Basking in Cayucas (Great Scott 7/3)

By Neil Patch Photos by Daniel Schiffer Cayucas’ brief bio on their Secretly Canadian label page explains that the band’s name is “the monikered homage to a sleepy little seaside town in San Luis Obispo County, troche California.” “That town, discount Cayucos, cialis ” writes either Andrew or Katie The SC PR Rep, “has hardly changed […]

Deafheaven (TT The Bears 7/3)

Fitting, perhaps, that Deafheaven came to town just as a sweltering heat wave seized Boston in its clutches. They seem like amiable guys in real life, but on stage Deafheaven are a white-hot blast of (ahem) deafening intensity.

Come (Sinclair 6/27)

Come may not be the first name that springs to mind in a catalog of notable 90s indie rockers, or Matador Records alums, or Boston-originating bands. Despite cultivating a unique and attention-grabbing sound over the course of four consistently great records, Come never really received their due diligence in the annals of music history.

Snowden (Great Scott 6/26)

By Lisa Battiston Photos by Courtney Swain Needless to say, trying to do even the most minute band research when the band’s name is Snowden is, considering the Snowden in all the political articles in my news feed these days, interesting. And considering Snowden (the band) takes their name from the character named Snowden (a […]

Dawes (Royale 6/21)

It felt like a coming-out party. Sure, Dawes has been around for a few years, they’re no strangers to Boston, and yeah they’ve played the Royale at least a couple of times before. But since their last visit here in the fall of 2011, they’ve received an extended rock tutorial from the likes of Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Jackson Browne.