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REVIEW: Dum Dum Girls at the Sinclair Were Slick as Heck

Sometimes I feel like I’ve taken Dum Dum Girls for granted. By show’s end, I understood the appeal.

Tagged Allston Pudding, dum dum girls, ex cops, reviews, Sharon Weissburg, Sinclair

REVIEW: Speedy Ortiz, Ex Hex, Pile at Great Scott (10/30)

We made a list of the best moments from the Ex Hex/Speedy show at Great Scott, so you can regret not going even more.

Tagged Ex Hex, Great Scott, Mary Timony, Northampton, Pile, speedy ortiz, Sydney Moyer, Taylor Swift

This Will Destroy You at Brighton Music Hall (10/30)

Jack Wall Photos by David Kinchen   Throughout roughly an hour and a half, the genre-defining post rock quartet, This Will Destroy You, moved me through a beautiful spectrum of emotions: excited to peaceful to serenely melancholy. TWDY’s music strikes at emotion so tangible and poignant that I saw more than a few eyes water up […]

Tagged Brighton Music Hall, David Kinchen, Future Death, Jack Wall, This Will Destroy You

REVIEW: Rodrigo y Gabriela (10/29)

Rodrigo y Gabriela stop by the Orpheum and blow us away with some pretty sweet acoustic Metallica covers.

Tagged 9 Dead Alive, Metallica, Orpheum, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sydney Moyer

Best of CMJ: Non-Boston Bands You Need to Know

Allston Pudding did some investigating at CMJ to find rising non-Boston acts you need to know.

Tagged 2014, adult jazz, Bad History Month, Bo Ningen, CMJ, CreaturoS, Dan Blakeslee, exploding in sound, Gem Club, Gnarwhal, guerilla toss, Kid Mountain, Lady Bones, Line & Circle, Live, Lydia Ainsworth, Marissa Nadler, Meat Wave, My dad, New York City, Nice Guys, Ryley Walker, Shark?, Skinny Bones, Weyes Blood

This or That Halloween Special: The Wytches

With a name like The Wytches, this surf-doom rock trio from Brighton, UK was born to partake in a Halloween-themed interview with us. Check out the video here!

Tagged andew gibson, Deanna Archetto, Dirty Dishes, Halloween, Review, the wytches, this or that, video, weird womb

Review: Angus and Julia Stone (10/23)

Angus and Julia Stone brought their bro-sis folk-pop act to the Sinclair and played a pretty sweet Drake cover.

Tagged angus and julia stone, john butler trio, neil young, rick rubin

Magic Man & Smallpools at Paradise (10/26)

Magic Man and Smallpools put on a magically good show, filled with dads and other crazy happenings.

Tagged California, college, Dads, dance, electric youth, grouplove, Magic Man, Paradise, Paradise Rock Club, smallpools, waters

Photo Review: Weezer At The Sinclair

Weezer played an intimate gig at the Sinclair on Sunday and reminded us why we liked them in the first place

Tagged Mark Zurlo, River Cuomo, Sam Moody, Sinclair, weezer

REVIEW: The Menzingers @ Middle East 10/25

The last time The Menzingers played at the Middle East Club, it was packed, sweaty, and intense. Saturday was no different.

Tagged Deanna Archetto, Middle East Club, Review, show review, The Menzingers

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