Film Review: DIY Flick Gutterbug Nails Allston, Misses Social Mark

Gutterbug, the first film of Andrew Gibson, is an ode to the drug driven thrillers that the director studied from and adapted to represent Boston’s punk scene, in some of its most insidious ways.

PREMIERE: Edge Petal Burn – “Glass Cannon”

Edge Petal Burn’s debut LP Glass Cannon is out today, and we think you ought to give it a listen.  Edge Petal Burn is an Allston band consisting of vocalist/songwriter Olivia West, guitarists Lea Jaffe and Huxley Rittman, bassist Nicholas Owen, and drummer Jeffery Crenshaw.  Formerly known as Ricecrackers,

INTERVIEW: Blessed Talk Canada, Affecting Local Change, and Shawarma from Azama

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By Harry Gustafson     Blessed are a five-piece post-punk band from Abbotsford, British Columbia, located about an hour from Vancouver. Currently in the midst of an East Coast tour, Drew Riekman, the band’s guitarist and vocalist, took some time to talk to Allston Pudding about their latest release, a single called “Sound,” part of […]