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…
By Christine Varriale Guys, Mary Timony is back with new music. If your head isn’t exploding like “HOLY SHIT OH MAN,” then I don’t want to talk to you. Her new project Ex Hex put up a track on bandcamp a few days ago, and they announced their first show tomorrow in Timony’s current abode […]
By Christine Varriale There are so many bands redefining what it means to write pop punk songs these days. At the forefront of this movement are bands within Don Giovanni Records like Waxahatchee and Tenement. Don Giovanni is celebrating its tenth year in 2013, and it just keeps getting better. On October 29th, they will […]
By Christine Varriale Photos by Christine Varriale I strolled into The Sinclair Sunday evening as it was starting to fill up for True Widow, no rx quickly realizing my poor outfit choice of a Justin Timberlake/Jay Z shirt for essentially a metal show. Maybe if it was studded I would have gotten by without weird looks? […]
Christine Varriale reviews the Screaming Females
Many knew right away that the three friends of Krill had something special with the release of Lucky Leaves this past Spring. But the trio took this summer to really make it come to life…
Allston DIY Fest photo feature shot by Graham Zinger and Christine Varriale…
The hype for Disclosure’s secret show in Boston was through the hipster-cool roof leading up to their August 7th show. Potential attendees competed in a series of viral campaigns on social media with the hashtag #musicexperiment to win into this experience. Everyone expected the craziest night of the year, to tell all of their friends who couldn’t make it how much fun they had.
By Christine Varriale Boston’s favorite grunge-rockers Sneeze are heading out on a national tour this September, starting in Chicago and looping their way around the good ‘ol US of A to support their new LP I’m Going to Kill Myself. For those in Boston, check them out on the electric stage of Allston DIY Fest this Saturday […]
Straight off the hot-as-hell Brooklyn album release show, Speedy Ortiz packed Great Scott front to back to celebrate one of 2013’s greatest releases.
(Click through to check out footage of the band performing “No Below”)