Good Riddance (The Sinclair 10/16)

By Lisa Battiston NOFX. Bad Religion. Social Distortion. Hot Water Music. Lagwagon. Swingin’ Utters. Less Than Jake. Propagandhi. Bouncing Souls. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Sick of It All. Pennywise. Operation Ivy. These are a handful of the bands on the t-shirts of the kids at the Good Riddance show last Wednesday night. These […]

Radical Face (The Sinclair 10/13)

By Chloe Gomez Ben Cooper, previously of Electric President, has been making music under the moniker Radical Face since 2003, with his first album released in 2007. His most recent album is set to release next week and is entitled The Family Tree: The Branches. It’s a very cool thing when you can go to […]

Earl Sweatshirt (The Sinclair 10/6)

By Bianca Rullo It’s been about two years since Tumblr posts and Youtube comment sections alike were plagued with the phrase “Free Earl” and a lot has changed since then – Most notably, the release of the rapper’s debut album Doris and the announcement of his first solo tour, which kicked off at The Sinclair […]

The Ballroom Thieves Debut Highly Anticipated Self Titled EP at The Sinclair

Chomping at the bit to cover my first show for Allston Pudding, I stepped through the Sinclair doors almost a full hour before the openers took the stage and three before headliners, The Ballroom Thieves. And inside was an uncanny semblance to a typical post-prom party. Two by two awkward couples were posted up against the wall, on the stairs, at the bar, slowly milking alcohol for all its social lubricant clout.

Ceremony (Sinclair 8/15)

By Ben Stas Photos by Ben Stas The first time I saw Ceremony was some 16 months ago at a scary, generic sweaty non-venue somewhere in Allston. My friends and I had been directed there by a gentlemen on the front steps of the Democracy Center, who took pity on us as we arrived there […]

METZ (The Sinclair 7/25)

“You’d think a lot of bands would half-ass a free show,” remarked one particularly stunned fan as a capacity crowd filed out of The Sinclair on a late Thursday evening, “but they brought it.” They, of course, were Metz, the Canadian noise rock trio…

Giveaway: Ariel Pink (The Sinclair 6/7)

Ariel Pink is the nympho at the discoteque and we’re into that kind of thing. As a matter of fact, his 2012 release, Mature Themes was one of our favorites from last year. He’s stopping off at The Sinclair on Friday 6/7 as part of a long national summer tour and will be joined by another AP […]