Friday the 26th: Creepoid and Ecstatic Vision @ Johnny Brenda’s Two heavy hitting psych bands from right here in Philly. It’s Creepoid’s record release show and Johnny Brenda’s is always a great room so this one is bound to be good. Friday the 26th: Charlie Parr @ The World Cafe, Wilmington Ya it’s not quite…
Long before Wilco became the band that 30-somethings everywhere started swearing was the best thing since sliced bread, there was Uncle Tupelo. Fronted by Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt), these guys were alt-country trail blazers in an era when Nirvana and Pearl Jam owned the air waves. They were rocking pedal…
What’s the only thing weirder about a hardcore band from LA calling themselves The Bronx? The fact that they double as a mariachi band called Mariachi El Bronx of course. Their alter ego opened this night of weird but great music to an even stranger crowd: age range from 2 years old to 80, old…
Friday the 19th: Meat Puppets @ Union transfer The Meat Puppets are weird, they were weird in the 80’s, they were weird in the 90’s. I image they’re still pretty weird. Once of them got shot by a security guard once… true story. Also they’re opening for Soul Asylum, so there’s probably going to…
Friday – 6/19 Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion – 7PM – If you think punk is boring try mixing it with traditional Irish or Gypsy Music and see where that takes you. I’ve seen Flogging Molly live before and they are amazing and I hear everyone should go see…
Dawes is a hard band to pin down. Sometimes I love listening to them and sometimes they put me right to sleep. They also seem to be a hard one for a larger audience to fully embrace, with part of their sound displaying strong influences of 60s and 70s rock, while also leaning heavily…
What is a guilty pleasure? Weekend at Bernie’s? Fedoras? Anal? When it comes to music, it’s something you belt out in your car but would be horrified if anyone saw you. Florence & the Machine was kinda like that for me. Sure, they often got the alternative or indie classification but this was really pop…
Hello Again. I just flew in from Minnesota and boy are my arms… um, I’m tired. Anyway, I’ve been away from home, pursuing the American dream. Or getting drunk. Or finding a new place to live. Mostly the last two. And now that it is confirmed I’ll be leaving the Boston area in just a…
Friday the 5th: Thee, Idea Men @ Milkboy According to the Milkboy page Thee, Idea Men found their bass player in a Saudi Arabian cave after climaxing from some sort of an earthquake. I don’t know about all that but I do know that these guys are a great band and Milkboy is a great room…
I know we’re generally behind the draw most of the time but not today. Scranton’s own Heavy Blonde dropped Heatwave, their debut album, this very day…. and I must say it’s pretty damn good. I was lucky enough to be given a copy of their Sun EP late last year. Which in itself is a…
