(6.13) You can thank me later. This is a special post for a special band. If you missed the Boom Said Thunder show last month at AS220 you are to be pitied. This fuzz rock trio out of Boston filled the room with waves of sound and energy that had the crowd going more than …
Update from Red Sox: “In light of the tragic events that befell our community yesterday, the Boston Red Sox will postpone tomorrow’s Open House at Fenway Park. It will be rescheduled for later this season.” Play hooky from work and head up to Boston for a Fenway walkabout. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., fans …
[youtube]xEHfKGM1QdU[/youtube] Broadcast are playing at the Paradise in Boston tonight. Promoting their new mini-album, the wonderfully chic British group will be playing with Atlas Sound and the Selmanaires. I’ve been hooked on the group (now duo) since 2000, when I heard the excellent Come On Let’s Go for the first time; I love how they …
[youtube]GI-3jykWsN0[/youtube] The Manic Street Preachers haven’t toured the US since the nineties, but they’re back now promoting their new album, Journal For Plague Lovers. All the album’s lyrics were written by Richey Edwards, the group’s guitarist who abruptly disappeared fourteen years ago. (He was never found, and officially presumed dead last November.) Meanwhile, the band’s …
Road Trip! Manic Street Preachers In Boston Thursday Read More »
The Cow Parade, “the largest and most successful public art event in the world,” has taken place in Boston and West Hartford, CT. I think it’s Rhode Island’s turn! To help me bring the cows to RI, visit the official Cow Parade website. If you need a cow fix in the meantime, head down to …
Yesterday on his radio show whimsical coot Buddy Cianci claimed that mayor David Cicilline misappropriated city funds in order to give two strippers a ride (heh, heh) from Boston. But an investigation proves that really it’s kind of way more complicated than that! Turns out Scott Birchall, who does work for Allens Avenue club Trixx, …
Saturday, October 25th, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) the largest, mainstream gay rights lobbying organization in the country, will be having their annual gala dinner in Boston. Join radical queer activists in protesting the HRC’s transphobic, right-wing policies. The HRC has, time and again, ignored and tokenized transpeople and supported right-wing politicians. It is time to …
Calling all radical queers! (And straight allies) Read More »
Thanks to Bell Biv Devoe’s weird sense of spelling, it just took me half an hour to track down this song which, incidentally, I didn’t remember was by BBD and also which sounds ABSOLUTELY NOTHING like I remembered. Also, the search wasn’t really worth it. My favorite part of this song is the verse at …
Word To Your Mother (or, if you prefer, to The Mutha) Read More »
Disclaimer: I’m in The Cold War. What of it? Direct from Sunderland in the UK, School Of Language, who sound like Modest Mouse and V. Weekend, bring their sweeping US tour through Boston, specifically TT The Bears. Their songs are very cool, check them out. They’re so American sounding you’d never guess they were British. …
Boston Readers: School Of Thought, The Cold War at TT’s Read More »