Issue 13.27

Think 

RECAP: MBTA SHITSHOW

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Just when we thought the MBTA couldn’t suck any harder, it exceeded our expectations. Continue reading

Experience 

DIG THIS: STAJEZ DANCE COMPANY

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Between the Fourth, pre-gaming for the Fourth and finishing the collected leftovers from the Fourth, the last couple weeks have taken quite a toll on our collective livers, stomachs and senses of self-worth … Continue reading

Think 

DIG THIS: HIGH RISE

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Of all the nifty superlatives Brazil can boast (largest beach-front garden! Woo!) there’s also quite a few that are a lot less nifty (former murder capitol of South America. Boo.) Continue reading

Taste 

DIG THIS: SMOKEN JOE’S PIG ROAST

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Brighton’s top spot for BBQ and blues delivers more on both counts with their fourth annual porkalypse, a snout-to-tail experience about as literal and as delicious as it gets Continue reading

Listen 

THE POSTELLES: THE POSTELLES

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Anything that sounds like it was hatched in the brain of a man-boy with a penchant for surf rock, bonfires and their dad’s vintage ax at their disposal is a recipe for dirty dance floors and easy summer listening .. Catch them live at T.T. The Bear’s this Thursday. Continue reading

Listen 

JIMMY GNECCO @ TT THE BEAR’S

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Bunny-hopping, lane-swapping Garden-stater Jimmy Gnecco is former world BMX champion, the frontman for alt-rock outfit Ours, and a bosom buddy of the late Jeff Buckley from whom he picked up a few pointers on the singing of sad songs. Continue reading

Experience 

OH! YOU PRETTY LITTLE THINGS

Sexy songstress Niki Luparelli has a thing for Davids—namely of the Foley (Kids in the Hall), Jones (of the Monkees) and Bowie (of the David Fucking Bowie) varieties. Continue reading

Experience 

PREVIEW: PSY

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This fast-growing Montreal-based troupe has been building a reputation as the anti-Cirque du Soleil. Continue reading

Listen 

DIG THIS: THE DECEMBER SOUND

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When we think of the ass-end of the year and the various noises associated with, it’s all variations on scraping or uninventive swears, but for these hellish hepcats, that moniker’s evocative of pitch-black paranoid shoegaze and phantasmagorical psychedelic soundscapes. Continue reading