TUE 04.04
Molchat Doma @ Roadrunner
The first time I heard this Belarusian band was via Sacred Bones’ excellent tribute to Black Sabbath, and their cold electronic touch on the Dio-era “Heaven And Hell” ...
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FOTOBOM: CASS MCCOMBS + KOLUMBO @ THE SINCLAIR
Cass McCombs hit The Sinclair on a snowy long weekend night, playing an agreeable mix of rock that showcased his fluid guitar playing. He’d swap between finger-picking his Telecaster Deluxe or occasionally playing with a plectrum, and his bass player did the same. There were moments ...
FOTOBOM: AMON AMARTH, CARCASS, OBITUARY + CATTLE DECAPITATION @ MGM MUSIC HALL
MGM Music Hall became a cauldron of molten metal the day before millions of turkeys were reduced to bare carcasses, with Swedish Viking metal band Amon Amarth leading the charge. You have to admire a band that can get an audience to mime as though they are powering a ship, and I think that’s ...
FOTOBOM: INTERPOL + TYCHO @ ROADRUNNER
Interpol have a new record that’s in the late stages of cooking and they hit the road to test out some of the material at Roadrunner. It’s about what you’d expect; dark, brooding songs with a minimal post-punk engine driving them forward, the band well-camouflaged in their black ...
Fotobom: Big Thief @ Roadrunner
Ascendent indie-folk-rock quartet Big Thief headline their biggest Boston show yet at a sold-out Roadrunner
FOTOBOM: NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS @ THE WANG THEATER
When this show was first announced I was a bit skeptical; just Nick and Warren, in the same cavernous theater they sold out with the full Bad Seeds lineup a couple of years ago? And what would they play, just Carnage and maybe some of their soundtrack work? Nah, this can’t ...
FOTOBOM: GUIDED BY VOICES @ THE ROYALE
FOTOBOM: HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER + ROSALI @ THE SINCLAIR
MC Taylor (of the Hiss Golden Messenger nom du stage) has been making a habit of hitting town, and specifically The Sinclair, around year’s end. Obviously last year didn’t happen, and early on during the set he said that he and his band came along to check in on everyone ...
FOTOBOM: DINOSAUR JR, LEMONHEADS AND RYLEY WALKER @ HOUSE OF BLUES
The weekend after Thanksgiving is usually a good time to reconnect with people you’ve not seen in a while, and for a certain segment of the concert-going demographic, chances are good that if you went to the Dinosaur Jr/Lemonheads show last weekend you probably did a see a familiar face ...
FOTOBOM: CHEAP TRICK AT PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
There’s an argument to be made that Rockford, Illinois might be the spawning place for America’s best power pop band but then again that definition is as hard to get a grip on as a greased up eel. For me, Cheap Trick didn’t quite hit all the hallmarks of the form that bands ...
