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FOTOBOM: SPIRITUALIZED @ ROYALE
Jason Pierce has seen some shit, man. Infamously known for Spaceman 3’s motto of taking drugs to make music to take drugs ...
FOTOBOM: GUIDED BY VOICES @ THE ROYALE
FOTOBOM: NEKO CASE, MARGARET GLASPY @ ROYALE
It took a little while, but Neko Case finally landed in town for a headlining slot instead of as support for someone else’s tour. She’s still in the promotion cycle for last year’s excellent Hell-On, and if you’re a fan of that record you got a heaping handful ...
DIG THIS: NEKO CASE, STEVE GUNN, JON SPENCER
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Neko Case @ Royale
Neko last hit town for two shows in early summer as support for Ray LaMontagne, but now the New England-transplant has scheduled her own proper headlining tour, and will get a bit more room ...
FOTOBOM: KHRUANGBIN @ ROYALE
Some bands have a pretty distinct aesthetic when it comes to their music, how it sounds and how it’s presented. Khruangbin have taken that vision and run with it, all the way to the tailor and back. Laying down the most laid-back grooves one can think of, they coolly play a brand of music ...
FOTOBOM: KAMASI WASHINGTON @ ROYALE
Pundits and talking heads say that traditional band-based rock music is dead, and if we’re gonna look back at the fossil record, then jazz has been calcified for a couple of decades. But, like most things, the ‘experts’ have painted the wrong picture. Still, I wouldn’t ...
WHEEL OF TUNES: THE JESUS LIZARD
The noise rock icons talk battle scars, Craigslist scams, and their favorite old-timey Southern phrases
FOTOBOM: CALEB SCOFIELD BENEFIT SHOW (CAVE IN, CONVERGE, OLD MAN GLOOM) @ ROYALE
Metal, especially the hard, aggressive sort that never surfaces to mainstream attention, forms the sort of strong bonds that other music communities can’t match. Don’t let the mass of tattoos, tangled beards, faded battle vests and the like fool you – behind that collective ...
WHEEL OF TUNES: THE COATHANGERS
In our recurring interview series, Atlanta's garage punk rebels talk jumpscares, arthritis, and why you should pee when you want to pee.
WHEEL OF TUNES: WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
The Seattle black metal band talks old-school touring methods, owl breeds, and being mistaken for Glenn Danzig and James Hetfield.
WHEEL OF TUNES: MOGWAI
Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai is the latest contestant in Wheel Of Tunes, with questions fashioned from the band's song titles.
FOTOBOM: CANNIBAL CORPSE, POWER TRIP, GATECREEPER @ ROYALE
FOTOBOM: DEAD CROSS, SECRET CHIEFS 3 @ ROYALE
Mike Patton knows his way around a few octaves. And he’s never one for sitting still, so he brought his scientifically-proven super-human ...
FOTOBOM: AIR @ ROYALE, 05JUN17
French duo Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin have been strangers to our land for nearly a decade, and once again their brought their A game on stage.
MIRROR MIRROR: PERFUME GENIUS ON TRYING TO ACCEPT HIMSELF
The road to loving yourself is never an easy, but Perfume Genius continues to walk defiantly despite the struggles he faces.
FOTOBOM: MAYHEM, INQUISITION, BLACK ANVIL @ ROYALE
Sometimes getting there first is 90% of the battle. And if Mayhem sputtered to a close after their 1987 Deathcrush EP (a nascent black metal record that formed from the decaying husks of thrash, punk and metal), they still would have carved a noteworthy rune into the rock mantle. Their ...
FOTOBOM: BARONESS, YOUTH CODE @ ROYALE
No one ever said being in a band is easy, but Baroness has had it a bit tougher than most, following on the heels of 2012’s horrific bus crash and ensuing ramifications. Aside ...
FOTOBOM: BEHEMOTH, MYRKUR @ ROYALE
Behemoth. The word signifies massive size, power, and utter disdain for anything in its way. Some bands have a way of selecting the perfect band, and Nergal hit the bullseye here. Part black metal, part death metal, part whatever metal-based pigeonhole of your choice, the band is all business ...
DIG THIS: SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PUB CRAWL!
A veritable obstacle course of enjoyment
FOTOBOM: TY SEGALL AND THE MUGGERS, CFM, MIDRIFFS @ ROYALE, 3/1
Ty Segall is a rock star. There’s no other way around it. Not in the “don’t spill the beluga and Cristal in the back of the Rolls-Royce” sort, but more in the approach of doing exactly what he wants to, and having a large (and getting larger) audience ready to receive ...
SWEET SPOT: CHERRY GLAZERR ARE COOKING UP AN EXCELLENT ALBUM
California power pop band Cherry Glazerr spill about their new album, jagged guitar style, and death row meals.
METAL GEAR SOLACE: DEAFHEAVEN ESCAPES THE LOS ANGELES BLUES
Deafheaven frontman George Clarke opens up about New Bermuda, complacency, and why opening mail sucks.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE 2015 DIGBOSTON STUDENT GUIDE
Keep this bookmarked through the school year, and, in the words of the patron saint of getting wild, Andrew W.K.: “Party till you puke.”
FOTOBOM: HIGH ON FIRE, PALLBEARER, LUCIFER @ ROYALE, 8/17/15
High On Fire torch Royale with a heavy dose of Luminiferous, their new album.
FOTOBOM: FAILURE & HUM @ ROYALE, SAT 8/15
Hum echoes the past while Failure drives forward.
DIG THIS: PAT FALCO, VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES, AND THE SHEILA DIVINE
Get out and soak up the sun before we are bombarded with "Brace Yourself. Winter is Coming." memes.
HYPE MAN: WHY MAC DEMARCO’S APPEAL IS THE WORST BEST THING
When we accept a musician as the image they’ve designed, intentionally or not, we tell them they’re good enough.
FOTOBOMB: ELECTRIC WIZARD @ ROYALE 4/3
Oborn found such antics perfectly suitable, and even wiped some of the blood onto his face as the show came to an end.
MANIC METAL: DISPATCH FROM THE MAYHEM/WATAIN SHOW AT ROYALE
Hailing from Sweden Watain is well-known for their satanic beliefs and rather pungent smell.
