Around the time in the early 90s when I became aware of bands such as Acid Mothers Temple, Ghost, Zeni Geva and The Boredoms, I’ve come to live by one simple rule. If a Japanese band is playing in your town, go see them. It’s not that complicated, it doesn’t overrun your social calendar, […]
VOICES CARRY: BOSTON OLD TYME HARDCORE RALLIES TO AID GANG GREEN’S CHRIS DOHERTY
It all goes down at the Paradise on Jan 11, when South Shore stalwarts Worm will also join various Gang Green alumni on stage to raise money for Doherty’s recovery. Truth is, he can’t live without it.
FOTOBOM: MELVINS, ALL SOULS @ THE PARADISE
Like a lottery machine with fifty balls bouncing around inside of it and only ten coming out for the nightly draw, The Melvins are masters of new combinations and endless variation. After more than thirty years of making records, they still find new ways of self-reinvention while not abandoning the template they developed from […]
FOTOBOM: SLOWDIVE, CHERRY GLAZERR @ THE PARADISE
One of the secrets to their success is that, as shoegaze bands go, they are more interested in the backbone of the song than all the swirly bits that hang around it.
FOTOBOM: SON VOLT, ANDERS PARKER @ THE PARADISE, 06APR17
There’s something about Jay Farrar’s voice that’s rough-hewn yet comforting, like a slightly scratchy sweater that you’ve had for years but still never fails to ward off chills. And while his vocal range hasn’t changed, physically he’s pulling some Dorian Gray shit and looks pretty much exactly the way he did a decade ago. […]
FOTOBOM: WARPAINT, FACIAL @ THE PARADISE, 06OCT16
After a two year period of woodshedding, Warpaint emerged with their third full length record, and as bands do even the shambles of the music industry falling in all around them, they hit the road in support of Heads Up. Slowly but surely, they’ve inched away from the sparse, spidery post-punk sound that […]
THANKS(FOR)GIVING: FEED THE GROUPS THAT FEED US MUSIC
Skip the extra dessert and put that money towards something even sweeter: keeping music non-profits alive.
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.”
LONG LIVE GOTH: MANRAY CELEBRATES ITS 10 YEAR REUNION AT THE PARADISE
Central Square’s ex-goth lifestyle club ManRay celebrated its 10 Year Reunion Party at the Paradise Rock Club this past Friday.
PARTY + BULLSHIT
Come January 1st, y’all be equipped with health insurance, so no reason to let loose and drink in the new year. Here is where you can do that.
