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VOICES CARRY: BOSTON OLD TYME HARDCORE RALLIES TO AID GANG GREEN’S CHRIS DOHERTY

Written by NATE HOMAN Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: MUSIC

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.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, Chris Doherty, Gang Green, Hardcore, Punk, Slapshot, SSD, The Dogmatics, the F.U.’s, the Outlets, The Paradise, the rat, Unnatural Axe, White Dynomite

DIRTY OLD BOSTON: THE RISE AND RAGE OF BOSTON PUNK IN THE ’70S, ON FILM

Written by PETER ROBERGE Posted November 2, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston

Most subterranean icons never got much recognition in their day, but there have been some consolations in the decades since, in part thanks to Boys From Nowhere: The Story of Boston’s Garage Punk Uprising.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston Tagged With: 1970s, Boston, Boys from Nowhere, Chris Parcellin, Dirty Old Boston, history, Lenny Scolletta, movies, Music, Punk, Sugar Shack, the rat, WBCN

AROUND MY WAY: THE PULL UP

Written by G. VALENTINO BALL Posted March 28, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction

The latest quarterly expression of their mutual affection, the Pull Up, will showcase the area’s emerging and established talent. But for this unique crew, it’s not just about seeing artists perform live—it’s about the building of community that comes from regular connections, and fixing systems that for too long have denied people an equal shot.

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: Around My Way, BINJ, Boston, Boston History, Cambridge, DJs, Dutch Rebelle, Geespin, hip hop, KBX, Killer BoomBox, live music, Marquis Neal, Massachusetts, MCs, Middle East, Music, NEONE, producers, The Channel, The Pull Up, the rat

BOSTON ROCK NOIR: CLEA SIMON’S SCENESTER MYSTERY HAS BEEN SIMMERING FOR DECADES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 24, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"I finally got to write about the rock scene, but it’s also about the fallibility of memory, and that weird nostalgia. We all look back on our youth as some kind of golden time, but we’re all subjective, we’re all flawed. How much of that is real?"

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: books, Boston, Cambridge, Clea Simon, Massachusetts, mystery novels, Noir, novels, rock, The Channel, the rat

HEAR OF THE RAT

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

Get ready for a pop-up sonic odyssey through the soul of the iconic rock club

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: DigBoston, event, Fenway, Hüsker Dü, Jamaica Plain, pixies, pop-up, Replacements, rock, the rat, the rathskeller, thefenway, Tres Gatos, Vinyl

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