hot takes
#HotTakes | Week of 06.29.26
Featuring: Troy Mercy, Jaco Jaco, Dinosaur Jr.. GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite, Kate Prascher, JP Harris
Some months you know exactly what you're doing. This isn't one of those months. This one is more like okay, what am I actually doing, what do I actually want, what does any of this mean. Not in a crisis way. Just in a regular human
Bringing that good old Rhode Island charm with Irish roots to the Royale, Deer Tick proved that their music ages like a fine wine. The crowd couldn't get enough and kept asking for more! With all the craziness in the world right now, it always feels good to
hot takes
Featuring: Devon Gilfillian, Medium Build, Fruit Bats, Sam and Louise Sullivan, Riley Downing, Jim James, Pokey LaFarge, The Jayhawks, M. Woodroe, Sad Daddy, Nicole Atkins, Alela Diane, Aubory Bugg, Tré Burt
August has a way of stretching time, with long golden evenings, slow heat that will not quite break, and the bittersweet feeling of summer slipping through your fingers. This month’s mixtape leans into that haze with songs that capture both the sweat and the sweetness. Medium Build’s “Last
New music from JRJR, Eddie 9V, Brent Cobb, Bear Hands, Sure Sure, Basia Bulat, David Wax Museum, Michael Kiwanuka, Son Little and a ton more.
TICK TICK TICK BOOM – The Hives brought their iconic brand of rock and roll through Boston's own Roadrunner on September 25. Donned in the famous lighting bolt suits, the self proclaimed Best Band in the World completely thrilled the audience with hit after hit. It is tempting to
"Summer has come and passed, 20 years has gone so fast..." this lyric from 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' reigns true in new form as Green Day celebrates the 20th anniversary of American Idiot. This comes in tandem with the 30th anniversary of Dookie– The
Not much can top an evening with Aaron Lee Tasjan. Except maybe an evening with ALT, Jessye DeSilva, Rich Hinman and Molly Martin. On a chilly “spring” night at the Middle East Upstairs, Tasjan rolled into town touring behind his fresh-off-the-press release Stellar Evolution, which is (obviously)
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Featuring: Honest Charlie, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Kamran Khan, FATHERS, dawn richard (feat. durand bernarr), Brother Bird, Kelly Doyle
Featuring: The Family, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Alex Amen, Elanor Moss, Wishy, Interpol, Mike D, Jack White, Taxi Girls, Gareth Dunlop, THAO, Kam Franklin, Caiola
Featuring: Ellie Heath, LEENALCHI, The Afghan Whigs, RYMAN, Sad Daddy, Stephanie Babirak, Fenne Lily, Deer Tick, Cutscene, Margaret Glaspy
May or May Not May is a weird month. The weather finally cooperates and instead of feeling relieved you just feel itchy. Like something's supposed to happen and it hasn't yet. Waiting on a thing you can't name. This mixtape lives in that feeling.
Featuring: DBA!, Evangeline & Vulfmon, Effie Zilch, Johnny Delaware, Yebba, Alela Diane, Babe Rainbow, Mary in the Junkyard, Prof, Jesper Lindell, Joel Plaskett Emergency, The Tallest Man On Earth
Featuring: The Deslondes, Andrew Sa, Jaco Jaco, Damon Brock, Jesse Welles, Petey USA, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Kacey Musgraves (ft. Miranda Lambert), Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Hiss Golden Messenger, The Revivalists
The unmatched energy of FOUR bands in one night (Major League and Hit The Lights with openers Rematch and Public Works). The show was filled with so much passion, punk, and, of course, love... a couple got engaged during the show! Major League, after years off the road, didn'
Featuring: Caroline Rose, Sawyer Hill, Center Mid, GENER8ION (ft. Yung Lean), Vacations, Sondre Lerche, Alex Amen, Princess Goes, Lee Lewis, Fruit Bats, Steve Earle, Grey & Greene, Senora May and Tyler Childers, Katie Pruitt, Ezra Bell, sym fera + Dylan LeBlanc
Featuring: Low Cut Connie, Alela Diane, Father John Misty, Kurt Vile, of Montreal, Deer Tick, The Womack Sisters, Kamran Khan, Fantastic Negrito, Heidi Curtis, Ben Chapman
There was a kind of excited energy in the room Sunday night that you don’t always feel anymore outside of a few intimate venues. The Somerville Theatre had a current of anticipation running through it as everyone awaited their chance to hear Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover&
The First Saturday There's a specific day that happens every April. You don't plan for it, it just shows up. You wake up and the window's already open and the air smells different and somewhere between the first cup of coffee and putting your
Featuring: Dana and Alden ft. Mei Semones, Hiss Golden Messenger, Arc Iris (ft. WILLOW), Luluc, Death Cab for Cutie, Crow and Gazelle, Fai Laci, Mon Rovîa, Adeem the Artist