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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
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Mitski took Boston by storm last month for 4 fully sold out nights at MGM Music Hall at Fenway from February 15 through the 18th. She enchanted the crowd with career-spanning hits and mesmerizing choreography. It was beautiful to hear upwards of 5,000 people singing along to “My Love
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AJJ played to a sold out Sinclair in Cambridge, MA on Saturday June 3 with support from Oceanator and Gladie. The packed, eager crowd was singing and moshing all night. AJJ played favorites spanning their career including some songs from their 2023 album Disposable Everything. The band treated the room
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Andy Shauf enchanted the crowd at Royale Boston last Wednesday night with his band. They played plenty of songs from their latest album Norm. Through storytelling and character work, Shauf takes the listener with his character Norm through heartbreak, new love, and even stalking an unattainable love interest. Charm and
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Andrew Bird played to a captivated crowd at MGM Music Hall Fenway in Boston on Thursday April 13. This was the final stop on this leg of the Inside Problem’s Tour. The show began with Ted Poor, drummer for Andrew Bird’s band, performing a solo drum set. This
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Photos by Caroline Moore [H]owever absurd you may expect GWAR to be on stage, they easily exceed those expectations. The show begins with a man in a loincloth, squeezing a plastic carcass and spraying the crowd with fake blood. Later, he tears the head from another man onstage, which
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Photos by inger klekacz [T]here are fantastic reasons for not going to concerts. The standing, the waiting, the crowds, the noise, the heat, the late-night hours, the cost, the fact that your friends might not go and…who goes to concerts alone??? Concerts, to most people, are a pain,
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Photos by Colin McLaughlin [B]y now it’s no secret: Portland is a place unlike any other. From a certain over-saturated television show to the New York Times’ ongoing love affair, there’s no denying we live in a quirky little paradise. Sometimes, though, a reminder is necessary to
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Photos by Caroline Moore [A] legacy and back catalog like Black Flag’s is a lot to live up to. Greg Ginn, the band’s longest-standing member, equated the idea of FLAG (comprised of original members Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, and Bill Stevenson, along with guitarist Stephen Egerton
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Photos by Carrie Johnston [A] prominent downtown venue on a warm Saturday attracts all species of night crawlers. Due to this, nothing exclusive or particular about VietNam playing at Dante’s on such a night struck me. The noncommittal crowd was thin to begin with, then fattened when VietNam started,
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Photos by Colin McLaughlin [O]n a night where I had to make myself go out, Efterklang impressed. It takes quite a bit of skill to turn someone’s whole mood around, but that’s exactly what Efterklang did with their slightly operatic and frequently creative arrangements. Maybe the lush
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Photos by Bobby Lilly Think back to your first concert. Odds are it was a grand production; you waited in line to buy tickets, and spent hours choosing the perfect outfit. Maybe you caught a ride with an older friend, maybe you got dropped off by your mom, maybe you