9/11 Roky Erickson @ Brighton Music Hall
Photo Courtesy of Jack Robertson They electric jug, a prime, yet unusual instrument that helped define Roky’s first band (the seminal, psychedelic…
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Kindling/Kestrels Split
Forget cassettes–split EPs need to make a comeback. This recent one by fellow shoegazers Kindling (MA) and Kestrels (Nova Scotia) keep the…
Metz – Cellophane
Despite already having a song called “Nausea,” Metz’s new song “Cellophane” better encapsulates that feeling. The Canadian noise rockers’s single gives me…
The Prefab Messiahs – The Man Who Killed Reality
Trump seems more like a cartoon villain by day and recently revived psychedelic pop band the Prefab Messiahs know it. Going beyond…
Daniel Romano – “When I Learned Your Name”
“When I learned Your Name” is the kind of addictive song that would make Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe smile. Over the…
Kindling – No Generation
Even if it doesn’t feel like summer yet Kindling’s No Generation will have you thinking it is. Sweet dense waves of sound…
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy
Starting Damage and Joy with the sound of a screaming noise machine turned back on,“Amputation” is symbolic of the band’s return. So…
Ride – Home Is a Feeling/ Charm Assault
Did anyone ever expect to hear from these guys again? The other big shoegaze band from the genre’s heyday that isn’t My…
Ty Segall – s/t (2017)
Can we just start calling Ty Segall the king of modern garage rock? No one else has consistently released so many great…
Deluxx Folk Implosion – s/t
This may be some of the heaviest stuff Barlow has put to tape since his original days in Dinosaur Jr or even…
WENT THERE: 9/27 Buzzcocks @Royale
photo courtesy of Dan Goodwin Three songs in and I was already in a state of euphoria.This maybe the closest I’ll ever…
WENT THERE: 9/23 Lee Scratch Perry and Subatomic Sound System
photo courtesy of Adam McGrath For someone who infamously burned down his recording studio because of “bad spirits”, vibes are always going…
