Boston Underground Music Project
2010 - 2020
WINTER 2012/2013 (DEC-FEB) – THE DIY UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces:
FALL 2012 (SEP-NOV) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: 263 Gallery, 450 Harrison, Abandoned Bear Cages, The Arboretum, Aviary, Big Stink, Black Lodge, Brattle Theatre, Butcher Shoppe, Café Fixe, Cambridge Elks Lodge, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, The Circus, Crafts House (Tufts), Democracy Center, Gay Gardens, Hen House, Hiberanian Hall, The ICA, The JP Drive-In, Lilypad, Loring-Greenough House, MFA, Modern Theater (Suffolk), The Orphan Gallery, The Outpost, Passim, Problem House, Senior Center, Smokey Bear Cave, Spaced Mountain, Starlab, Studio Soto, Taylor House, Theives Grotto, Third Life Studio, Trouble Ahead, Video Underground, Wacky Castle, Weirdo Records, What We Talk About When We Talk About Us, Whitehaus
Venues: Cantab Lounge, Charlie’s Kitchen, Church, Davis Square Theater, Great Scott, Lizard Lounge, Middle East Upstairs, Middlesex Lounge, Midway Café, Moe’s Lounge, O’Briens Pub, PA’s Lounge, The Precinct, Radio, Rosebud Diner, Tavern at the End of the World, TT The Bears, ZuZu
Bands: 28 Degrees Taurus, 3m2k, Abadabad, Adrian Emberly & The Revolving Band, Adventures of Boxhead, Afrobrazil, Almost Righteous, Ambergris, Amelia Emmett & Thick Wild, Amobraix, Amoroso, Andre Obin, Andrea Pensado, Angela Sawyer, Anthony Coleman, Anthony Savino, Anwar Sadat, Argotiers, Ariel Rubin & The Ballroom Thieves, Arkm Foam, Arvid Noe, Audrey Horne, Avoxblue, Awful Man, Babies of Brazzer, Babydriver, Banditas, Bang! Bros, Banjo Assault, Bathaus, Baylies Band, Beach Cops, Beartrap, Ben Hersey/Anthro Rex, Bent Shapes, Berbere Superstar, Best Practices, Beware The Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Big Digits, Birch Hill Dam, Birthdays, Blackbutton, Black Pyramid, Black Wampum, Bobb Trimble, Bovechevo, The Boyfriends, Brian S. Ellis, Bromp Treb, Bugs and Rats, Bunny’s A Swine, Burglary Years, The Butts, Caitlin Michele, California X, Camp Hope, Carl Testa, Carmen Supra, Casanovas In Heat, Casey Rocheteau, Cave Bears, Chandler Travis Three-o, Chris North, Choke Up, Christopher Strunk, Chronic Spells, Civil Warblers, Cleansing Wave, Cloud, Combman, Contex, Contortionist Jazz Exotica, Cordaro Giles, Cortez, Cottaging, Cotton Candy, Courters, Cousins, Cowboy Band, Coyote Kolb, Crank Sturgeon, Crazy Exes From Hell, Creaturos, Cuffs, Cult & Leper, Da Burdz, Daniel Byrnes Band, Dan Webb & The Spiders, Dark Beach Band, Dat Tracker, Dawn Fauna, Dead Art Star, Dead Cats Dead Rats, Deathamphetamine, Deatherdealer, Debo Band, DeNominator, Designer, Diagram A, Diamond Chevrolet, Dick Neff, Dig Safe, Dinners, The Dirty Truckers, Dirty Virgins, Dog Suicide, Do No Harm, Double Awake, Dream Affair, Dream Warrior, Drifterswift, Dr Pepper’s Blues Band, Dry Hump, The Dub Down, Duck That, Dust Commander, Dust Witch, Dylan Ewen, Earthquake Party, The Egos, Ehnahre, Electric Street Queens, Emperor X, Eric Dahlman, Ernst Karel, Ette, Evan Greer, Ex-Magicians, Exusamwa, Ex-Wife, The Fagettes, Fat Creeps, Fat History Month, Fat Worm of Error, Fausto Sierkowski/Simon Hanes/Arian Shafee, Fedavees, Fendika, Fjords, Flea Bite, Flunk, Foreign Objects, Forest Wizard, FORT! The Band, Friendship Ceremonies, FRKSE, The Freeways, The FU’s, Full Tang, Funeral Cone, Funny Money, G.A.S.H, Gangsta Love, Gay Gardens, Gentle Captor, The Gentleman, Gero & Ide, Ghost Box Orchestra, Ghost In Salad, Glass Anchors, Gondoliers, Gordon Belsher, Gracious Calamity, Grass Is Green, The Great Buriers, GreatlakesUSA, Greg Kelley/Bill Nace, Greg Sun, Guerilla Toss, Guillermo Sexo, Hallelujah The Hills, Hammerfaced, Hands and Knees, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Harris Hawk, Haunt The House, Headband, Hearsay & Hyperbole, Heavy Breath, Hee Hawk, Herbcraft, Hero(n), Hoax, Host, Hot Tub Panorama, Howse, Huge Face, Hug The Dog, Hurricanes of Love, Icon Gallery, I’D M Theft Able, Impenitent Thief, Infinity Girl, In Heat, Jack Burton vs. David Lopan, Jenny Dee and the Delinquents, Jesus Vio, Jill Burton, Jim Hobbs, Johnny Foreigner, Juice, Kal Marks, Katahdin, Katie Von Schleicher, Kevin Micka and Mark Pearson, Kevin Greenspon, Kid/Astro, Kigslug, Kintaan, Koan Hotcamp/Chris Forsyth, Kobold, Krieg, Krill, Lady Bones, Landing, Landline, Language Sex Drugs Violence, The Late Greats, Laura Marling, Les Rhinoceros, Lesser Animals, Libras of Sound, Lightning Bolt, Little Emperor, Little Spoon, Liv Carrow, Liz Tone, Lord Jeff, Los Condenados, The Lousy Instruments, The Love Experiment, Lowbred Watts, Luau, Lube, Lude Boys, Lurking Corpses, Luther, Magic Magic, Magzilla, Major Stars, Marconi, Marissa Nadler, Mark Fell, Mark Johnson, Mayflower, Meaner Pencil, Microwaves, Miami Doritos, The Migs, Millions, Mirror Men, Missing Mars & The Hopeless Husbands, Mixed Feelings, Mmoss, The Modern Voice, The Monsieurs, The Moogist, Morir Sonando, Mountain Man, Mouthy Mouth, Muy Cansado, Mr Transylvania, Names Divine, Natural Disasters, (New England) Patriots, The Needy Visions, New Complainers, The New Highway Hymnal, The New Lights, Nice Guys, Nickel and Dime Band, Nightstick, Nina Violet, No Comply, Noise Nomads, Northumbria, No Tolerance, Octopus Project, Ode, Of the Monarchs, Olden Yolk, Old Jack, The Old Road A-Capella, Omnivore, One Armed Mist, OTP, The Outfits, Ovlov, The Pajama Party, Pancho The Kidd, Party Pigs, Peace, Peeple Watchin’, People of the North, Personal Finance, Phantom Glue, The Phil Aiken Army, Pigstomp, Pile, Port-Royal, Potty Mouth, Preggy Peggy, Pretty & Nice, Prevenge, Private Archive, Profligate, The Psychosomatic, Quilt, Ramen Noodle Blackout, Rat Trap, Ravi Shavi, The Red Coyotes, Rena Surrenders, Reports, Requiem, Retail Therapy, Retribution Body, RIBS, Ricardo Dinoso, Richard Wood, Riding Shotgun, Rocky Nook, Ronnie Nordac, Royalty In Exile, Royal Weddings, Russian Tsarlag, Ryan Lee Crosby, Saint Seneca, Salvation, Samantha Vacation, Sam Wheeler, Sand Reckoner, Sara June, Sarah RabDAU, Saralee, Secret Lover, Self Employed Assassins, See Through Band, Sewer Goddess, Shane Butler, Shepherdess, Sherman Burns, The Sidekicks, Sidewalk Driver, Single Female Lawyer, Sisters of the Moonlight, Skimask, Sleep Crimes, Slowdim, Smarty, Sneeze, Snidely & Whiplash, Something About Horses, Something Sneaky, Son of Salami, Sophie Dickinson, Sore Eros, So Sol, Southeast Engine, Speedy Ortiz, Spitting Black, Stereo Telescope, Stiff Boys, Streight Angular, St. Ripper, Stronge, Sue Bell, Suffer On Acid, The Summer Pledge, Sweatshop, The Takeaways, Take One Car, Tallahassee, Thick Shakes, Thunderhole, Timeghost, Time Wharp, Tinsel Teeth, Tom Blacklung & The Smokestacks, Tomboy, Toys That Kill, Traces of Empire, Trach, Trespasser, Triode, Triple Thick, True Cross, Turning Plates, Turtlecat Symphony, TV Cowboys, Twerps, Typical White Males, Uncle Boongy and his Bufu Nephews, Underwater Bear Ballet, The Unholy III, Unnatural Axe, The Upper Crust, Upset, USA Waste, Vagimas, Vegans, Veins, Vending Machines, Vic Rawlings, Virusse, Vultures, Warm, Weak Teeth, The Weeds, What Cheer? Brigade, Whiskee, White Pages, Who’d a Funk It, Wilder Maker, The Whiskey Boys, Witch Wolf, Worn Out, ZEBU!
Nights: The Series @ Weirdo Records, Night of the Living Deadhead @ ZuZu, Primordial Sounds Night @ Middlesex; Freak Flag’s First Fridays @ Moe’s Lounge; Mother Superior’s Midnight Mass @ ZuZu; Mondays @ Charlie’s Kitchen
Notables: The September issue of the Boston Compass (#32) saw the paper expand to 4 pages. American Festival of Microtonal Music took place at the Cathedral Church of St Paul on September 7. The 2nd annual JP Music Festival took place at Pinebank Field on September 8. Colleen Green (LA) and Plateaus (SD) played Middle East Upstairs on September 9. Holograms (Sweden) played Great Scott on September 9. Turbo Fruits (Nashville, TN) played Great Scott on September 12. Apache Dropout (Indiana) played Tufts’ Craft House on September 14. The Harry Partch Legacy, a three day festival, took place from September 19 to 21 at New England Conservatory and Northeastern University. WMBR’s 35th anniversary party took place at Radio on September 21. Lightning Bolt (RI) played the Paradise on September 23. Crash Safely 2012 took place on September 28 and 29 at Davis Square Theater. Crocodiles (NY) played Great Scott on October 1. Raw Meet #8 took place at the Whitehaus on October 5. Freak Flag’s official launch party took place at Moe’s Lounge on October 5. HONK Festival took place in Davis Square on October 6. Leamers (Canada) played Big Stink on October 6 and ZuZu on October 8. The JP Record and Art Fair took place on October 7 at Spontaneous Celebrations. On October 11, The Eeries and Lantern from Philly played Gay Gardens. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Bloodshot Bill played The Middle East Downstairs on October 12. Chillith Fair #1 took place at Whitehaus on October 13. Pujol (Nashville) played TT The Bears on October 14. Deep Heaven Now Fest took place on October 19 and 20 at The Precinct and PA’s Lounge. Off! and The Spits played Middle East Downstairs on October 21. Sic Alps (SF) played Radio on October 25. The 6th anniversary Hootenanny took place at the Whitehaus on October 27. Those Darlins and Heavy Cream from Nashville played Great Scott on October 28. According to the November 2012 issue of the Boston Compass, Whitehaus and Gay Gardens ceased operations sometime in October. Homegrown 4: Boston Hassle Fest took place on November 2 and 3 at Cambridge Elks Lodge. Grass Widow (SF) played Great Scott on November 4. The 2012 Boston Anarchist Bookfair took place from November 9 to 11 at SMFA and Simmons College. The Mallard (SF) and Habibi (NY) played the Video Underground on November 9. Roky Erickson played TT The Bears on November 9. The Fresh and Onlys (SF) played Brighton Music Hall on November 11. Dan Deacon (Baltimore) played The Paradise on November 13.
Promoters: Existence Establishment (Noise/Experimental Electronic Music), Boston Hassle & BOW Shows, Fast Apple, Freak Flag,
SUMMER 2012 (JUNE-AUG) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: 3 Wave Jump, Arc-En-Ciel, Aviary Gallery, Boxfort, The Burrow, Butcher Shoppe, Café Fixe, Cambridge Elks Lodge, Democracy Center, The Ding, Fresh Hair, Gay Gardens (GG Allin’s Broken Home), Mobius, Lorem Ipsum, Sealbeard’s, Smokey Bear Cave, Spontaneous Celebrations, Starlab, Theives Grotto, Third Life, Trouble Ahead, Uforge Gallery, Video Underground, Wacky Castle, Washington Street Art Center, Weirdo Records, What We Talk About When We Talk About Us, Whitehaus
Venues: Cantab Lounge, Charlie’s Kitchen, Great Scott, The Haven, Jacques Underground, Middle East Upstairs, Middlesex Lounge, Midway, Moe’s Lounge, O’Briens, PA’s Lounge, The Plough and Stars, The Precinct, Radio, Rosebud, TT The Bears, ZUZU
Bands: %100 Black, 2 Ton Bug, Active Knowledge, Adventures in Boxhead, Ad-ver-sary, Aether Chroma, Alexander & The Grapes, Amobriax Dave Public, Amoroso, Ancient Filth, Andy Crespo, Animal Hospital, Apocalypso Trio, Area C, Ariel Rubin, Arthur, Arvid Noe, Ascorbic, Aun, Awful Man, Babies of Brazzers, Babydriver, Baby Names, Banditas, Bain Wolfkind, BANG BROS!, Battle House, BDSM, Beach Cops, Beautiful Weekend, Bees, Belltone Suicide, Benjamin Miller, Bent Shapes, Bfpsp, Big Digits, Big Mess, Big Putts, The Big Sway, Birthdays, Blevin Blectum, Bloodkrow Butcher, Bloody Gears, Blue Dress, Bobb Trimble, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children Macnuggits, Born Wrong, Boston Strangler, Brendan Wood, Briana Marela, Bright Primate, Brother Terry, Bugs and Rats, Burial Hex, Burn, Burning Love, Byrd/Thompson, Caleb Groh, California X, Camp Hope, CARE, Cathode Rays, Cave Bears, Choke Up, Chris North, Christie Prince, Civil Warblers, Cleansing Wave, Clippers, Confines, Con Tex, Cordaro, Courters, Coyote Kolb, Creaturos, Cruudeuces, Crust Hunks, Cuffs, Curmudgeon, Dan Webb and the Spiders, Dawn Fauna, Day Pussy, Dead Languages, Deathgod Messiah, Debo Band, The December Sound, Deutsch Nepal, Dev/Null, The Devil and a Penny, Devil Music, Dick Move, Dinners, Dirty Dishes, The Dirty Virgins, Doordoordoordoor, The Dotted Eyes, Double Awake, DreamHouse, Dream Warrior, Duck That, Earthquake Party, Eat Cloud, Electric Street Queens, Empty Orchestra, Empty Phrases, Endless Wave, Ette, Ex Humans, Ex-Magicians, Explanets, Exusamwa, Farm Hands, Faster Detail, Fat Creeps, Fat History Month, Fausto Sierakowski, Fax Holiday, Fedavees, Fire Bad, Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth, Foreign Objects, Forest Wizard, The Foxy Morons, The Fucktrots, Full Tang, Furiosity, Future Carnivores, Gay Shapes, Ghost Box Orchestra, Giles & Stronge, Glentai, Glocca Morra, Golden Retriever, Gondoliers, Gram Hummell, Grass Is Green, Grau Garten, Greek Favourites, Greg Sun, Guerilla Toss, Guillermo Sexo, Guilty Party, Gums McGhee, The Guru, Gypsy Joint, Hands and Knees, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Haxen, Headband, Heart of Hearts, Hex Map, High Aura’d, High Pop, Hilken Mancini, The Hiya Dunes, Hoax, Holiday Mountain, Home Body, Hot Tub Panorama, The House of John Deaf, House of Wolves, Hunnie Bunnies, Hurricanes of Love, Hyena, Infinity Girl, The IOA, Iron Chic, Ivardensphere, Jack Haley, Jaggery, Jamie O’Brien and the Gross Motor Guitar, Jason Belcher, Jeff Carey/Corey O’Brien Duo, Jesse Gallagher, Jordan Knecht, Joseph Raglani, Julia Harris, Kal Marks, Katze, Kayln Rock, Keith Bennett, Keith Fullteron Whitman, Kelley McRae, Kid Bastard, Kite Party, Kit Wallach, Ladybones, Laura Cetilia, Lazy Magnet, Leagues, Lewis Morris, Life Partners, Lily & The Tigers, Little Spoon, Living Void, Livver, Looker, Los Condenados, Low Culture, LUAU, Lude Boys, Lunglust, Lung Pit, Magic Magic, Major Stars, Man Forever, Mango Mochi, Marconi, Mark Goldstein, Mark Johnson, Martyrdod, MBTA, Meager Sunlight, Merk, Metal Feathers, Mia Friedman, Michael Rosenstein, Michael Sadler, The Migs, Mincemeat or Tenspeed, Mind Jelly, Missing Mars, Mixed Feelings, Mmoss, Morne, Mornin’ Old Sport, Most Bitter, Movers and Shakers, Mount Peru, Mr Transylvania, Music Band, Nachzehrer, Nagual, Natureboy, Needy Visions, Neptune, Neur, Nevermind, New England Patriots, New Highway Hymnal, Nice Guys, Noman, NOMS, No Sir I Won’t, No Way Jose, Now Denial, The Nugz, Old Gray, Omnivore, The Orient, Ovlov, Pancho The Kidd, Parasol Pataphor, Pariah Beat, Peace Breakers, Peace, Loving, Pen State, People of the North, People Watchin, Perhaps, Personal Finance, Pile, Pine Tree State Mind Control, Planets Around The Sun, Planning for Burial, Polly Hanson, The Prefab Messiahs, Preggy Peggy, Pretty & Nice, Prison Sentence, The Proselyte, Psychic Blood, Quilt, Radio Control, Radlib, Rainbow Road, Ramming Speed, Rat Dates, Rat Race, The Rattlesnakes, Razormaze, Reuben Son, Reports, Ricochet, Roaches, Rotten Apples, Royal Wedding, Rozamov, Ryan Lee Crosby, Sam Buck Rosen, Sand Reckoner, Saralee, Scamps, Seamstress, Sea of Bones, The Secret, Shane Butler, Shelterbelt, Shepherdess, Sherman Burns, Shores, The Silks, Single Female Lawyer, Skimask, Slow Blood Music, Smart Cops, Sneeze, Snidely & Whiplash, Soccer Mom, Something About Horses, Speak Onion, Speedy Ortiz, Spiritual Recess, Squall, Squirtyworm, Stereo Telescope, Strange Mangers, Streight Angular, Surf’s Up Spiccoli, TAPS, Techno, Ted Saunders House, The Televibes, Temperature Within, Tendrills, Thick Shakes, Thisquietarmy, Three Brained Robot, Thunderheart, Timeheater, Tinnitus, Today Junior, Toe Ring, Tommy Palmer, Tool Thyme, Township, Trach, Triple Thick, The Tropic Nocturnals, Two Inch Astronaut, Underwater Bear Ballet, Vattnet Viskar, Vegans, Vehement Carress, War of Words, W.A.S.T.E, Waste Management, White Line Fever, White Pages, Whoarfrost, Whore Paint, Wide Eyes, Will Jacobs & The Dirty Deal, Witch Wolf, Wobbly, Wolfie Burns, Wymond Miles, Yale, Massachusetts, Young Adults, The Young Leaves, Zebu!, Zen Lung, Zoo Keepers
Nights: The Series @ Weirdo Records, Open Sounds presents Emerging Voices (improvisation) @ Third Life, Primordial Sounds Night @ Middlesex; Imperialisms @ River Gods; First Thursday in JP; Night of the Living Deadhead @ ZuZu
Notables: King Tuff and Habibi played Great Scott on June 11. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Doldrums, and DIIV played TT The Bears on June 12. Royal Headache (Australia) played PA’s Lounge on June 15. Juiceboxxx played Video Underground on June 15. Mean Jeans played Radio on June 19. JEFF The Brotherhood played TT The Bears on June 21. Exusamwa released a new EP on 100% Breakfast titled Phase IV. Robot Death Kites (NY) played Sealbeard’s on June 29. The July 2012 issue of Boston Compass (#30) saw the paper expand from a one standard page – front and back – format to newsprint. Purling Hiss (Philly) played at The Plough and Stars on July 2. The Vignettes (Memphis) played O’Briens on July 3. Industrial Liberation Festival 2012 took place on July 6 and 7 at WWTA. Guantanamo Baywatch (Portland, Oregon) played Charlie’s Kitchen on July 9. Allston DIY Fest took place on July 21 at Ringer Park. King Khan and the Shrines played at Brighton Music Hall on July 23 with Hector’s Pets. Skoal Kodiac (Minneapolis) played Butcher Shoppe on July 23. Starlab Fest 2012 took place on July 28. A Place To Bury Strangers played Middle East Downstairs on July 29. Home Blitz (NJ) played PA’s Lounge on August 4. Tyvek from Ohio played TT The Bears on August 5. Calvin Johnson (WA) and Chain in the Gang (DC) played Whitehaus on August 7. Fancytramp (Nashville, TN) played Moe’s Lounge on August 10. R. Stevie Moore played The Paradise on August 10. Sultan Bathery (Italy) played O’Briens on August 13. Woodstock 4, organized by the Whitehaus Family Record, took place on Boston Common on August 18 and 19. Nu Sensae (Vancouver, BC) played Midway Café on August 19. Useless Eaters (Memphis, TN) played Great Scott on August 27. Naomi Punk (Olympia, WA) played TT The Bears on August 30. Campfire Festival took place at Club Passim for 4 days: August 31 through September 3.
SPRING 2012 (MAR-MAY) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: 3 French Hens, Abandoned Bear Cages, Allston City Limits, Atlantic Wharf, Aviary, Bitchin Shrimp, Box Fort, Brookline Access TV (BATV), Brown Hall (New England Conservatory), The Burrow, Butcher Shoppe, Café 939, Chum’s Coffeehouse (Brandeis), City Feed, CS Palace, Democracy Center, Dreamhaus, Dubhouse, Dude Ranch, Flopera House, Frat Cave, Gay Gardens (Gary’s Garage), The Goethe-Institut, Haunted Casino, Howard Art Project, Lorem Ipsum, MFA, The Muthership, Pozen Center @ MassArt, Rock Mansion, Royal Palace, Sealbeards, SMFA, Spectacle, Starlab, Store 54, Studio Soto, Third Life, Wacky Kastle, Washington Street Arts Center, What We Talk About When We Talk About Us, Whitehaus, Wombat Zone, Yes Oui Si
Venues: All Asia, Charlie’s Kitchen, Church, Good Life, Great Scott, Magic Room, Midway, Middle East Upstairs, Middlesex Lounge, O’Briens Pub, PA’s Lounge, Paradise Rock Club, Plough and Stars, The Precinct, Radio, Rosebud, Toad, TT The Bears, Zuzu
Bands: {hexdump}, 1,2,3, 28 Degrees Taurus, 92 Protons, A. Campbell & ADT, Abadabad, Absinthe Rose, Adam Aslan, Adventures of Box Head, Allston Spider Cider, Amoroso, Ampere, Ancient Filth, Angela Sawyer, Anna Fox Rochinski, Andrea Pensado, Animal Hospital, Anthro Rex, Ape Up, Arkm Foam, Arvid Noe, A Snake In The Garden, Ashley Paul, Atlantic Thrills, Attachedhands, Autochrome, Awful Man, Aye Nako, Baby Driver, BJ Snowden, Banditas, Bar Sinister, Bastian Void, Bath Salts, Battle House, Battleships, Beach Cops, Bearstronaut, Bedroom Eyes, Beeman Glow, Bellows, Bell & The Bees, Benjamin Nelson, Ben Hersey, Bent Shapes, Best Practices, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, The BFs, Bhodi Tree Seeds, Big Big Bucks, Big Big Buildings, Big Digits, Big Fuzzy, Big Mess, Big Nils, Bird Organ, Birthdays, Black Kites, Black Pyramid, Black Pus, Bloodkrow Butcher, Blood Lfung, Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders, Bodydrama, Boilerman, Boom Boom Room, Boy Without God, Bozmo, Brenda, Brendan Murray, Brendan Murray/Patrick Emm, Brendan Boogie and the Best Intentions, Brown Rainbow, Brown Syndrome, Bugs and Rats, Bunny’s a Swine, CBCA, Cambden, Camp Hope, Camp Island, Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps, Casey Rocheteau, Castevet, Cave Bears, Ceremony, Chandeliers, Charlotte Cornfield, Charlotte Huffman, Charon is Charon, Cheerleader, Chemical Thirteen, Choo Choo la Rouge, Chris North Dream Quartet, Choke Up, Chris Warren, Chris Wilson, Cincinnatus C, Cinders, The Civil Warblers, The Clippers, Cloud Rat, Coke Weed, Colby Nathan, Color Channel, Colorful Fetus, Columns, Comanche, Combat Studies, Concord Ballet Orchestra, Congenital Death, Con Tex, Contortionist Jazz Exotica, Convulsions, Corephallism, Cotton Candy, Courters, Cowboy Band, The Craters, Creaturos, Credentials, Crinkle Face, Crinkles, Crush Freaks, Cuffs, Curmudgeon, Dada Trash Collage, Daikini Baby, Daily Pravda, Dangerous Ponies, Daniel Byrnes Band, Dan Webb & The Spiders, Dark Rodeo, Dawn Fauna, Dead Cats Dead Rats, Dead Uncles, Death First, Death Shepherd, Debo Band, The December Sound, Deftly Demolition, Devil and a Penny, Devil Music Ensemble, Dig Safe, Dime Band, Dinners, Dirty Dishes, Dirty Virgins, Don’t Panic, Double Awake, Dreamchild, Dream Warrior, Dropouts, Dry Humps, Duck That, Duncan Wilder Johnson, Earthquake Party, Eaten Youth, Electric Cactus, Eli Keszler, Embarker, The Enemy Within, Enharhe, Escalator, Eugene S. Robinson, Evans Anti Art Ensemble, Ex-Magicians, Explanets, Exusamwa, Face Crimes, The Fantasies, Fashion Snake, Fat Creeps, Father & Son, Fat History Month, Father Finger, Fat Worm of Error, Fausto Sierakowski, Fedavees, Fem Tops, Ferocious Fucking Teeth, Fey Rey & Freedom Sound, Firebad, Fjords, Flesh Control, FOAM/Crowley Ladin, Foreign Objects, Form a Log, Free Beer, Free Pizza, Fresh Kill, Friendo, Frozen Corn, The Fucktrots, Funny Money, Furnace, Gangbang Gordon, Gay Shapes, Geoglyphs, Get Laid, Ghost Box Orchestra, Gila Monster, Girlfriends, Golden Retriever, Gondoliers, Gozu, Gracious Calamity, Grass Is Green, Great Lakes MA, Great Valley, Green Beret, Greg Kelley, The Grownup Noise, Guerilla Toss, Guillermo Sexo, Guilty Party, Hallelujah The Hills, Hands and Knees, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Harsh Boys, HASTA, Headband, Headcase, Heavy Breathing, Hedge Fund, Helga Fassonaki, Herbcraft, Hero(n), Hive Mind, HO-AG, Holiday Mountain, Holy Sheet, Honeytones, Hot Company, Howard Martin Quartet, Howard Stelzer, Humanbeast, Human Hairs, Hunnie Bunnies, Hurricanes of Love, Hyena, Hypnic Jerk, I dm Theft Able, Immigrants, The Inhalers, In Like Lions, The IOA, Jack Wright, Jacques Le Coque, Jeremy Quick, Jesse Collins, John Mallia, John Wiese, Joint Raker, Josh Jefferson, Julia Easterlin, Jupiter Transmission, Kal Marks, Kate Lee, Kath Bloom, Katze, Keith Fullterton Whitman, Kid Bastard, Kilter, King Harvest, King Kevin, Kirtan Choir, Kit Wallach, Knight Howls, Kolour Kult, Krill, Kris Du Nord, Kunskappsladan, Lack, Ladybust, LA Lakers, Laura Smith, Lazy Magnet, Leagues, Led To The Grave, Lenny Lashley, Lesser Animals, Liable For Abuse, Licker, Life Partners, Like Wolves, Lilia Halpern, Lindsay Starr, Little Spoon, Living City, Locutions, Lolita Black, Los Condenados, Luau, Lube, Luisitania, MMOSS, MV & EE, Magic Magic, Major Stars, Make It Up, Mali Sastri, Magender, Man Alive, Man and Mountain, Manners, Manque, Many Mansions, Marconi, Matt Krefting, Matt York, Mean Man’s Dream, Megalife, Melissa Huser, Mia Friedman, Micah Blue Smaldone, Mic Raygun, The Migs, Mike Bullock/Vic Rawlins, Milkman’s Union, Mind Yeti, Mister Sister, Miwa Gemini BK, The Modern Voice, Molly Allis, The Moonlight Mile, Morgan Evans Weiler/Marc Bisson Duo, Mountainshark, Mount Peru, Mr Transylvania, My Politic, Nature Boys, Needy Visions, Neptune, Nerdy Virgins, New England Patriots, The New Highway Hymnal, Nickel and Dime Band, Nigel Taylor & Dave Tarantino, Night Birds, Night Fruit, Nina Violet, Ninni Morgia and Silvia Kastel, Nisi Period, No, No Fun, No Sound, Noms, Nomad, Nona, Nop, No Sir I Won’t, No Sound, Nothing After Neptune, Now Denial, Noxious Foxes, Old Abram Brown, One Armed Myst, Onslo, Orca Orca, Organ Trio, The Orient, Outlook, Paige Turner, Pancho The Kid, Parasol, Pataphor, Patrick Emm, Peace, Loving, Permafav, Phantom Glue, Phil Niblock, Pile, Pinball Wizards, Planning For Burial, Pole, Porn Theatre Ushers, Preggy Peggy and the Lazy Babymakers, Pregnant Spore, Public Beach, Quilt, Quinn, Radio Control, Raindance, Ramming Speed, Raphael, Rations, Rayvon Browne, Raven Strain, Red Heroine, Removal, Reports, Retribution Body, Reuben Son, Ricardo Donoso, Rick Berlin, Ricky Mclean, Ricochet, Ridgemont, The Roaches, Rosenkopf, Rotten Apples, Royal Wedding, Rozamov, Sad Boys, Sand Reckoner, Sarah Borrello, Saralee, Satch, The Scamps, Scant, Scott Kelly, Seamstress, Secret Boyfriend, See Through Band, Set, Shark?, Sharpwaist, Shelterbelt, Shepherdess, Shira E, Shoebei & the Dahls, Sinaloa, Shoppers, Siberian Iris, Sick Fix, Simon Hanes & Arian Shafiee, Simon Hanes/Fausto Seirakowski duo, Sinbusters, SKVLT, Skimask, Skinny Vinny, Slothrust, Slurred Murrays, Sneeze, Snidely, Soccer Mom, Soft Spot, So Is The Tongue, Something Sneaky, Son of Salami, Spare Child, Sparkle Shit, Spectre Alone, Speedy Ortiz, Spirit Kid, Spiritual Recess, Spoonboy, Spraynard, St. Helena, Stephen Brodsky and the Fantasies, Steve Norton, Steve Norton/Lucio Menegon Duo, Steve Norton/Polly Hanson, Streight Angular, Subklinix, Suffering Bastard, Suicide Magnets, The Suncastles, Sun Sister, Surrender, Sway, Sweet Jesus, Sylvester Alone, Tani, Taps, Teaadora, Tea Leigh, Team Spirit, Teen Wolves, Terminal Pharmacy, Tetanus, Tha! Clitteratti!, Thalia Zedek, Thick Shakes, Thunderheart, Thunderhole, Tied to a Bear, Tik Tok, Time Ghost, Timeheater, Tim Feeny, Titfit, Today Junior, Tongue Oven, Tool Time, Tooth Ache, Traces of Empire, Triode, Troubled Sleep, Twells/Christensen, Undark and the Radium Girls, Undeveloped Piles, VJ Jon Whitnet, Vava, Vehemont Caress, Velouria, Viszk, Viva Viva, Walter Wright, Warren, Weak Teeth, Western Syndrome, Whale Oil, Whiplash, Whirl, White Limo, White Pages, Will Jacobs, The Workers, Workshop Male Privilege, Worth, Wurm Tongue, Ximena, Xiphoid Dementia, Yale, Massachusetts, Yellow Ostrich, You Can Be A Wesley, Ynnad Zednanref, Yohimbe, Young Adults, You Won’t, Zerfalt, Zip Tie Handcuffs
Nights: Mother Superiors Midnight Mass @ Zuzu, The Series @ Weirdo Records, Night of the Living Deadhead @ Zuzu; pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS night @ Middlesex; Punx and Parkas DJ @ The Model; Last Rites nights @ O’Briens; IMPERIALISMS @ River Gods; Holy Calamity @ Zuzu; Fantastic Dance Party @ Zuzu; You Are Ear Thesis Show Series @ SMFA
Notables: Sound Affects was a new music appreciation club started in March. Fedavees and Dirty Virgins had vinyl release shows. Colleen Green played at the Fedavees 7” release on March 7. No Age played at Chum’s Coffeehouse on March 10. The Beasts of Improvisation on Parade was a travelling monthly series spotlighting a different artist at each show. Unregular Radio had a Boston Local Music Show featuring local bands live on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Smash It Dead Fest took place on March 23 and 24 at Wacky Castle and The Burrow and Democracy Center, respectively. Angela Sawyer and Vic Rawlings taught improv techniques at Museum School Library on March 29. Blastfest 5 took place at Cambridge YMCA on March 31. Boston Underground Film Festival took place at the Brattle Theater. Hunx & His Punx and Heavy Cream played Great Scott on April 2. The Together Fest took place from April 2 to April 8. Night Beats from Seattle and Apache Dropout from Indiana played at O’Briens on April 5. Liquor Store from New Jersey played The Midway Café on April 7. Psychotic Reaction from Oklahoma played at Zuzu on April 5. On April 12, Buck Gooter from Virginia and Black Pus (Providence) played at Butcher Shoppe. Record Hospital Fest took place on April 13 and 14 at Democracy Center. A Spring Zine event took place on April 15 at Washington Street Gallery. Tough Shits (Philly) and Foster Care (NYC) played PA’s Lounge on April 20. Leamers from Montreal and Crabe from France played at Wacky Castle on April 21. Leamers also played at Zuzu on April 23. Raw Meet took place on April 21 and 22. Future Islands and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (both from Baltimore) played The Paradise on April 28 with SKIMASK opening. Girlfriends morphed into Bent Shapes and played their first show under the new name in May. Quintron and Miss Pussycat from New Orleans, Louisiana played Great Scott on May 2. Black Dice played at BATV on May 3. Deep Heaven Now #5 took place on May 4 and 5 at PA’s Lounge and the Precinct. Bats In The Belfry (WMBR radio show focusing on goth/darkwave music) celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Magic Room on May 12. Mark Sultan played PA’s Lounge on May 12. Strange Boys and William Tyler played Great Scott on May 17. Sonny Vincent & The Bad Reactions (NYC) and Foster Care (NYC) played PA’s Lounge on May 18. Grass Widow played Great Scott on May 30. The Coathangers from Atlanta played Great Scott on May 31.
WINTER 2011/12 (DEC-FEB) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: Allston City Limits, The Aviary, Box Fort, The Burrow, The Butcher Shop, Cambridge Elks Lodge, Count Wackulas, Democracy Center, Flopera House, Gallery 263, Gay Gardens (Gary’s Garage), Ground Zero, Lilypad, Lorem Ipsum, Mass Art, The Muthership, Smokey Bear Cave, Spectacle, Spontaneous Celebrations, St. Andrew’s WK, Space Mountain, Starlab, Studio Soho, Tardis House, Third Life Studios, Video Underground, Wacky Castle, Washington Street Art, Weirdo Records, The Western Front, What We Talk About When We Talk About Us, Whitehaus, Yes.Oui.Si, YWCA (Cambridge)
Venues: Charlie’s Kitchen, Church, Jacques Cabaret, Great Scott, The Haven, Magic Room, Middlesex Lounge, O’Briens, PA’s Lounge, Plough and Stars, Precinct, Radio, TT The Bears, Zuzu
Bands: 1 in 2, 28 Degrees Taurus, 92 Protons, ACLU Benefit, AM Internet, Alan Gesso, Allysen Callery, The American Motherfuckers, Amobriax, Ampere, Ancient Filth, Andrew Eisenberg, Andy Allen, The Animal Hospital Ensemble, Antennae Wedding, Arborea, ARKM Foam, Arvid Noe, Atlantic Thrills, Aviv Rubinstein, Avoidance, Avoxblue, The BF’s, Baby Names, Babytown Frolics, Banditas, Beagle Bone, Benjamin Nelson, Berbere Superstar, Bereft, Beautiful Weekend, Bicycle Ride, Big Big Bucks, Big Girl, Big Nils, Bill Goffrier, Billy Raygun, Black Churches, Birdorgan, Birthdays, Bitchneck, Blood Lung, The Blue Dress, Bolt, Born Without Bones, Bowed Metal, Boy King Island, Bozmo, Bromp Treb, Bugs and Rats, Bullshit Tradition, Bumpr, Bunny’s A Swine, Burton and Judy Dunaway Duo, Butcher Boy, Carlisle Sound, Carousel, Cave Bears, CGS: Power Trio, The Chandaliers, Chris North, Christie Prince, Chris Warren, Church Tongue, Cian Argent, Citizens for Confetti, The Clippers, Con Tex, Controlled Bleeding, Corpuscle, Cotton Candy, Cowboy Band, Crank Sturgeon, The Craters, Creaturos, Crush Freaks, CUFFS, Cut Hands, Da Burds, Dan Webb and the Spiders, Dark Rodeo, Dave Grollman, Dead Boomers, Dead Ellington, Death Waltz ’76, DEBO Band, Devil & The Penny, The Diamond Mines, Dick and his Show-Starting Manfriend, Dinners, Dolfish, Don Gero, Donna Parker, Do Not Forsake Me, Double Awake, Double Nines, Dreamtigers, Dream Warrior, Duck That, Dust Witch, Eat Cloud, Eaten, Ellwood Epps, Emilie Mouchous, Epicureans, Eric Dahlman, Ess and Emm, Ette, Existence Establishment, Ex-Magicians, Exusamwa, The Fagettes, Fantastic Liars, Fat Creeps, Fat History Month, Firebad, The First Annual, Fjords, Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth, Flunk, Foreign Objects, Form & File, Four Eyes, Frank Morey Band, FRKSE/Temple Rat, Funny Money, The Furiosity, Future Carnivores, The Gallerist, Gas Attack, Gay Shapes, Genuine Fractals, Get Laid, Ghost Box Orchestra, Ghost Thrower, Gila Monster, Girl Bullets, Girlfriends, Glenn Jones, Gondoliers, Gouache and Wash, Gracious Calamity, Graph, Grass is Green, Graverobbers, Great Western Plain, Greg Mullen, Grownup Noise, Guerilla Toss, Guillermo Sexo, Guilty Party, Gut Bucket, Hallelujah the Hills, Hands and Knees, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Headband, Holy Sheet, Honeysuck, Horse Thief, Howard Martin, Hunnie Bunnies, Hurricanes of Love, I-AM, ID M Theftable, Ichorous, Idiolect, The Inhalers, The In Out, The IOA, Jade Sylvan, Jajuno, Jason Anderson and the Best, Jason Belcher, Jason Nichols, Jeff Young, Jeremy Dubs, Jerry Lim, Jesse Kaminsky, Jill Burton, The Jitters, Joe Burgio, Joey Molinaro, John Elliot, Josh Jefferson, Jules Valesynko, Kal Marks, Karen Zanes, Karlheinz, Kath Bloom, Katze, Kid Bastard, Klit, Krill, Lady Bust, Laura Jorgensen Band, Lawrence Welk & Our Bear to Cross, Lazy Magnet, Left & Right, Lexie Mountain, Libyans, Life and Limb, Little Spoon, Living Kills, The Lottery, Lou Cohen, Luau, LUBE, Lucia Stavros, Lucio Menegon, Lungwash, Lymbyc Systm, MMOSS, Mack Carroll, Magen Tracy, Magic Man, Major Stars, Manners, Many People’s Band, Man Without Plan, Matt Dalton, Matt Heaton and the Electric Heaters, Matt Murphy, Matt Samolis, Max Lord, Maxwell Citron, The Meadowlarks, Megalife, Metal Feathers, Michael Rosenstein, Mic Raygun, The Migs, Mike Brown, Mike Bullock, Mike Debenedictis, Mind Yeti, Ming Ming, Mission of Burma, Mobius Trio, Modern Hut, Mod Gun, Molly Allis, Morgan Evans Weiler, Mother Mangos Mustard, Mouthy Mouth, Mountanshark, Movers and Shakers, Mummy, My Brother Danel, Needy Visions, Neptune, The New and Very Welcome, The New Highway Hymnal, The Nickel and Dime Band, Nicky Romance, Nigel Taylor, Night Fruit, North Highlands, No Submission & Hunger, No Sir I Won’t, Nug Life, Nyodene D, Of Thousands, Oh My Darling, The Old Edison, Olden Yolk, Old Hag, Organ Trio, Ovlov, Parasol, Pataphor, Peace, Loving, Peg House, Penalty Kill, Personal Finance, Pile, The Pink Parts, Positive Noise, Potty Mouth, Powerwolves, Pretty Peggy and the Lazy Baby Makers, Preggy Peggy’s Huangmei Opera, Pregnant Spore, Quarterly, Quilt, Quinn, Raw Sex, The Red Heroine, Reports, Reuben Son, Richard Davies, Ridgemont, Roadrage, Rotten Apples, Rumors of a Strange Universe, Sand Reckoner, Saralee, Scouter, Sean Patrick Mulroy, Seax, See Thru Band, Shambles, Sharpwaist, Shattered Badge, Shawn Greenlee, Shepherdess, Siamese Twins, The Sinbusters, Single Female Lawyer, Skimask, Skinny Vinny, Skunky Headies, Sneeze, Soccer Mom, Son of Salami, Speedy Ortiz, Spiritual Recess, Squall, The Stereo State, Steve Norton, Streight Angular, Strings&Skins, Subclinix, Surf’s Up Spicoli, The Tampoffs, Tan Vampires, Tara Mueller, Tea Lea, Ted Billings, Ten Thirty Nine, Thee Source ov Fawnation, Them, There, Thick Shakes, Thunderheart, Thunderhole, Tigers Jaw, Tilt-A-Whirl, Time Ghost, Tom Thumb, Tony Gwen Stefani, Tony The Bookie, The Tower and the Fool, Trabants, Traffic Jam, Trapper Keeper, Traveling, Triode, Tsunami of Sound, Undeveloped Piles, Vava, Vehement Caress, Veiled, Vic Rawlings and Bryan Eubanks, Walter Wright, Warbles, War of Words, Western Syndrome, Wetbrain, Whatever and Lillith, When Particles Collide, White Lodge, White Pages, Whore Paint, Woodrow Wilsons, Woodsy Pride, The World Without Parking Lots, Worker Gorgy, Worth, Wrong Shapes, Ximena, Xiphoid Dementia, Yale, Massachusetts, Yellowbirds, Yoni Gordon, Young Adults, Young Leaves, You Won’t, Zac Davis, ZEBU!
Nights: The Series @ Weirdo Records, Night of the Living Deadhead @ Zuzu, pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS night @ Middlesex; Holy Calamity @ Zuzu; Imperialisms @ River Gods; Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Notables: Nick Williams started One Kind Favor records focusing on reissues of private press albums. Prefab Messiahs “Peace Love and Alienation” LP was reissued by Fixed Identity. Mark Sultan played at The Magic Room on December 2. From The Back of the Room, a documentary of female involvement in the DIY community, played at Coolidge Corner Theater on December 9. Bodies of Water – Boston Hassle – compiled local underground music into a wearable button and had a release show at Great Scott on December 11. Fat Creeps played two December shows at PA’s Lounge. Flestivus, a two day experimental and improvisational music festival, took place at Flopera House on December 9 and 10. Guerilla Toss, Hunnie Bunnies, and Son of Salami went on a tour to the Midwest and South in January. The Best Thing Ever played a show at the Whitehaus on January 13. Pissed Jeans played at Great Scott on January 21. On January 22, Lady Fest Boston showed the Le Tigre documentary “Who Took The Bomp?” at Washington Street Art Center. The Boston Underground Summit IV took place at the YWCA in Cambridge on January 28 and featured the likes of Guerilla Toss, Needy Visions, MMOSS, Saralee and many more. The Boston Surf Rock Rumble took place on January 29 at Church. Fourtissimo was a four night experimental and improvisational music festival that took place in Fort Point at Studio Soho starting on February 2. Lady Fest Boston took over the YMCA in Central for the weekend starting February 3. Liquor Store from NJ played PA’s Lounge on February 4. The New Highway Hymnal released a 7” on February 10 at Great Scott. Jeffrey Lewis played at the Whitehaus on February 10. The Whitehaus Family Record released a vinyl compilation called Are You In Paradise on February 11. Screaming Females played at Lorem Ipsum on February 13. Woollen Kits from Australia played Plough and Stars on February 18. Noise fest Flexfest took place on February 23 at Flopera House. Raw Meet #4 took place at Smokey Bear Cave on February 25. Teenage Cool Kids of Denton, Texas played What We Talk About on February 26. The Spits of Michigan and TV Ghost of Indiana played Church on February 27. Brooklyn’s Royal Baths played Butcher Shoppe on February 28.
FALL 2011 (SEP-NOV) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: Abandoned Bear Cages, The Aviary, The Beeper Store, Boomerangs, Brookline Access TV (BATV), The Circus, Crane Room (Tufts), Democracy Center, Gay Gardens (GG Allin's, Gary’s Garage), Halfway House, Hotung Cafe, Lilypad, Lorem Ipsum Books, The Muthership, Smokey Bear Cave, SMFA, Spectacle, Starlab, Studio Soto, Twin Towers, Villa Victoria, Weirdo Records, What We Talk About When We Talk About Us, Whitehaus, Yes.Oui.Si
Venues: Charlie's Kitchen, Church, Great Scott, The Haven, Middle East Upstairs, Middlesex Lounge, The Midway, O'Briens Pub, PA's Lounge, Plough and Stars, The Precinct, Radio, Rivergods, Smokey Bear Cave, TT The Bears, Zuzu
Bands: 2 Ton Bug, ACLU Benefit, Age Rings, Aids Wolf, AM Internet, Amobriax, Ancient Filth, Andy Allen, Amoroso, Arkm Foam/Walter Wright, Arvid Noe, Baby Driver, Baby Names, Banditas, Battle House, Bell and the Bees, Benny Nelson, Big Big Bucks, Big Black Cloud, Big Dick Cop, Big Digits, Big Fuzzy, Big Mess, Billy Raygun, BIRTHDAYS, Bisexual Lions of God, Black Thai, Blood of the Gods, Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders, Bodega Sluts, Bozmo, The Blue Dress, Bradley Bailey, Bugs N Rats, Bunny's A Swine, Caboladies, Camp Hope, Carlisle Sound, Casanovas In Heat, Cate Giordano, Cave Bears, Celestial Shore, Child Bite, Chris Forgues, Chris North, Chris Warren, Choke Up, Chronic Spells, Chuck Johnson, Cinders, A City Safe From Sea, The Clippers, Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, Condensed Flesh, Con Tex, Convulsions, Cotton Candy, The Craters, Creaturos, Cuffs, Curmodegon, Dan Webb and the Spiders, Dark Rodeo, Dat Tracker, Dead Air, Death Shepherd, Diastema, Dinners, Dollar Slice, Doldrums, Double Awake, Doomstar!, Draize, Dream Warrior, Dukes County Love Affair, Dust Commander, Early Adopted, Earthquake Party, Eat Cloud, Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band, Estrogen Highs, Ex Magicians, Explanets, Exusamwa, The Fagettes, Fashion Snake, Fat History Month, Fedavees, Fjords, Florida=Death, FOAM, Four Eyes, Free Pizza, Funny Money, Furnace, Future Everybody, Fuxa Natra, Gangsta Love, GASH, Get Laid, Gila Monster, Girlfriends, Glass Teeth, Glenn Jones, Gondoliers, Gone Bad, Gracious Calamity, Greg Kelley, Guerilla Toss, Guillermo Sexo, Guilty Party, Hands and Knees, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Headband, Hear Hums, Heathen Shame, Hedge Fund, High Seas, HO-AG, Holiday Mountain, Holy Sheet, Horse Spirit Penetrates, Hot Company, Howard Stelzer, Hurricanes of Love, Hunnie Bunnies, Hyena, Hypnic Jerk, The IOA, Ichabod, The Inframan, The Inhalers, Initial B.R., The In Out, Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society, Kal Marks, Karma To Burn, Kath Bloom, Ketman, Kid Romance, Knighthowls, Korriban, Krill, Lars Vegas, Laura Cortese Band, Laurelin Kruse, Lead Stones, Leagues, Leezone, Levi Strom, Life Partners, The Lonely Bull, Looker, Loft, Loud Objects, Lumberjack, Luau, Luke Molodof, MMOSS, Mr Transylvania, Magic Markers, Magic People, Major Stars, Male Nurses, Many Peoples Band, Marconi, Mark Fell, Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution, Metal & Glass, Mia Friedman, Mia Friedman & Arian Shaifee, Middle Kingdom, Milky Ghosts, Mind Jelly, Mind Yeti, MiniBoone, Mister Sister, Molasses, Morgan Evans-Weiler, The Morgan Shaker Family Band, Most Bitter, Mutual Benefit, Nam, Nat Roe, Needy Visions, Neptune, New Highway Hymnal, Nicky Romance, Nigel Taylor, Night Fruit, Noise Nomads, No Way Jose, Now Denial, Pancho The Kid, Party Pigs, Peace, Loving, Peter Negroponte, Peter Whincop, Pilgrim, Pile, The Pink Parts, Poison Oaks, Poltergeist Friction, Poor Everybody, Pretty & Nice, The Proselyte, The Psyched, Puppy Mill, Quilt, Raymond Morin, The Red Heroine, Rene Hell, Reports, Resignation, Reuben Son, Ricardo Donoso, Rotten Apples, SKVLT, Saralee, Scouter, Sharpwaist, The Silks, Skimask, Skinny Vinny, Sore Eros, Spam, Spirit Kid, Steamstress, Stillbirth, Streight Angular, The Suicide Dolls, Summer of Aden, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sunram, Sunshine Soldier, Sway, Symptomatic, Taps, The Tampoffs, Tatsuya Nakatani, Theodore Treehouse, Thick Shakes, Thief Thief, Thyroid, Tik Tok, Typical White Male, Ugh God, Vehement Caress, Vic Rawlings, Village of Spaces, Viva Viva, XTBAX, Xiphoid Dementia, White Limo, White Pages, Whore Paint, Young Adults, Zebu, Zbornak
Nights: The Series @ Weirdo Records; Night of the Living Deadhead @ ZUZU; pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS night @ Middlesex; IMPERIALISMS @ Rivergods; Don’t Ask Don’t Tell; Make It New @ Middlesex
Notables: Oakland's Hunx & His Punx played with K-Holes and MMOSS at TT The Bears on September 2. Reports released an LP on Ride The Snake Records on September 3 - the release show at PA's Lounge featured Kitchen's Floor on tour from Australia. On September 4, JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD from Nashville played Great Scott with Skimask, Bugs N Rats, and Luau. Carnivores and Mood Rings from Atlanta played Great Scott on September 18. Vivian Girls and Widowspeak of NYC played Great Scott on September 19. NEPTUNE released a record on Northern Spy in October. The Boston Hassle music blog started. Acid Baby Jesus from Greece played at Tufts on October 10. Homegrown Fest III took place from October 14 to October 16 at Villa Victoria and Crane Room. Jacuzzi Boys played PA’s Lounge on October 19. Diarrhea Planet from Nashville played Gay Gardens on October 20. Natural Child from Nashville played at Twin Towers on November 1. The Papercut Zine Library moved into Lorem Ipsum on November 5. Cheap Time from Nashville played Church on November 14.
SUMMER 2011 (JUNE-AUG) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: Arc En Ciel, The Aviary, Brookline Access Television (BATV), The Burrow, Butcher Shoppe, The Circus, Democracy Center, Eric Dahlman, The Fleisenberg Floft, The Fort, The Frat Cave (Waltham), Gay Gardens (GG Allins), The Hen House, House of 1000 Smiles, Lilypad, The Muthership, Oberon, PT109, Problem House, Royal Palace, Smokey Bear Cave, Starlab, Studio 54, Weirdo Records, Whitehaus, Yes. Oui. Si
Venues: Charlie's Kitchen, Church, The Goodlife, Great Scott, The Haven, The Middle East Upstairs, The Middlesex Lounge, The Midway Cafe, The Model, O'Briens Pub, PA's Lounge, The Precinct, River Gods, Zuzu
Bands: 2 Ton Bug, 28 Degrees Taurus, 92 Protons, AM Internet, Ancient Filth, Ageism, Animal Hospital, April Ranger, Arvid Noe, Awful Man, BJ Snowden, Banditas, Battle House, Beat Awfuls, Bella's Band, Berbere Superstar, Big Digits, Big Fuzzy, Big Nils, Biographies, Birdlips, Bird Organ, Birthdays, Bisexual Lions of God, The Blue Dress, Bobb Trimble, Brendan Wood, Brop Treb, Bugs and Rats, Bunny's A Swine, The Burds, Byrd/Thompson, Canary Ferret, Chris Corsano/Bill Nace Duo, Chris North, Choke Up, The Clap, Cleansing Wave, The Colin L. Orchestra, Convulsions, The Craters, Crazy Spirit, Curmudgeon, Cutleri, Dagwood, Dan Webb & The Spiders, Deafbabe, Death Shepherd, The Debate, December Sound, D Gookin, DNFMOMD, Doomstar, The Dopamines, Draize, Duck That, Earthquake Party, Easter Bloodhounds, Ed Masuga, Eggs Eggs, The Electric City of the Future, Ehnahre, Evan Greer, Extra Life, Exusamwa, The Fagettes, Falcon Levitation, Fat Worm of Error, Fedavees, Ferocious Fucking Teeth, Fey Rey, Finisher, Foreign Objects, Funny Money, The Furiousity, Furnace, The G-Spots, Garincha, Gary War, Gash, Gay Shapes, George from Amoroso, Ghost in Salad, Girlfriends, Gone Bad, Gracious Calamity, Graph, Great Valley, Grizzler, Group Doueh, Guerilla Toss, Guillermo Sexo, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Headband, Heathen Shame, Heavy Sweaters Band, Herbcraft, Hogstompers, Holiday Mountain, Honeysuck, Horaflora, Horsehands, Hunnie Bunnies, Hurricanes of Love, Hypnic Jerk, Idiolect, Immigrants, The Inhalers, Iron Hand, J Won't, Jam Fu, Jason Sanford, Jesse Rifken, Jimmy Hugs The Scientist, Jukebox Romantics, KC Solaris, Kal Marks, Karen Zane, Keichi Hashimoto, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Khaira Arby, Kid Romance, Libyans, Life Partners, LIVVER, Loup Garou and Steve Norton, Luau, Lunglust, MMOSS, Magic People, Manners, Major Stars, Make Love, The Many Peoples Band, Matahari, Mattress, MC2, Metal and Glass Ensemble, Mikey Lee, Mind Yeti, Mister Siter, Molly Allis, Mornin' Ol Sport, Most Bitter, Mount Peru, Movers & Shakers, Naga Gaga, Nam, Neptune, New Creases, New Highway Hymnal, Night Fruit, No Fun, Nose Jobs, Now Denial, Numbers and Letters, Old Edison, Olneyville Sound System, One Happy Island, Outdates, Outpost 13, OWWLFOXX, Parasol, The Party Pigs, Pataphor, Peace, Loving, Peter Negroponte, Pile, Pink Parts, Planets Around The Sun, Preggy Peggy, The Proselyte, Pupstar, Putnam Murdock, Quilt, Quinn, The Radicals, Ramming Speed, Reports, Resignation, Riff Gallagher, Roland & Jane, Rotten Apples, Ryan Lee Crosby, Ryley Walker, Sacred Harp, Sam Mickens, Saralee, Second Day Venom, Shadow Waltz, Shepherdess, Shira E, Skimask, Side O'Ranch, Single Female Lawyer, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleepy Very Sleepy, Slowdim, Social Circkle, Soccer Mom, Soft Skull, Speaker for the Dead, Spirit Kid, Spooktober, Steel Garter, The Stolen Elk, Swamp Angels, The Tampoffs, Tamsin Wilson, Tan Vampires, Taps, Team Teamwork, Teenage Penis and the Herps, Thick Shakes, Tinsel Teeth, Toilet Phone, Trabants, Triple Thick, Troop of Echoes, Tropical Ooze, Veedon Fleece, Vehement Caress, Veloz, Venerate The Plow, Vile Bodies, Walkmaster Flex, Walter Noons, Waste Management, Welcome Home, White Pages, Wife, Will Stratton, Wrong Bodies, Xela, YDMIER #6, Young Adults, Young Tremors, You Wont
Nights: Primordial Sounds two band bills @ Middlesex Lounge, SWAGDAD @ O'Briens, The Series @ Weirdo Records, Night of the Living Deadhead @ ZUZU; Mondo Fiasco @ The Model; IMPERALISMS @ River Gods
Notables: The ICA had a summer exhibition of vinyl-related art. The Fagettes went on a West Coast tour with Rotten Apples in July. Store 54, a thrift joint, opened in June in Allston. R. Stevie Moore played Church on June 14. On June 16, The Beets from Queens, NY played at Allston basement venue Problem House, also with Brilliant Colors from San Francisco. Boomerangs opened on Mass Ave in Central Sq in June. Heavy Cream from Nashville, TN played Butcher Shoppe on June 21. June 23 was stacked with touring bands in Boston: White Lung and Nu Sensae from Canada played Gay Gardens, Hanni El Khatib and Bass Drum of Death played Great Scott, and Strange Boys and White Fence played Church. Sic Alps and Purling Hiss played Church on June 26. Nobunny played Church on June 30. Kurt Vile and Woods played Brighton Music Hall on July 11. From The Back Room screened at Democracy Center on July 14. Ed Schrader's Music Beat played Butcher Shoppe on July 16. BJ Snowden played ZUZU on July 18. Raw Meet #1 took place at A Sensitive Location and featured 15 bands (many on tour from NC & St. Louis) with 15 minute sets back to back. July 22 to July 24 was Allston DIY FEST at The Burrow, Royal Palace, Problem House, Butcher Shoppe, and Ringer Park. Kid Romance released a 12" on Skrot Up Records out of Denmark in July. Fat History Month released their debut 12" on Sophomore Lounge in August. Deep Heaven Now 4 took place at PA's and The Precinct. Brain F# (Brain Flannel) from North Carolina played The Frat Cave on August 5. Starlab Fest took place on August 6. Weird Stock 3 took place on August 14 at Cambridge YMCA. Iceage from Denmark played Midway on August 15. The Soupcans from Toronto played at The Hen House on August 20.
SPRING 2011 (MAR-MAY) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: 3rd Life Studios, The Aviary, Blue Triangle Loft, Brookline Access TV, The Butcher Shoppe, Democracy Center, The Fort, The Floft (Fleisenberg Floft), Frat Cave (Waltham), Gay Gardens (GG Allin's Broken Home), Helms Deep, The Hen House, House of 1,000 Smiles, Lilypad, The Muthership, Peewee's Playhouse, Problem House, The Slaughterhouse Gallery, Spectacle (Chinatown), Starlab, Wacky Kastle, Weirdo Records, Whitehaus, Yes Oui Si, YMCA (Central Sq.)
Venues: All Asia, Charlie's Kitchen, Church, Great Scott, The Haven, The Middlesex Lounge, Midway Cafe, O'Briens, PA's Lounge, Plough and Stars, The Precinct, TT The Bears, Zuzu
Bands: 28 Degrees Taurus, Alto Jeffro, Amoroso, Andrew Eisenberg, Ancient Filth, Ancient Ocean, Andy & Zeus, Angela Sawyer, Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase, Animal Hospital, Anthony Savino, Arvid Noe, Asha, Ashley Paul, Aspects of War, Avi Jacob, Awful Man, The BFs, Baba Yaga, Battle House, B. Law, Bell & The Bees, Beautiful Weekend, Berglind Augustdottir, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Big Big Bucks, Big Digits, Bill Nace & Greg Kelly Duo, Birthdays, Blood Krow Butcher, Blue Dress, Bobb Trimble and his Flying Spiders, Bone Zone, Bozmo, Brain Killer, Brenda, Brian S. Ellis, Bubonic Bear, Bugs and Rats, Byrd and Thompson Duo, CBOP, Caring Babies, Casey Rocheteau, Cave Bears, Child Bride, Choke Up, Chris Corsano, Chris North, Chris Paddock, Chris Welcome, Chronox, The Clippers, Codeine Schoolboy, Comanche, Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, Corridors, Cotton Candy, Crank Sturgeon, The Credentials, Curmudgeon, The Curses, Daniel Striped Tiger, Dan Webb, Das Butcher, Deaf Center, Death Shepherd, Deep Sheep, Devil Music Ensemble, Diastema, Dick Zoo, Die-Cut Tears, Dolphins Into The Future, Doomstar, Dream Apartment, Dry Hump, Duck That, Dust Commander, Eat Cloud, Emma N. Young, Extreme Animals, The Fagettes, Fat History Month, Fedavees, Ferocious Fuckheads, The Fleece, Fleshtone Aura, Florida=Death, Floris Van Hoof, Flower-Corsano Duo, Foam/Flora, Free Pizza, Fruit Salad, Fucs, Fucking Teeth, Fugue, Funa Natra, Funny Money, Furnace, Future Carnivores, Get Laid, Ghost Box Orchestra, Ghost In Salad, Girlfriends, Glenn Jones, Gobby, Golden Ghost, Golden Girls, The Gondoliers, Gracious Calamity, Graph, Graverobbers, Greasy Cuffs Song Tour, Greg Kelley, The Grinds, Gross, Guillermo Sexo, Headband, Heathen Shame, Hello Shark, High Aura'd, Hogstompers, Homeworld, Howard Martin, Hunnie Bunnies, Hyena, ID M Theftable, Initials BR, Jay Sullivan, Jeff Mission, Jenny Graf, Jimmy Hugs The Scientist, Jizz Wizard, Joe Burgio, Kal Marks, Kath Bloom, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Kevin Frenette, Kid Romance, Kill Conrad, Kit Demos, Leagues, Libyans, Life Partners, Little Bones, MMOSS, MV & EE, Magic People, Major Stars, Make Love, Male Nurses, Manners, Many Mansions, Marconi, Michael Rosenstein, Mike Bullock, Mind Jelly, Mini-Boone, Mister Sister, Molly Allis and Friends, Monopoly Child Star Searchers, Moon Climb The Wall, Morgan Evans Weiler, Morgan Shaker, Mount Peru, Needy Visions, Neptune, Nerdy Virgins, The New Highway Hymnal, Now Denial, Nutchild, Offset Needle Radius, Ok Vancouver Ok, Ovlov, Parasol, Party Pigs, Pataphor, Peace/Loving, Pile, Points North, Puppy Mill, Rafael Toral, Ramming Speed, Reformed Homosexual, Reports, Retribution Body, Roh Delikat, Saralee, The Scamps, Scouter, Second Day Venom, Shai Erlichman, Shayna Dulberger, Shira E, Shitaly, The Silks, Skimask, Skinny Vinny, Sneaky Mister, Son of Salami, Soft Pyramids, Sore Eros, Streight Angular, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sunrising, The Super Secret Project, Sway, Table Radios, Taiwan Typhoon, The Tampoffs, Taps, There Will Be Drums, Three French Hens, This Car Up, Tigersaw, Tik Tok, Tinsel Teeth, Tristan Da Cunha, Twilight Tipi, Ununi, Utah Jazz, Vic Rawlings, Vile Bodies, Viva Viva, Volcano Kings, Waters Boylan, Welcome Home, White Birch Brewery Tasting, Who Killed Spikey Jacket?, Wounded Knees, Wright/Vasalenko/Pensado Trio, Xela, You and Your Pointy Ears, Young Adults, Zomes, The Zookeepers
Nights: Primordial Sounds two band bills @ Middlesex Lounge; Non-Event; Night of the Living Deadhead @ Zuzu; The Series @ Weirdo Records; Don't Ask Don't Tell @ O'Briens; Imperialism @ River Gods;
Notables: The Aviary art space/gallery opened in JP on March 3. The Beets from Queens played PA's on March 3. BLAST FORTH was the Whitehaus Family Record fourth annual showcase at The YMCA in Central Square, Cambridge on March 20. SMASHITDEADFEST 2011, a 3 day punk fest to benefit Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, began on March 25 and took place at Problem House, House of 1,000 Smiles, and MassArt Gym. On March 30, JEFF The Brotherhood and Juiceboxxx played Great Scott, with Skimask opening. The Midway Cafe was newly expanded as of April 2011. Heavy Cream from Tennessee played Starlab on April 4 and on the same day Colleen Green played Zuzu. Tres Gatos, Boston's first full service restaurant, book, and music store opened in JP. The annual WHRB Record Hospital Fest took place on April 8 and 9 at Democracy Center. Overnight Lows on Goner Records played Charlie's Kitchen on April 11. The third Deep Heaven now took place at The Precinct and PA's on April 15 and 16. On April 18, Davila 666 from Puerto Rico played at Charlie's Kitchen. Hunx and his Punx and Shannon and the Clams played at TT The Bears on April 24 with The Fagettes opening. White Wires from Ottawa played Starlab on April 29 with Colleen Green, Big Big Bucks, and Luau. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 played The Midway on May 9 (first Boston show in over 10 years). JP Record Fair happened on May 15. Mass Market was held at the Mass Art Gym on May 21. Peach Kelli Pop (Allie of White Wires) played Problem House on May 26 with Kal Marks, Saralee, and The Scamps. WTF Fest 4 took place in Wellfleet, Cape Cod.
WINTER 2010/11 (DEC-FEB) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: Brookline Access TV, Blue Triangle, Bungee Stomp, The Burrow, Busted Ship, Cafe Fixe, Democracy Center, Dubhaus, Eisenberg Loft, Frat Cave (Waltham), Gay Gardens, Hallway Gallery, Haunted Casino, House (of 1,000 Smiles), Out of the Blue Art Gallery, Spectacle, Spontaneous Celebrations, Starlab, Studio 54, The Muthership, Weirdo Records, Whitehaus, Yes Oui Si, YMCA (Central Sq.)
Venues: Charlie's Kitchen, Church, Great Scott, Middle East Upstairs, Middlesex Lounge, Midway Cafe, PA's Lounge, Plough and Stars, O'Briens, Zuzu
Bands: Acht(En), Adam Aslan & The Aslannots, Amoroso, Andrew Bernstein, Andrew Eisenberg Duo, Angela Sawyer, Anna Fox, Arvid Noe, Asyna Asayn, Aster, Audrey Ryan, Baba Yaga, Banditas, BEES, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Big Digits, Blevin Blectum, Boston Strangler, Brain Drain, Brendan Murray, Bunny's A Swine, Camp Island, Cave Bears, Charlotte Huffman, Chris Corsano and Dredd Foole Duo, Chris North, Chris Warren, Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, Cotton Candy, Coyote Kolb Brown Bird, Crank Sturgeon, The Craters, Crotchbag, Cycles, Daily Life, Dan Webb and the Spiders, Death Shepherd, Dianetics, Dinasaur, Donna Parker, Doomstar!, Double Awake, Duck That, Dutchguts, Eat Cloud, Endless Humiliation, Exusamwa!, The Fagettes, Fat History Month, Fat Worm of Error, Fedavees, Florida=Death, Franklin's Mint, FRKSE, Funny Money, Ghost in Salad, Gila Monster, Girlfriends, Give Paris One More Ch-, GOBBY, Gondoliers, Government Warning, Gracious Calamity, Graph, Greg Moon, Grave Robbers, The Great Valley, Hands and Knees, Hangman's Alphabet, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Hex Map, High Aura'd, Hogstompers, Homeworld, Howard Martin, Human Hairs, Hunnie Bunnies, Hurricanes of Love, Hyena, ID M Theftable, Immaculate Grotesque, Keith Waters, Kevin Micka & Mark Pearson Duo, King Rat, Lex Russo, Life Partners, Lion Club, Lyres, MMOSS, Magic Magic, Major Stars, Male Nurses, Manners, Many Mansions, Marcia Basset and Samara Lubelski, Mature ATM, Matt Murphy, MEandJOANCOLLINS, Memorize The Sky, Middle Kingdom, Mind Yeti, Ming Ming, Molly Allis and the Light Warrior Orchestra, Moon Climb The Wall, Most Bitter, Motionless, Mount Peru, Mr. Sister, Mutation in the Gyrd, Nnu3, Needy Visions, Nerdy Virgins, No Way Jose, Nose Jobs, Ohpibre, Owlhead Wooden Man, Owen Gardener, Pancho The Kid, Patrick EMM, Peace/Loving, Pelvis McGillicuddy, Pile, Points North, Puppymill, Quilt, Ramming Speed, RENE, Reuben Son, Revocation, Rotten Apples, The Rowdy Ones, Sam Gas Can, Sami Danger Stevens, Sassachu, The Scamps, Secret Sea, Seijiro Murayama, Seth Faergolzia, Sexcrement, Shitaly, Skimask, Skinny Vinny, Smak 10k, Sore Eros, Spirit Kid, Straight Angular, Steve Norton/Noell Dorsey, The Tampoffs, Ten Years Old, Thick Shakes, Thundersun, TINSEL TEETH, Treehorn, Triple Thick, Truman Peyote, Tunnel of Love, Typical White Male, Urethra Franklin and Almond-Butter Brothers Band, Vic Rawlings, Vile Bodies, Volcano Kinds, Waking Lights, Waters Boylan, Welcome Home, You and Your Pointy Ears, Zerfallt
Nights: Primordial Sounds two band bills @ Middlesex Lounge; Non-Event; Golden Sound Series @ Brookline Access TV filmed live and put on YouTube; Nighttime Gallagher & DJ Lenny @ ZuZu; Night of the Living Deadhead, Mondays @ Zuzu; The Series @ Weirdo Records, IMPERALISM @ River Gods
Notables: MASS MARKET was held on December 12 in the Mass Art Gym and that night Juiceboxxx from Milwaukee performed at Brookline Access TV. On December 21, The Eeries from Philly played at Gay Gardens. The Konks final show was at Great Scott on January 29, 2011 with The Tampoffs, Triple Thick, and Tunnel of Love. Yes Oui Si officially opened on February 11. The 3rd Boston Underground Summit took place at the YMCA in Central on February 12 as did a Records and Zines fair at Democracy Center. GONE BAD from NY featuring Coco Roy played at PA's on February 26.
FALL 2010 (SEP-NOV) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: Brookline Access TV, Cafe Fixe, Eleconia, Fiscenberg Loft, Frida Bee, Gay Gardens, Goeth-Institute, Problem House, Spectacle (Chinatown), Starlab, The Temple, Weirdo Records, Whitehaus, Yes.Oui.Si, YMCA (Cambridge)
Venues: Great Scott, Midway Cafe, PA's Lounge, The Paramount, TT The Bears, The Western Front, ZuZu
Bands*: 28 Degrees Taurus, Ambitious Tugboat, Anna Fox, Animal Hospital, Audio Slab, Avoidance, Baba Yaga, Baby Brainwaves, Baby Driver, Banditas, Beach Hair, Bell & The Bees, The Big Big Bucks, Black Pyramid, The Blue Ribbon Band, Bobb Trimble & His Flying Spiders, The Body, Chris Devlin, The Cold Beat, Corridors, The Cups, Damon and Naomi, Death Shepherd, Debo Band, December Sound, Dick Panthers, Doomstar, Double Awake, Drug Rug, Duck That, Earthquake Party!, Electric Zeus, Eli Keszler, Endless Wave, Eternia, Exusamwa, Fast Death, Fat History Month, Fat Worm of Error, The Fedavees, Freida Abtan, French Cops, Girlfriends, Gracious Calamity, Grizzler, Hands and Knees, Heathen Shame, Herbcraft, High Aura'd, Holzkopf, Hyena, Invisible Circle, Jaggery, Jason Lescaleet, Jesse Gallagher, Joe Turner & Seven Levels, Kal Marks, Kath Bloom, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Kevin Micka / Mark Pearson Duo, Life Partners, Lion Club, Loud Neighbors, MAGIC MAGIC, Maine Coons, Many Mansions, Major Stars, Male Nurses, Marissa Nadler, Math The Band, Mind Yeti, MMOSS, Movers & Shakers, MV & EE, Needy Visions, Neptune, Peace, Loving, Pelvis McGillicuddy, People of the North, The Points North, Polly Pockets, Puppy Mill, QUILT, Recall, Reuben Son, Reports, Rotten Apples, The Rowdy Ones, Scamps, Schurt Kwitters, Scribblenauts, Shepherdess, Shitaly, Skimask, Sunrising, Taps, Thick Shakes, Thundersun, Travil Laplante, Truman Peyote, Tunnel of Love, Turtle Ambulance, Vic Rawlings, Vile Bodies, Viva Viva, War of Words, The Woodrow Wilsons, Wurm Tongue, Young Adults
Nights: IMPERIALISM @ River Gods, Nighttime Gallagher & DJ Lenny @ ZuZu
Notables: September 13 at Weirdo Records was Maine Coons last show before he bailed to Austin. Armageddon Record Shop opened in September in Harvard Square. UV Race from Australia played at Problem House on September 14 as part of a tour that included a slot at Gonerfest 7. JP Fest took place on September 24 at The Temple. Homegrown II, a festival put on by Bodies of Water Shows, took place on October 15, 16, 17 at The Temple. Peep this line-up, stolen from Compass Issue #9:
Deep Heaven Now took place on November 12 and 13 at PA's Lounge and Precinct. No Age rolled through the Middle East Downstairs and Needy Visions opened.
SUMMER 2010 (JUNE-AUG) - THE DIY/UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPE IN BOSTON
DIY/All Ages Spaces: Brookline Access TV, Butcher Shoppe (B Shoop), Democracy Center, Gay Gardens, Lilypad, Problem House, Starlab, The Temple, Weirdo Records, Whitehaus
Venues: Cantab Lounge, Charlie's Kitchen (Monday nights especially), Great Scott, O'Briens Pub, PA's Lounge,
Bands*: Abram Taber, Ambitious Tugboat, Angela Sawyer, Animal Hospital, Apollo Sunshine, ARVID NOE, Banditas, Big Bear, Big Digits, Blevin Bectum, Blister Pack, Bobb Trimble's Flying Spiders, Bone Zone, Brian S. Ellis, CEREAL, The Cold Beat, Comma, Debo Band, Devil Music, Dick Heaven, DOOMSTAR, Double Awake, Drug Rug, Duck That, Easy Boy, Ehnahre, Fat History Month, Four Eyes, Fuxa Natra, Girlfriends, Gracious Calamity, Graph, The Great Valley, Hands and Knees, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Heathan Shame, Horse Spirit Penetrates, Human Hairs, Hyena, Jack Callahan, Joe Turner & The Seven Levels, Kid Romance, Kurt Weisman, Lawrence Welks, Life Partners, Lord Jeff, Loup Garou, Maine Coons, Manners, Many Mansions, Metal and Glass Ensemble, Mind Yeti, MMOSS, Mouse Queen, Needy Visions, Neptune, New Yoga, Ophibre, Peace, Loving, Preggy Peggy and the Lazy Babymakers, Prince Bedtime, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Quilt, Rat City Three, RENE, REPORTS, Roh Delikat, Rotten Apples, Skimask, Spring Totems, Thick Shakes, Toby Aronson, Tooth Ache, Truman Peyote, TULSA, Varsity Drag, The Vomit Arsonist, Wolves and the Radio, The Woodrow Wilsons, Young Adults, The Young Leaves
Nights: IMPERIALISM @ River Gods
Notables: On June 8, there was a free concert at Downtown Crossing featuring Needy Visions, Hands and Knees, and Thick Shakes. On June 11, Future Islands of Baltimore played at a new venue, Brookline Access TV. Wavves and Cloud Nothings played at Great Scott on June 22. The Whitehaus held a HOOT on June 26. Nobunny played at PA's Lounge on June 29. There was a Burger Records 4th of July celebration at the Temple in JP with MMOSS, Apache, Cosmonauts, and the CQ. Artbeat Festival was held in Davis Square, Somerville on July 17, was outdoors, and Needy Visions and Hands and Knees played. DIY Fest took place on July 24 in Allston. On August 8, Deep Heaven Now, a psychedelic rock/ambient festival took place at Precinct and PA's Lounge. Campout Fest took place on August 28 at Camp Stanica in Palmer, MA and featured the likes of Debo Band, Jason Anderson, Prince Rama, Needy Visions, Happy Birthday, Many Mansions, and many others.
*Includes bands from Boston/New England. If a non-local band was mistakenly included, please let us know! Know a local band that played a show during this time? Prove it and they'll be included*
SARALEE: Active from 2011 to 2015 -
"The sweetest party indie pop that Boston has heard in sometime…" - BH
"DA SWEETEST psychedelic sounds, we all know" - BH
"infectious brand of raucous indie pop that you’ll come away humming fer sure" - BH
"smooth psych tunes for all the true dudes" - BH
"this guitar-drum duo will transport you to a warm dream world of fuzzy lo-fi croons, crashing symbals and smothered, earnest drum grooves"
"the reigning Allston king and queen of dreamy fuzz pop tunage" - BH
"beachy garage gunk funk full of driving drums and fuzzy half-forgotten hooks" - BH
"understated, haunting lo-fi power pop, anchored by Sara’s cool, disaffected croon and propelled by Lee’s steady, shimmering backbeat" - BH
"combine pop and surf grooves for songs about love and loss, culminating in an all around good time" - BH
"SaraLee recall the exhilaration and emotional tumult of surf rock, yet are bereft of any explicit sonic tropes that characterize Dick Dale era-instrumentation or the hazy garage pop revival of the last decade. Instead, they are a surf band of the heart, one that channels the rapidly changing emotional currents into propulsive streams surging ever forward towards the sea." - BH