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Rat City Arts Festival

  • Charles River Speedway 525 Western Avenue Boston, MA, 02135 United States (map)
 
Hump Nights
Rent Strike / Dirty Harry / The Michael Character / Justin Arena
Jun 5
Rent Strike / Dirty Harry / The Michael Character / Justin Arena

A rent strike sounds like a pretty good idea at Deep Cuts.

Miss Julia Violet | Jean Paul Jean Paul | The Big Lonesome (release show!) | Molly O'Leary & Justin Arena
Jun 7
Miss Julia Violet | Jean Paul Jean Paul | The Big Lonesome (release show!) | Molly O'Leary & Justin Arena

The Big Lonesome release show with a ton of special guests!

Ron Delsener Presents
Jun 12
Ron Delsener Presents

A portrait of a music business pioneer who can’t stop hustling.

Declaw / Husbands / Not Milk / Office Hours
Jun 16
Declaw / Husbands / Not Milk / Office Hours

A quadruplestack of rock in Rat City, USA.

Raspberry Pie / Battlemode / Koji Kompote Band
Jun 17
Raspberry Pie / Battlemode / Koji Kompote Band

Raspberry Pie: The Tokyo Summer Tour comes to Boston!

Bottom Bracket / Clipboards / Oldsoul / Trash Rabbit
Jun 26
Bottom Bracket / Clipboards / Oldsoul / Trash Rabbit

Rock n roll fourstack extraordinaire at Deep Cuts.

The Kids Are Alright
Jun 28
The Kids Are Alright

The legendary documentary about the legendary rock n roll band.

Worm | Cry Havoc | Rags to Stitches | Screw Cart | Hardwired
Jun 29
Worm | Cry Havoc | Rags to Stitches | Screw Cart | Hardwired

Matinees are punk rock at Midway Cafe.

Latest Music
Thought Partner: “Staff Picks”
Thought Partner: “Staff Picks”

A tense artcore bopper.

Somergloom 2024
Somergloom 2024

The collected reviews of Somergloom 2024.

Paper Lady: “Silt”
Paper Lady: “Silt”

Dream grunge.

Hound and Handler: “Randi”
Hound and Handler: “Randi”

‘Randi’ with an ‘i.’

DOVS: “Vernal Fall”
DOVS: “Vernal Fall”

Making the case for space, spacecase.

Constellation Myths: “Spare Room”
Constellation Myths: “Spare Room”

Americana soul with an alt rock touch.

Outer Shapes: “Don’t Wanna Go”
Outer Shapes: “Don’t Wanna Go”

Do you wanna stay?

Finom: “Dirt”
Finom: “Dirt”

One of those bands with members who have a lot of irons in the fire.

People In The Daytime: “Come Running For My Love”
People In The Daytime: “Come Running For My Love”

Neo funk with the tongue slightly in the cheek.

Release the Handlers!
Release the Handlers!

Hound and Handler handles hounds at Silhouette Lounge.

SunDog: “Smutt”
SunDog: “Smutt”

Of course we were going to review this song off the album.

Jam One, Jam All
Jam One, Jam All

Yoko Miwa Trio jams before the open jam session at Mad Monkfish.

Pelican: “Indelible”
Pelican: “Indelible”

A workmanlike metal instrumental.

They Don’t Have To Do Anything
They Don’t Have To Do Anything

Jabberbob does something at Cantab Lounge.

Heaven: “I’ll Let You In”
Heaven: “I’ll Let You In”

A stylish video.

Somerville Porchfest
Somerville Porchfest

Cloudy with a chance of White Claw.

Gamblers: “Lollygag”
Gamblers: “Lollygag”

Electropop about lollygagging as an existential predicament.

All Alonesworth
All Alonesworth

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah takes a spin at Crystal Ballroom.

Hollow Sidewalks: “Pumpin’ For Jack”
Hollow Sidewalks: “Pumpin’ For Jack”

A rock n roll howler.

People’s Choice
People’s Choice

Wrath of the Selkie gets wet at The Rockwell.

The Backyard
Shany Kedar: Bloodlines
Shany Kedar: Bloodlines

Israel’s Hope Sandoval?

Great Waves: Blue Blood
Great Waves: Blue Blood

From Sammamish with love.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Election coverage returns to Hump Day News.

Badboss: Fun Under The Sun
Badboss: Fun Under The Sun

Album review from the Archives.

The Seedy Seeds: Count The Days
The Seedy Seeds: Count The Days

Album review from the Archives.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Phil has empathy issues. Who is this guy?

Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim
Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim

Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim.

Drug Rug: LIVE
Drug Rug: LIVE

Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009).

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Free Rumeysa Ozturk.

Mobius Band: LIVE
Mobius Band: LIVE

Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007).

Weather Pending: And How!
Weather Pending: And How!

Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How!

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

To everything, a season — except fascism.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007).

Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth
Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth

From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.”

Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible
Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible

From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album.

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