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Hump Nights
The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream
May 14
The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream

Rock n roll legends The Zombies on the big screen.

HOUND HANDLER / SWEET PETUNIA / NEMARCA / KEEGAN JAMES
May 19
HOUND HANDLER / SWEET PETUNIA / NEMARCA / KEEGAN JAMES

A quadruplestack of folk rock in Rat City, USA.

BIMBO (MI) / Slo-Anne / Thought Partner
May 20
BIMBO (MI) / Slo-Anne / Thought Partner

BIMBO (MI) brings a night of art punk vibrations.

Neighborhood Shit | The Promised End | Fracture Type | Knock Over City
May 24
Neighborhood Shit | The Promised End | Fracture Type | Knock Over City

Matinees are punk rock.

Eniam | Trip Sitter | Weatherless | Rick Berlin & The Nickel and Dime Band
May 31
Eniam | Trip Sitter | Weatherless | Rick Berlin & The Nickel and Dime Band

Maine backwards at Jamaica Plain’s favorite dive. Don’t miss this!

Rent Strike / Dirty Harry / The Michael Character / Justin Arena
Jun 5
Rent Strike / Dirty Harry / The Michael Character / Justin Arena

Rent Strike / Dirty Harry / The Michael Character / Justin Arena 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.

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

Bottom Bracket / Clipboards / Oldsoul / Trash Rabbit 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
AKAI SOLO: “Paint Smear”
AKAI SOLO: “Paint Smear”

Art hop out of New York City.

Daphne Blue Underworld: “Holograms”
Daphne Blue Underworld: “Holograms”

An ambient dreamer.

Collignon: “Bicicleta”
Collignon: “Bicicleta”

Is that a Beatles hook?

Circuit des Yeux: “Truth”
Circuit des Yeux: “Truth”

Depeche Mode meets late Scott Walker?

Las Petunias: “B0mb4”
Las Petunias: “B0mb4”

Let’s call it dance punk.

Taxidermists: “Grow Up”
Taxidermists: “Grow Up”

Throwback lofi.

Beast In The East
Beast In The East

A preview of highlights at Somerville Porchfest 2025.

Luddites: “Bitter Root”
Luddites: “Bitter Root”

Alt rock sparking a major chord throwdown.

Centralized Planning
Centralized Planning

A preview of highlights at Somerville Porchfest 2025.

Toad Croaks, Alive and Well
Toad Croaks, Alive and Well

Gypsy jazz, open mics, and bagpipes at McCarthy’s/Toad.

Walk Me Home: “Inside”
Walk Me Home: “Inside”

A spacey soft rock tripper with some alt folk tendencies.

The West Is The Best
The West Is The Best

A preview of highlights at Somerville Porchfest 2025.

A Deep Blue Sea of Familiar Faces
A Deep Blue Sea of Familiar Faces

Daphne Blue Underworld releases the record at Deep Cuts.

Test Plan: “My Teeth”
Test Plan: “My Teeth”

This song rips live.

Brief But Intense
Brief But Intense

Jim E. Brown is not the Hall of Fame running back at O’Brien’s Pub.

Amery: “Rocker Blues”
Amery: “Rocker Blues”

“Blues” as in sad vibes, not so much as in the genre.

Rats In Rat City
Rats In Rat City

Five bands make a fest at O’Brien’s Pub.

Panik Flower: “ocd”
Panik Flower: “ocd”

Dreamy, jangly post punk with an anxious edge.

PV: “I’m A Man Dammit”
PV: “I’m A Man Dammit”

Noise punk adventurism.

YAI: “Lotus Eater”
YAI: “Lotus Eater”

Odyssey ref!

The Backyard
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.

Drug Rug: LIVE
Drug Rug: LIVE

From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007).

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

New Year, New Meh?

MMOSS: i
MMOSS: i

From the Archives, New Hampshire psych also rises.

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