Back to All Events Comfy / Really Great / Puppy Problems Thursday, January 4, 2024 7:00 PM 10:30 PM Notch Brewery Brighton 525 Western Avenue Boston, MA, 02135 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Info. Hump Nights May 7 TIFFY / TYSK TYSK TASK / BAD AT DRAWING May 10 Upnow! / Warmachine / Moss Boy May 14 The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream May 19 HOUND HANDLER / SWEET PETUNIA / NEMARCA / KEEGAN JAMES May 20 BIMBO (MI) / Slo-Anne / Thought Partner May 24 Neighborhood Shit | The Promised End | Fracture Type | Knock Over City May 31 Eniam | Trip Sitter | Weatherless | Rick Berlin & The Nickel and Dime Band Latest Music Brief But Intense Jim E. Brown is not the Hall of Fame running back at O’Brien’s Pub. Amery: “Rocker Blues” “Blues” as in sad vibes, not so much as in the genre. Rats In Rat City Five bands make a fest at O’Brien’s Pub. Panik Flower: “ocd” Dreamy, jangly post punk with an anxious edge. PV: “I’m A Man Dammit” Noise punk adventurism. YAI: “Lotus Eater” Odyssey ref! Avalon Emerson: “Don’t Be Seen With Me” Dropping tracks left and right. The New Colossus Fest Collected Works: all the reviews from The New Colossus Fest 2025. Simon Robert French: “Robert’s Place” From TikTok to a stage near you. Boston Calling 2025 Preview: Boston’s biggest music fest named after a Clash album. James Brandon Lewis: “Broken Shadows” Percussion like you’re chasing down a film noir villain. Tetsuians: “Bomb Shelter” A medium tempo art rock rambler. Hachiku: “Wild Eyed and Free” This is the obvious song choice to write up. Macie Stewart: When The Distance Is Blue There’s no more experiment in “experimentalism” — who cares? Keeley Forsyth and Matthew Bourne: “Rain” A slow starter. The Backyard Badboss: Fun Under The Sun Album review from the Archives. The Seedy Seeds: Count The Days Album review from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Phil has empathy issues. Who is this guy? Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim. Drug Rug: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009). Letter from the Editor Free Rumeysa Ozturk. Mobius Band: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007). Weather Pending: And How! Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How! Letter from the Editor To everything, a season — except fascism. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007). Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth Letter from the Editor Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.” Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album. Drug Rug: LIVE From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007). Letter from the Editor New Year, New Meh?
Comfy / Really Great / Puppy Problems Thursday, January 4, 2024 7:00 PM 10:30 PM Notch Brewery Brighton 525 Western Avenue Boston, MA, 02135 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Info. Hump Nights May 7 TIFFY / TYSK TYSK TASK / BAD AT DRAWING May 10 Upnow! / Warmachine / Moss Boy May 14 The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream May 19 HOUND HANDLER / SWEET PETUNIA / NEMARCA / KEEGAN JAMES May 20 BIMBO (MI) / Slo-Anne / Thought Partner May 24 Neighborhood Shit | The Promised End | Fracture Type | Knock Over City May 31 Eniam | Trip Sitter | Weatherless | Rick Berlin & The Nickel and Dime Band Latest Music Brief But Intense Jim E. Brown is not the Hall of Fame running back at O’Brien’s Pub. Amery: “Rocker Blues” “Blues” as in sad vibes, not so much as in the genre. Rats In Rat City Five bands make a fest at O’Brien’s Pub. Panik Flower: “ocd” Dreamy, jangly post punk with an anxious edge. PV: “I’m A Man Dammit” Noise punk adventurism. YAI: “Lotus Eater” Odyssey ref! Avalon Emerson: “Don’t Be Seen With Me” Dropping tracks left and right. The New Colossus Fest Collected Works: all the reviews from The New Colossus Fest 2025. Simon Robert French: “Robert’s Place” From TikTok to a stage near you. Boston Calling 2025 Preview: Boston’s biggest music fest named after a Clash album. James Brandon Lewis: “Broken Shadows” Percussion like you’re chasing down a film noir villain. Tetsuians: “Bomb Shelter” A medium tempo art rock rambler. Hachiku: “Wild Eyed and Free” This is the obvious song choice to write up. Macie Stewart: When The Distance Is Blue There’s no more experiment in “experimentalism” — who cares? Keeley Forsyth and Matthew Bourne: “Rain” A slow starter. The Backyard Badboss: Fun Under The Sun Album review from the Archives. The Seedy Seeds: Count The Days Album review from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Phil has empathy issues. Who is this guy? Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim. Drug Rug: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009). Letter from the Editor Free Rumeysa Ozturk. Mobius Band: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007). Weather Pending: And How! Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How! Letter from the Editor To everything, a season — except fascism. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007). Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth Letter from the Editor Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.” Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album. Drug Rug: LIVE From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007). Letter from the Editor New Year, New Meh?
Jim E. Brown is not the Hall of Fame running back at O’Brien’s Pub.