Hound and Handler handles hounds at Silhouette Lounge on Monday, 19 May 2025.

Sweet Petunia, Keegan James, and Nemarca opened the fourstack bill.

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Aug 30

Ska punk matinee & Jerry’s return from the dead at Midway Cafe.

Sep 3

Triplestack in Rat City, USA.

Trash Sound Conglomerate / Static Friction / Taken By Vultures / Bad Idea USA

Sep 8

Another trash-themed band in Rat City, USA.

Sep 9

Maya Ongaku, straight outta Japan!

Sep 12

Moon Over Salem takes over Witch Town.

Hack the Planet: Hackers celebrates 30 Years

Sep 12

30th anniversary of Hackers explodes with screening, celebs, and A/V bonanza.

Sep 17

Ask to see Bambara’s birthmarks.

Sep 19

The 4th Wall celebrates its 22-month anniversary at Capitol Theater.

Sep 20

Matinees are folk punk rock!

Sep 23

A quadruple stack of pre-post punk.

Oct 11

Who let the dogs out at Midway Cafe?

Battlemode, Mercy Ruin, Ultra Deluxe, Jade Weapon, and nicoteens

Oct 18

An indie sampler at Warehouse XI.

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Nemarca

Nemarca performed as a two-piece, including a guitar and violin, pouring out feathery folk tunes in the dart (and pinball) backroom at the Silhouette Lounge.

Nemarca

Release the Handlers!

Hound and Handler handles hounds at Silhouette Lounge.

Bill Got Fired For Insubordination

Bus Crush is preferable to bus crash at Silhouette Lounge.

Keegan James (Blood?)

The country trio wins instant points with me for the beautiful steel pedal work. Great stuff. Keegan James, presumably the frontman and guitarist(?), is a story-telling singer/songwriter with a slight stage drawl. A strong set, but as he sang a song about a weird and wily day trip through New York City, the thought occurred to me that the last thing we need right now is another country band penning “white panic” numbers about the dangers of the urban landscape. If you want to get to “God’s country,” go on & get there already, you know?

Sweet Petunia

The altfolk two-piece Sweet Petunia opened with a twin banjo attack and further cemented their status as one of the most credible whistling acts currently gigging in New England. Strong whistling game. And they played the one about being a bug.

Sweet Petunia

Release the Handlers!

Hound and Handler handles hounds at Silhouette Lounge.

Thursday Re, Cap: Nice!

Thursday of Nice, A Fest 2024 in Davis Square.

In Between Daze

Sunday recap from In Between Days 2023 at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Mystery… Revealed!

Winkler reveals the mystery at the Silhouette Lounge.

Grey Lady Is One Day Old, Or Thereabouts

Miss Bones welcomed a new album into the world at Cantab Lounge.

Sweet Petunia: “People Watching”

Boston’s Sweet Petunia fires up experimental folk with harmonies for miles.

Gown and Out

Dead Gowns welcomes the Year of the Rabbit at The Rockwell.

Hound and Handler

The Boston-based Americana trio Hound and Handler released their latest album I Feel It All last month. The standup bassist from the Keegan James set made his second appearance of the night, along with a mandolin and guitar. The absence of percussion lent the set a real raw and rootsy folkified air. Music for barn building and staring up at starry nights.