Music

Music

Michael Gutierrez 10/6/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/6/23

Head of the Class

Class President plays that song at the Middle East.

Michael Gutierrez 10/6/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/6/23

Not Bad Not Well: “New Way Out”

‘Formicate’ is a word.

Michael Gutierrez 10/5/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/5/23

No More Blue Tomorrows: “Chaperone”

“Another night, another Jameson...”

Michael Gutierrez 10/4/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/4/23

NEMHOF 2023

The New England Music Hall of Fame shines at the Regent Theatre.

Michael Gutierrez 10/4/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/4/23

Good June: “Dark”

Medium tempo emo strumming with cleanish licks to sink cleanish ships.

Michael Gutierrez 10/3/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/3/23

Bad History Month: “God Is Luck”

A moody, jazzy post punk ambler.

Michael Gutierrez 10/2/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/2/23

Hey, I’m Outside: “Trak”

Straight outta Medford, with commas!

Michael Gutierrez 10/1/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/1/23

Bea Lua: “Seal”

The lyrics flow like honey lozenges down a river of EVOO.

HDN Staff 9/30/23 HDN Staff 9/30/23

BMAs 2023

The Boston Music Awards commits a grave error.

Michael Gutierrez 9/30/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/30/23

Mold Skool Punk Rawk

The Florida foursome use all caps and exclamation point at O’Brien’s Pub.

Michael Gutierrez 9/30/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/30/23

Lucie Vítková: “Hair Score”

The ambient sound artist records music in caves in the Czech Republic.

Michael Gutierrez 9/29/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/29/23

DREAR: “…Flashed Before My Eyes”

An 8:29 opener on a four-song EP?

Michael Gutierrez 9/28/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/28/23

Cliff Notez: “Eat”

“I just want to to eat my food.”

Michael Gutierrez 9/28/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/28/23

Katie Von Schleicher: “Elixir”

What’s your magic elixir?

Michael Gutierrez 9/27/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/27/23

Feral Twins: “Andy In Parts”

Jangly, slightly detuned indie rock strummers.

Michael Gutierrez 9/27/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/27/23

Harshmallows

Children of the Flaming Wheel observe a sticky celebration at The Jungle.

Michael Gutierrez 9/26/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/26/23

dropbear: “Bystander”

A guitar feedback intro that tees you up like a baseball at a homerun derby.

Michael Gutierrez 9/25/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/25/23

Bombino! Bombino! Bombino!

Bombino wows the latter day brie-and-chablis crowd at Crystal Ballroom.

Michael Gutierrez 9/25/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/25/23

Astral Bitch: “How To Breathe”

This band throws down the rock n roll gauntlet.

Michael Gutierrez 9/24/23 Michael Gutierrez 9/24/23

Slow Quit: “value form”

Not late 19th-century German philosophy, we think.