‘Live Reviews’ Archives
Thrash N Bang’s 3rd Annual Xmas Party
Thrash N Bang’s 3rd Annual Xmas Party Pity Whores / Black Oak Arkansas / Seven Year Plan / BarRoom Heroes / Bad Movies / Fast Times Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA 12/14/13 This show was our third annual Xmas party and it was our best yet. It’s great to have a [Read More]
Gang Green / Taxi Driver / The Black Cheers / The Shitbirds
Gang Green / Taxi Driver / The Black Cheers / The Shitbirds Presidents Rock Club, Quincy, MA 12/31/13 It’s New Year’s Eve and what an exciting time of the year it is for people like me who are so infrequently out at nightclubs and bars and who rarely drink. [Read More]
Opposition Rising / Done With You / The Nasty / Trashawk / Neighborhood Shit / Red Tape
Opposition Rising / Done With You / The Nasty / Trashawk / Neighborhood Shit / Red Tape Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA 12/28/13 Just as Christians, as well as retailers, throughout the world celebrate the birth of Christ; so do punk rockers, metal headbangers and [Read More]
Austen’s Dead / Salacious Crumb / Mock The Earthquake / Swarm Of Eyes
Austen’s Dead / Salacious Crumb / Mock The Earthquake / Swarm Of Eyes Presidents Rock Club, Quincy, MA 11/30/13 So this was another benefit show, for cancer research if I’m correct- I just straggled in off the street, out of the cold. I look for someone to pay, [Read More]
Street Dogs / The Unseen / Stars and Stripes / The Fenian Sons
Street Dogs / The Unseen / Stars and Stripes / The Fenian Sons House Of Blues, Boston 12/21/13 The Street Dogs; one of the more successful punk bands out of Boston, never forgot where they came from. And to show it, they return every year around Christmas time to [Read More]
Risk / Lowlife / Borrowed Time / Truth In Needles / Honest John / Capture
Risk / Lowlife / Borrowed Time / Truth In Needles / Honest John / Capture Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA 12/7/13 This Saturday’s matinee was a little different for us. And it had nothing to do with my attire, my diet or my alcohol consumption as it was a [Read More]
Hope & The Husbands / Adam PC / Death Waltz 76 / Jaymes Purtle
Hope & The Husbands / Adam PC / Death Waltz 76 / Jaymes Purtle Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA 12/7/13 This is Hope & The Husbands record release party and lo and behold!- while this review is materializing in internet reality so is a review of their new CD. [Read More]
The Welch Boys / Burning Streets / The Blue Bloods / Dirty Water / The McGunks / The Old Edison / Lenny Lashley
The Welch Boys / Burning Streets / The Blue Bloods / Dirty Water / The McGunks / The Old Edison / Lenny Lashley Great Scott, Allston, MA 11/16/13 So this is a benefit for the Pine Street Inn, maybe the biggest homeless shelter in Boston. When I was in better [Read More]
Held Hostage / Progress / The Enemy Within / A Dying Breed
Held Hostage / Progress / The Enemy Within / A Dying Breed Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA 11/16/13 So Bang is off doing his hobby- namely, brain surgery. And I do highly recommend him as I, myself, am a satisfied client. Be aware though that he does not accept any [Read More]
Reason To Fight / Abject! / Straphangers / The Enemy Within / Cry Havoc!
Reason To Fight / Abject! / Straphangers / The Enemy Within / Cry Havoc! O’Briens, Allston, MA 11/9/13 I usually joke around in these prefaces but this night’s show was for a serious cause and a great cause at that- Wounded Warrior which helps veterans. And this [Read More]
