Concert Central

The Dresden Dolls came out for the Winter Tour to close out 2007 (and on New Year’s Eve in NYC). Their Boston date was supported by Meow Meow and Luminescent Orchestrii, as well as an art house performance by members of the Lexington High School Drama Troupe. Opening with a back-to-back raucous versions [...]

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Luminescent Orchestrii gypsy rock music with international influences. Four performers guitar, violins and bass that rocked out to mostly foreign-language tunes that ranged from a Yiddish waltz to old French folktale. Sxip Shirey, who jammed a variety of guitar parts, also acted as the MC for the night. Their performance was part [...]

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Meow Meow opened the show in the audience, making her way in full winter gear (with luggage) to the front of the stage, taking an assist from the house crew to get on to stage. She then proceeded to introduce herself and undress, one piece at a time, with the help of men from [...]

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a fantastic polka-infused band in the style of Gogol Bordello and Man Man, frankly the sound is too unique to be occurring in so many bands without sounding like another rip-off, but still enjoyable, don’t know if they were actually immigrants from the poor country or no-style punks

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This purported garage rock festival turned out to be a screamo thrash festival, plus the sound was terrible, plus GuyIDon’tDate was less enthusiastic than I was… so all I’ve got for you are internet descriptions
The Bad Times: “Jay Reatard (born Jay Lindsey) is a prolific garage punk musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known [...]

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This purported garage rock festival turned out to be a screamo thrash festival, plus the sound was terrible, plus GuyIDon’tDate was less enthusiastic than I was… so all I’ve got for you are internet descriptions
The Blowtops: “The Blowtops were formed in Buffalo, NY in 1995, with core members Aaron Adduci (guitar), Dave Brand (vocals & [...]

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This purported garage rock festival turned out to be a screamo thrash festival, plus the sound was terrible, plus GuyIDon’tDate was less enthusiastic than I was… so all I’ve got for you are internet descriptions
Tunnel of Love: “of Brookline, Massachusetts is a band that has it all. First, their uniforms: striped tights and athletic shorts, [...]

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unimpressive rap/funk outfit at first – first rapper was too Tribe but the second rapper (he walked in late through a side door in his sweat suit and gut) was a little dirtier and much smoother – very interesting concoction of a band: keyboard, two guitarists, drummer, sax, trumpet, trombone and two rappers – though [...]

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So there are very few bands that could get me to come out for a concert on a “12 Days of Christmas Tour” but Sister Hazel just happens to be one of them. Sister Hazel’s last radio hit (well, only radio hit) “All for You” was 10 years ago, but the band has active [...]

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Pat McGee, the name brand vocalist of the Pat McGee Band, was on loan tonight to open for Sister Hazel’s 12 Days of Christmas Tour. Mr. McGee learned a handful of holiday tunes in addition to promoting the band’s new album These Days (The Virginia Sessions).
He’s an engaging frontman, accompanied only by [...]

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