Daykamp Music’s Ghosts of Halloween Past

In Boston, we love Halloween shows almost as much as we love the Red Sox winning the World Series. Let’s play dress up and revisit some of my favorite Halloween sets from the past couple of years…

bikini whale
I saw Bikini Whale at Radio in October of 2011. In December of that year, I saw The B-52s at House Of Blues. Bikini Whale was better.

field effect weezer
OK, they played “Beverly Hills,” but I won’t hold it against them because the rest of the set was soooo good. The Field Effect as Weezer was a natural fit.

the lights out queen
The Lights Out did a Queen set at Church last year. Are you kidding me?

sidewalk driver spinal tap
Sidewalk Driver as Spinal Tap. It wasn’t the first time they’d done this set, but it was a first for me. So good.

gondoliers motley crue
Gondoliers performed a Mötley Crüe set back in 2011. It was art.

i pistol nirvana
There was some serious channeling going on when I, Pistol covered Nirvana at Church.

walter sickert
Last Halloween I went to see Walter Sickert And The Army of Broken Toys and Darling Pet Munkee at Brighton Music Hall. Every day is Halloween with those bands…

darling pet munkee

Happy Halloween. Be safe.

Donkeypunch Junior @ T.T. The Bear’s Place 10.10.2013

Davina Yannetty and Phil Wisdom (Butterknife) have performed together before. We’ve also seen Davina jump up on stage with Dave Mirabella and fill in with his band (The Rationales). So when we were putting together The Daykamp Poster & Photo Show at TT’s, we came up with the crazy idea to cram these three friends together into a singularity* of harmonic songcraft. It worked! Donkeypunch Junior was born. It was cool to hear these musicians interpret each other’s songs with this ad hoc trio. They even busted out some Traveling Wilburys. What a great way to start a night.

* There’s a 7 year old in our house obsessed with black holes.

The Field Effect @ T.T. The Bear’s Place 10.4.2013

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* Also, The Field Effect played a great set to close out the 5 Years of Boston Emmissions with Anngelle Wood party at TT’s.