Boston Rock Photos And Stuff
Bye Bye Airplane left the Midway crowd with a handful of well crafted indie rock tunes at Chris Toppin’s Birthday Bash.
Hilken Mancini, Alison Murray and Carolyn Castellano joined forces for Chris Toppin’s Birthday Bash. After a heartfelt dedication, the trio gave a refreshingly self-aware-yet-completely-unironic performance of “Wonderwall.”
Honeysuckle Rose found birthday guest of honor Chris Toppin and friends* doing an Anita O’Day inspired send-up of, you guessed it, “Honeysuckle Rose.”
* These friends also included Phil Aiken, who I didn’t get any shots of. The night was moving pretty quickly at this point. I can tell you he looked something like this.
Phil Aiken played a couple of tunes during the early part of Chris Toppin’s Birthday Bash. He even had the birthday girl join him on backing vocals.
There was a sold out crowd at the Midway to help Chris Toppin celebrate her 50th birthday. Pat McDonald got the evening started with a fine finger-picked blues number.
Walter Sickert And The Army Of Broken Toys turned Brighton Music Hall into their own personal SquidHouse Of Horror for Halloween. The night featured a wild menagerie of music, burlesque and dark humor, capped off by Walter and the gang delivering a healthy dose of all three.
Moe Pope tore it up at Brighton Music Hall with his creative cast of conspirators.
Darling Pet Munkee released their new EP, You Better Believe It!, on Halloween. That seems appropriate, doesn’t it? The band celebrated with a show at Brighton Music Hall that showcased their comic-book-ad-inspired-sonic-freakout sound. My only complaint? They should have turned up Bonesy Darling’s backing vocals.
Well, this was certainly one of the most ambitious sets I’ve seen all year. For their annual Halloween* bash at Church, The Lights Out decided to tackle the Queen catalog. Yes, they did “Bohemian Rhapsody.” All of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Very impressive, gentlemen.
* Dubbed Hallo’Queen for this year’s event.
Sidewalk Driver performed as Spinal Tap for Halloween. Chocolate and peanut butter ain’t got nothing on this combo.
