Boston Rock Photos And Stuff
If global thermonuclear war ever plays out like it threatened to in countless ’80s flicks, The Humanoids will be the last band remaining to rock us through the atomic winter.
13 Billion Years are the devolution of rock music. What remains is primal and instinctive. They’ve broken it down not to destroy it, but to make it mighty.
13 Billion Years are colossal.
I knew very little about The 360’s heading into this show at Radio. I was still quite excited to see them. Why? Because Linda Scurvyann Bean Pardee plays bass with them. She’s got good taste. Every band she’s ever played with rocks out like they’re the last decent band on the planet.* The 360’s are no exception. They’ve got some great songs that they perform with fervor. Audrey Clark (vocals/guitar) and Eric Russell (guitar) play off each other while Linda and Ian Clark (drums)**, Audrey’s son, hold everything together. No wonder The 360’s have been held in such high regard around these parts for so long…
* Everyone who has ever seen Linda play with Ad Frank And The Fast Easy Women, Orbit, Frigate, Permafrost or Helicopter Helicopter knows this to be true. This is a partial list. Mentioning all of the bands she has rocked out with would cause the server to melt down.
** Ian also rips it up on guitar with Razors In The Night.
Darling Pet Munkee draw their inspiration from the ads in the back of old comic books. They wear skeleton costumes and X-Ray Specs. They’ve got to be one of the geekiest bands around. That’s what makes them so fun.
I only caught the very end of Eric Martin And The Illyrians’ set, but what I heard sounded rockin’.
When I caught Fat Creeps at PA’s a couple of months ago they seemed detached and indifferent. I found their nonchalance to be quite intriguing. Saturday night at Precinct was different. Fat Creeps were still low-key cool, but this time around they fed off of the crowd’s enthusiastic response.
Mellow Bravo is firing on all cylinders right now. They’re loud, raucous, soulful, heavy and wildly entertaining. Their new material is flat-out devastating. With the added depth these songs bring to their set, Mellow Bravo can manipulate the pacing for maximum impact. That’s exactly what they did at TT’s.
I’m down with Mellow Bravo, The Dirty Truckers, Cropduster and Murcielago playing every Independence Eve. Let’s make it a tradition.
Short set? Yeah, The Dirty Truckers got pinched. Still, I’ll take a short set over no set any day with these guys…
Cropduster grooves like the outer edges of a whirlpool. It’s a slow, steady draw that eventually plunges you into darkness. Their songs weigh heavy on your soul as you go under for good.
Murcielago descended upon TT’s from Maine for an Independence Eve rock ‘n’ roll show. The band sparked up some excitable stoner rock thunder to kick off the evening.
