Last Friday was positively epic, I spent the entire night running up and down stairs in a (successful) attempt to see all 10 bands that played between the upstairs and the downstairs of The Middle East . Here is the evidence: The Motion Sick Static of the Gods The Living Sea Where the Land Meets the Sea Ghost Ocean

So here we are at the weekend before the holiday season officially begins and everyone's schedule gets really busy, so get your music fixes in now. On Thursday night you can check out the final night of the Jenny Dee & The Deelinquints residency at the Lizard. It's also the first night of the International Pop Overthrow 4 night stint at Church. Night 1 of the IPO has The Buckners, The Doom Buggies and more. There are also 2 great free shows on Thursday, Lars Vegas is at the Alchemist and Sally O'Brien's has an impressive lineup. On Friday Thalia [...]

The International Pop Overthrow festival is once again rolling into town for four days this week starting tomorrow. All nights are being held at Church of Boston and feature some great POP music. Go check out as many sets as you can! Thursday 11/19, $8 8pm: Corin Ashley 8:30pm: Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch 9pm: The Buckners 9:30pm: Satch Kerans 10pm: The Doom Buggies 10:30pm: Lemonpeeler 11pm: [...]

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This has been The New Collisions ' year, due to both their incredible breakout success... and the fact that this is pretty much the only year they've been in existence. How did they do it? We asked guitarist Scott Guild to tell us their story... BBC : First, introduce yourselves... SG : Sarah Guild: vocals; Scott Guild: guitar; Alex Stern: bass/vocals; Casey Gruttadauria: synth/keys; Zak Kahn: drums BBC : You guys shot up seemingly out of nowhere; what are the origins of the band? How'd [...]

So many great choices for Thursday. You could start at Toad for the early part of the night and see uke master Melvern Taylor. Afterwards there are many venues that have great line-ups. Gordon Gano, yup the guy from the Violent Femmes, and his his new band is at the Middle East with Sidewalk Driver and Mascara. Also on Thursday there's the Lovewhip cd release at Church or go to TTs for John Powhida International Airport, Logan 5 and the Runners, Weisstronauts and Mercy James (great local line-up!). On Friday, I'll Be at Precinct to see My Own Worst Enemy, [...]

The Band's 150th Show with Static of the Gods ! Win a CD and 2 tickets to Friday's Show ! The Motion Sick - The Owls are Not What They Seem find out about this song - click the interview link below! [...]

Win two tickets to The Middle East Upstairs on Friday the 13th to see: 11/13 - Landlocked Rock Cruise Featuring: The Motion Sick (150th show!) Static of the Gods (CD Preview) The Living Sea Where the Land Meets the Sea Ghost Ocean It will be [...]

Zowie, another great weekend of music with lots of choices. On Thursday, unfortunately the UK band, Heavy scheduled to play at Great Scotts has cancelled their tour so if you were planning on checking them out, sorry. But don't fret, there's an awesome show at the Lizard with Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints, the Rudds and Brett Rosenberg. Friday starts a big weekend for the Plough and Stars which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a plethora of bands playing and it's free! Friday night has Andrea Gillis , The Family Jewels and others at the Plough. If that's not [...]

Friday is the very last day to apply (via Sonicbids) to showcase at SXSW 2010. SXSW 2009 was one of the big things that really got Boston Band Crush rolling with written interviews before the bands headed down to Austin and video interviews while they were at the festival . Now, we've got even bigger plans for covering SXSW 2010 and we're off to a big start! Last Wednesday, [...]
Zowie, another great weekend of music with lots of choices. On Thursday, unfortunately the UK band, Heavy scheduled to play at Great Scotts has cancelled their tour so if you were planning on checking them out, sorry. But don't fret, there's an awesome show at the Lizard with Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints, the Rudds and Brett Rosenberg. Friday starts a big weekend for the Plough and Stars which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a plethora of bands playing and it's free! Friday night has Andrea Gillis , The Family Jewels and others at the Plough. If that's not [...]
Wheat Jukebox The Ghost The Motion Sick The Needy Visions
Deastro , a.k.a., Randy Chabot, released Moondagger in June and it has been haunting my car stereo for months now. It's 14 tracks are still mesmerizing me, along with the various remixes and releases I've collected since then by this prolific artist. I've said it before and I'll continue to say it, the single most intriguing element of Deastro's music is the variety of sounds that he incorporates into a unified whole of incredible fantasy. As one London review noted, he has the "epic swagger of U2, the intimacy of Badly Drawn Boy, the bleepedy bleepness of Aphex Twin." [...]
Relatively slow week coming up in Chicago, at least in terms of shows I'm interested in seeing. The two best shows (for me, at least) are both on Thursday - Future of The Left at Bottom Lounge and The Jet Age at Beat Kitchen.* That said, I personally only need a couple of good shows this week, as I'm headed down to Austin on Friday for this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest . More on that later in the week, but for now I leave you with one word... Danzig [...]

It wasn't St. Patrick's Day but Thursday night sure felt like it - or something like a wild, drunken Irish party - as the legendary Pogues rolled into town to play at the House of Blues. This punk-Irish-rock unit hasn't visited Texas in 20 years but here they were in all their glory and best of all, they were led by dissipated frontman Shane MacGowan, singing and smoking and drinking and slurring right where he belongs. To see MacGowan in the flesh is to wonder how this man is alive at all. Obviously damaged by decades of boozing [...]

Apparently Halloween Weekend means every band in the area is appearing as another band, could be entertaining or just confusing I guess we'll have to check them out to find the answer. On Thursday you can go to TTs and see the Talking Heads, Robert Palmer x 2, The Replacements and The Who. Or you could go to the Plough for the surf band The Trabants and the Middle East has King Khan & the BBQ Show and Downbeat 5. On Friday the Armory in Somerville has a spooky event with the screening of Phantom of the Opera and music [...]
A bouncy, lighthearted take on everyone's least favorite superhero, "Aquaman's Lament" is just the kind of quirky observation you'd expect from the Motion Sick: "Superman can fly and can stop a speeding bullet/I can talk to some fish." Well, you don't become a superhero just to get the glory. Featuring video clips from classic cartoons [...]

Haven't you ever wished you could buy a combo pass to go to shows at both the ME up and the ME down? There have been many many nights when both floors hosted bands I wanted to see but I just couldn't stomach two $10+ covers. That's why I think it's brilliant that the super fabulous Middle East booking team came up with this one: a two-fer pass for $15 for the night of 11/13. That's right, $15 gets you access to both shows, and you can show-hop as many times as you desire. This makes excellent sense given both [...]
Saturday 10/24/09 at The Middle East Downstairs 4 good reasons to hit the Middle East on Saturday: Wheat Jukebox the Ghost Jukebox the Ghost "Hold It In" OFFICIAL from Guy Manly on Vimeo . The Motion Sick and The Needy Visions ( couldn't find anything to post from these guys, but check out their myspace to hear some demos .) [...]
So what's happening this weekend? I think there are still tix available for Bill Maher at the Wilbur on Thursday (and they now have a liquor license so cheers!). Also on Thursday you have a chance to check out the new project the Port Charles Quintet at the Plough which sounds fun or you could go to the Brattle for the Califone show. But if these don't appeal to you, don't worry, there are many other great choices on Thursday. On Friday, the show at the Cantab looks strong with the Brooklyns, but then there's also Dennis [...]