Back to All Events The Town and the City Festival Friday, April 25, 2025 5:00 PM Saturday, April 26, 2025 11:55 PM "Mill City" Lowell, MA United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Info and tickets. Hump Nights Feb 23 Cat Crash | TIFFY | Harmony's Cuddle Party | Olas De Suryas Mar 5 Michael Messina / Troy Caruana / Conor Ryan Hennessy Mar 7 Sons Lunaris w/ Unruly Few Mar 8 Pledge Pins | Whyte Lipstick | Andy California | Stress Balls Mar 14 The 4th Wall: Preacher & Daisy, Sweet Petunia Mar 20 Derv Gordon (ex The Equals) / So What / Children of the Flaming Wheel Mar 25 Moontype / Night Moth / Samuel Boat Mar 28 The 4th Wall: Parachute Club, Jiddo, Leatheraxx Apr 6 14th Annual Arlington Jazz Festival ft. Mike Stern Quintet Latest Music Wrecking Glass: “Ribbons” Lithe, electro pop with baseline rock textures. Give Pieces A Chance Chaiah is a soft ‘ch’ sound at Lizard Lounge. Julie Christmas: “End of the World” Not an Xmas tune, technically. YHWH Nailgun: “Sickle Walk” A sound boiled down to a syrup. BAABES: “Bad Boy Worse Drugs” Dirty, crunchy, gritty, grungy. The Sheila Divine: “The Rapture” Kind of a solemn grind. Anti-Valentine’s Smell The Love raises a stink at Midway Cafe. Madeline Kenney: “The Bridge” We’re all Neil Young fans. A Sloppy Kiss Tyler and The Names cap a laugher at The Rockwell. Angélica Garcia: “Y Grito” A hard-edged clubby rocker with a few rhymes. Yasmin Williams: “Sisters” A guitar picker who plays like a new day dawning. Lightheaded: “Some Silent Night” Not a #xmas4eva banger, as far as I can tell. Ethan Setiawan: “Joyner Ridge” Not just for “Losing My Religion”! Lady Lupine: “Overworked” We all work too much. John Brennan: “Red Scorpion (Just Out of Bullets)” “Are you out of your mind?” FACS: “Wish Defense” A stopper. A starter. Preview: Boston Bitdown A three-day art & chiptune fest that doesn’t take place in Boston. Sinnet: “Laundry Mountain” An old Mt. Washington joke for true New Englanders. Post-Snow America It’s Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef for dinner at The Rockwell. Preview: The New Colossus Fest The annual indie music spree returns to the Lower East Side. The Backyard Clap Your Hands Say Yeah From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007). Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth Letter from the Editor Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.” Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album. Drug Rug: LIVE From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007). Letter from the Editor New Year, New Meh? MMOSS: i From the Archives, New Hampshire psych also rises. Interview: Middle Distance Runner A chat with Middle Distance Runner from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Less is more. Bent Shapes: Feels Weird From the Archives, Feels Weird doesn’t feel weird at all. Interview: Lord Jeff A chat with Lord Jeff from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Quiz Time! The Hump Nights giveaways get an upgrade. Interview: Arms and Sleepers A chat with Arms and Sleepers from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Hump Day News reflects on what the site fucked up (and did right!) in 2023. One Door Closes, The 4th Wall Opens Andrew Stern; interview with DIY venue 4th Wall organizers; and more. AER079: You Can Be A Wesley An Ampeater Review of You Can Be A Wesley from the Archives.
The Town and the City Festival Friday, April 25, 2025 5:00 PM Saturday, April 26, 2025 11:55 PM "Mill City" Lowell, MA United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Info and tickets. Hump Nights Feb 23 Cat Crash | TIFFY | Harmony's Cuddle Party | Olas De Suryas Mar 5 Michael Messina / Troy Caruana / Conor Ryan Hennessy Mar 7 Sons Lunaris w/ Unruly Few Mar 8 Pledge Pins | Whyte Lipstick | Andy California | Stress Balls Mar 14 The 4th Wall: Preacher & Daisy, Sweet Petunia Mar 20 Derv Gordon (ex The Equals) / So What / Children of the Flaming Wheel Mar 25 Moontype / Night Moth / Samuel Boat Mar 28 The 4th Wall: Parachute Club, Jiddo, Leatheraxx Apr 6 14th Annual Arlington Jazz Festival ft. Mike Stern Quintet Latest Music Wrecking Glass: “Ribbons” Lithe, electro pop with baseline rock textures. Give Pieces A Chance Chaiah is a soft ‘ch’ sound at Lizard Lounge. Julie Christmas: “End of the World” Not an Xmas tune, technically. YHWH Nailgun: “Sickle Walk” A sound boiled down to a syrup. BAABES: “Bad Boy Worse Drugs” Dirty, crunchy, gritty, grungy. The Sheila Divine: “The Rapture” Kind of a solemn grind. Anti-Valentine’s Smell The Love raises a stink at Midway Cafe. Madeline Kenney: “The Bridge” We’re all Neil Young fans. A Sloppy Kiss Tyler and The Names cap a laugher at The Rockwell. Angélica Garcia: “Y Grito” A hard-edged clubby rocker with a few rhymes. Yasmin Williams: “Sisters” A guitar picker who plays like a new day dawning. Lightheaded: “Some Silent Night” Not a #xmas4eva banger, as far as I can tell. Ethan Setiawan: “Joyner Ridge” Not just for “Losing My Religion”! Lady Lupine: “Overworked” We all work too much. John Brennan: “Red Scorpion (Just Out of Bullets)” “Are you out of your mind?” FACS: “Wish Defense” A stopper. A starter. Preview: Boston Bitdown A three-day art & chiptune fest that doesn’t take place in Boston. Sinnet: “Laundry Mountain” An old Mt. Washington joke for true New Englanders. Post-Snow America It’s Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef for dinner at The Rockwell. Preview: The New Colossus Fest The annual indie music spree returns to the Lower East Side. The Backyard Clap Your Hands Say Yeah From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007). Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth Letter from the Editor Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.” Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album. Drug Rug: LIVE From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007). Letter from the Editor New Year, New Meh? MMOSS: i From the Archives, New Hampshire psych also rises. Interview: Middle Distance Runner A chat with Middle Distance Runner from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Less is more. Bent Shapes: Feels Weird From the Archives, Feels Weird doesn’t feel weird at all. Interview: Lord Jeff A chat with Lord Jeff from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Quiz Time! The Hump Nights giveaways get an upgrade. Interview: Arms and Sleepers A chat with Arms and Sleepers from the Archives. Letter from the Editor Hump Day News reflects on what the site fucked up (and did right!) in 2023. One Door Closes, The 4th Wall Opens Andrew Stern; interview with DIY venue 4th Wall organizers; and more. AER079: You Can Be A Wesley An Ampeater Review of You Can Be A Wesley from the Archives.
Lithe, electro pop with baseline rock textures.