Back to All Events Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band Monday, October 23, 2023 7:00 PM 10:30 PM Crystal Ballroom 55 Davis Square Somerville, MA, 02144 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS View fullsize Info. Latest Music Lily Seabird: “How far away” A powerful piano-driven sparkler. Yawners: “Tu Cumpleaños” Stereophonic sound! Mountain Party: “Proletariat” Class consciousness, dad rock: together at last. Charmer: “Starship Tina” An emo popper that starts strong out of the gates. Teardrops: “In My Sleep” Sounds like a fucking nightmare. Matchess: “In Sleep” Washed out, washed right. Neal Francis at The Sinclair (3/26/25) Neal Francis / Improvement Movement. Photo galleries by Julia Levine. Kemp Harris: “Edenton” A keyboard-driven number about a false nostalgia for yesteryear. Freedy Johnston: “Tryin’ To Move On” Whoah, the full band version! Arvo Pärt: “Silentium” There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s. Dylan Golden Aycock: “No Spring Chicken” One of those “primitive” guitarists? The Bad Plus: “Carrier” The tenor saxophone leads the way. The Stewart Dolly: “The Frisco Kid” Uptempo power pop with some fuzz. Sharp Pins: “Circle All The Dots” Stylized mod pop. India Sky: “Begin Again” Spare, yet lush synth. Chaiah: “Donde Vas” Wobble with the flow, if you feel it. The Backyard Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim. Drug Rug: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009). Letter from the Editor Free Rumeysa Ozturk. Mobius Band: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007). Weather Pending: And How! Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How! Letter from the Editor To everything, a season — except fascism. 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.
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band Monday, October 23, 2023 7:00 PM 10:30 PM Crystal Ballroom 55 Davis Square Somerville, MA, 02144 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS View fullsize Info. Latest Music Lily Seabird: “How far away” A powerful piano-driven sparkler. Yawners: “Tu Cumpleaños” Stereophonic sound! Mountain Party: “Proletariat” Class consciousness, dad rock: together at last. Charmer: “Starship Tina” An emo popper that starts strong out of the gates. Teardrops: “In My Sleep” Sounds like a fucking nightmare. Matchess: “In Sleep” Washed out, washed right. Neal Francis at The Sinclair (3/26/25) Neal Francis / Improvement Movement. Photo galleries by Julia Levine. Kemp Harris: “Edenton” A keyboard-driven number about a false nostalgia for yesteryear. Freedy Johnston: “Tryin’ To Move On” Whoah, the full band version! Arvo Pärt: “Silentium” There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s. Dylan Golden Aycock: “No Spring Chicken” One of those “primitive” guitarists? The Bad Plus: “Carrier” The tenor saxophone leads the way. The Stewart Dolly: “The Frisco Kid” Uptempo power pop with some fuzz. Sharp Pins: “Circle All The Dots” Stylized mod pop. India Sky: “Begin Again” Spare, yet lush synth. Chaiah: “Donde Vas” Wobble with the flow, if you feel it. The Backyard Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim. Drug Rug: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009). Letter from the Editor Free Rumeysa Ozturk. Mobius Band: LIVE Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007). Weather Pending: And How! Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How! Letter from the Editor To everything, a season — except fascism. 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.
A powerful piano-driven sparkler.