The Daylilies and Ruby Grove trot out new singles at The Jungle on Saturday, 5 October 2024.

Happy Little Clouds and Music Farm probably had new singles too, but, you know, it’s hard to hear what the bands are bantering about on stage sometimes.

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Feb 23

Matinees are punk rock. Doors at 3PM.

Michael Messina / Troy Caruana / Conor Ryan Hennessy

Mar 5

A triplestack of rock in Rat City, USA.

Mar 7

Always a wild light show with Sons Lunaris.

Mar 8

Punk rock fourstack at Jamaica Plain’s favorite dive.

Mar 14

The 4th Wall celebrates its 16-month anniversary at the Capitol Theater.

Derv Gordon (ex The Equals) / So What / Children of the Flaming Wheel

Mar 20

Just Add Water for a good time.

Mar 25

Moontype over Medford, outta Chicago.

Mar 28

The 4th Wall celebrates its 16-month anniversary at the Capitol Theater.

Apr 6

14th Annual Arlington Jazz Festival, featuring Mike Stern Quintet.

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Four bands, two (maybe, probably) new singles at The Jungle.

Ruby Grove’s “Crystal Land” has a Tracks write-up that will have posted by the time this Live Review goes live. You might have to scroll to find it, but I believe in your scrolling ability. Check it out.

Ruby Grove

Fusion Horned Devils

Singles, Singles, Singles

Ruby Grove: “Crystal Land”

Porch The Fest

Ruby Grove: “Maybe It’s Time”

Double Trouble

The Daylilies performed a new song too. Called “Pétillant,” which is French for “effervescent” or “sparkling.” Kind of what sparkling wine does. Elsewhere I called the track “a shimmering pop anthem with dreamy vocals, pert rhythms, and whip-smart guitar fills,” and I’ll stick by that.

But how to describe the band as a whole? Pop, for sure. Their set reminded me of that REM/B-52s singer collab “Shiny Happy People.” Plucky and good-natured, lowkey psych, with a very vocals-forward emphasis. Every single member of this five-piece band had a mic available, though it was mostly the pair of guitarists that sang most of the tunes.

Aside: definitely caught the female guitarist performing at an Animile show last December, helping out with the auxiliary vocals.

Is that a Bob Ross reference?

Happy Little Clouds is a rock n roll trio with a hell of a fronter. Big guitar, big voice, complemented by a rollicking rhythm section. Fuzzy, buzzy, melodic.

Oh, look, sure enough another band on the bill had a new single coming out. You know, hard to hear banter at The Jungle. Which was the new single? Oh wait, here it is, “It's Alright” by Music Farm.