Glue bonds at the Lilypad on Saturday, 25 January 2025.

Ladybeetle and Lane open the triple stack bill.

The new Dan Masi mural at stage right is coming along just fine, thanks.

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Jan 30

Ani DiFranco on a wild road trip from her punk-folk past to her life today.

Feb 1

ONCE plants its flag at The 4th Wall in the Capitol Theater.

Feb 3

A triplestack of rock in Rat City, USA.

Feb 6

A tale of sex, LSD, and rock n roll with psych punk pioneers.

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Feb 7

The Austin, Texas band lays down the big dumb heavy riffs for all the party people.

Feb 8

A four-stack of indie rock served the right way at Midway Cafe.

Feb 14

Music, drag artists, probably not that much sex.

Feb 15

More music, drag artists, and probably not that much sex.

Feb 21

Sensory overload at the Capitol! Bands, arcade, 360 degree visual projection & screening of Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

Feb 23

Matinees are punk rock. Doors at 3PM.

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Part of a Lilypad doubleheader. First, the 7:30PM set by Freedy Johnston (joined by Mike Gent of The Figgs). Second, a triplestack of indie rock at 10:30PM with Glue, Ladybeetle, and Lane. It could have been a triple- or quadruple-header. There was music scheduled since noon. When you’re as reliant as the Lilypad on rental income, you pack as many gigs into the day as possible.

The four-piece super serial rawkers Lane introduced some new, unrecorded material into the set at 1353 Cambridge St.

Shout out to bassist Sam Potrykus. It becomes increasingly clear to me, every time I catch the band live, how thorny the bass parts are. Not because there are so many notes, but because there are so few.

A lot of bands just have the bassist double the root note of whatever chord the rhythm guitarist is playing. Not Lane. The bass darts in here and there at surprising moments, looking for a viable path through the composition, like Frogger, trying to hip, jop, and skump into tight spots to make it across the highway alive.

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Glue bonds at the Lilypad.

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A cool Rubik’s Cube riff rambler.

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Special World tours its new EP at the Lilypad.

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Lane: “Vision II”

The thrust is pop, though you’re never quite sure which hook to hang your hat on.

Lane ‘Splaining

After a shared December date fell through, Mingko and Lane connected in the New Year at O’Brien’s Pub

Sunglaciers Bring That “Calgary Sound”

Sunglaciers visited Midway Cafe all the way from Calgary, the cosmopolitan jewel of Alberta.

Heard one of Angelo Badalamenti’s themes for Twin Peaks play on the house mix between sets. Didn’t really fit the boisterous vibe of the evening — it was a slow, solemn number. But it got the room talking. Pour one out for Badalamenti. Pour one out for David Lynch.

The pop-forward five-piece Ladybeetle laid down a sing-song groove and some tight choreography from the second guitar and bass.

The raison d'être of the show was the release of Glue’s record Canned. The musician behind the moniker is Sean Antongiorgi. Was he the one singing behind the piano? He brought along a gaggle of Berklee pals to bring the live performance to life. Pop/rock, with a touch of cabaret and a few jazzy turns for good measure.