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.

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.

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.

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