Men I Trust: “Tree Among Shrubs”

Tracks

Jan 6

High-grade lounge at the Ramada Inn sensations. Montreal’s Men I Trust will keep you hanging around the hotel bar for that second Cosmo while your partner does that thing he needs to do across town. Keep it under your hat. A little rock, a little dream pop, a little 70s. Off the full-length Untourable Album, which comes in three colors (blue, gray, red) and is, I suspect, highly tourable.

Stream, share, buy to your heart’s content.

Hump Nights

May 3

Foxtails / Andro Queen / Tysk Tysk Task

Foxtails (CT) headlining a bill of rah rah raw rock n roll.

May 7

TIFFY / TYSK TYSK TASK / BAD AT DRAWING

A triplestack of rock in Rat City, USA.

May 10

Upnow! / Warmachine / Moss Boy

The 4th Wall celebrates its 18-month anniversary at Capitol Theater.

May 14

The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream

Rock n roll legends The Zombies on the big screen.

May 19

HOUND HANDLER / SWEET PETUNIA / NEMARCA / KEEGAN JAMES

A quadruplestack of folk rock in Rat City, USA.

May 20

BIMBO (MI) / Slo-Anne / Thought Partner

BIMBO (MI) brings a night of art punk vibrations.

May 24

Neighborhood Shit | The Promised End | Fracture Type | Knock Over City

Matinees are punk rock.

May 31

Eniam | Trip Sitter | Weatherless | Rick Berlin & The Nickel and Dime Band

Maine backwards at Jamaica Plain’s favorite dive. Don’t miss this!

Latest Music

Tetsuians: “Bomb Shelter”

A medium tempo art rock rambler.

Hachiku: “Wild Eyed and Free”

This is the obvious song choice to write up.

Macie Stewart: When The Distance Is Blue

There’s no more experiment in “experimentalism” — who cares?

Keeley Forsyth and Matthew Bourne: “Rain”

A slow starter.

The Ghouls: “Will We Even Have a Christmas Time?”

Santa has an online gambling addiction.

Luke Combs: “Joe”

I picked this track because the title is short.

What Band Wrote the 2000 Classic “Teenage Dirtbag”?

Intricate Mouse Work put on their lab coats at Midway Cafe.

Keeping It Simple

Orla Gartland is a Shrek 2 fan at Paradise Rock Club.

Jen Kearney: “Spinning”

Shades of Seal’s “Kissed By a Rose” on the intro.

Madlib: “Düsseldorf”

Take your pick from a bowl of two-minute long mixed nuts.

Heartbreak It ‘Til You Make It

Paul Karsen closes out a hip hop showcase at The Jungle.

Traxman: “Wetdisk”

Clean and squimmish, at a human tempo made for footwork.

Magically Gathering

Jade Dust confesses “It’s not easy being green” at Cambridge Community Center.

Antoni Maiovvi: “Semaphore”

The debut release from New Haven’s Heatsync Records.

Just The FACS, Ma’am

Midwestern troubadours sample the sandwiches at Deep Cuts.

Little Hag: “Hell Yes”

An energizing lyrical refrain.

Moontype: “Long Country”

A jangly, whispy pop surprise.

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.

men i trust

Michael Gutierrez

Men I Trust: “Tree Among Shrubs”

Smorgasbord

A Partially Open Mic