Photos: Cliff Notez Raps At Verb Hotel
“Thank for coming out to my protest tonight,” Cliff Notez said in introduction to his performance at Hojoko at the Verb Hotel last night. The event was part of the…Continue Reading →
Photos: Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band Plays PorchFest
Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band performed at Somerville’s Quincy Street Open Space as part of the annual PorchFest today. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland…Continue Reading →
16 Bands To Check Out At Somerville’s PorchFest This Sunday
Somerville’s annual PorchFest is part hootenanny, part a giant open studios for bands. Some 300 bands acts are scheduled to perform on porches, in backyards and in parks from noon…Continue Reading →
Photos: Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys Play ‘Rock Parents’ Show
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys perform at Kelly Davidson’s “Rock Parents” exhibition at Once, Somerville, May 6, 2018. All ages were welcome. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.…Continue Reading →
‘Rock Parents’ Photos Show What Happens When Musicians Have Kids
When Kelly Davidson first began photographing for The Boston Phoenix newspaper in the late 1990s, she got assignments to shoot portraits of Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses, The Breeders and…Continue Reading →
Rock Historian Explores How The Occult And Underground Spirituality Energized The ‘Devil’s Music’
In the beginning, there was Elvis Presley shimmying as he sang the new rock ‘n’ roll for 1956 white America. The young things in the audience were entranced, but the…Continue Reading →
For One Night, ‘Hanky Panky’ Brings Back The Secret Queer Bandana Code For Cruising In The ‘70s
The “hanky code,” a secret queer cruising code of the 1970s, was a way to signal your sexual desires via flagging—hanging a bandana from the back pocket of your tight…Continue Reading →
Boston Hassle Makes (Most) All Their Shows Free For Folks Younger Than 18
Boston Hassle and Brain Arts—impresarios of experimental, underground music shows—will make most of their shows free for folks younger than 18, the organization announced on Monday. “To help showcase BRAIN…Continue Reading →
Punk Rocker Carissa Johnson: ‘Sometimes I Just Feel Like I Want Something Bigger To Reach For, Somewhere Else To Go’
Last April, Carissa Johnson recalls, “We’re the last band of the last show of the Rumble.” A couple weeks earlier, the Andover punk rocker—accompanied by The Cure Alls featuring lead…Continue Reading →
Photos: Musicians Of The MBTA
Musicians performing in MBTA subway stations around Boston and Cambridge. Photos copyright 2017 and 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and activism…Continue Reading →