{"id":5494,"date":"2018-01-25T01:09:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2018-01-25T07:48:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T12:48:41","slug":"boston-underground-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/01\/25\/boston-underground-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Underground Summit Is A \u2018Wild Rock Show\u2019 With A Round-Robin Format"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to sample a bunch of local bands live very quickly, the unusual round-robin format of \u201cBoston Underground Summit 11\u201d<\/a> is for you.<\/p>\n

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Boston Hassle’s “Boston Underground Summit 11.” (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAll 10 bands set up at once on three stages and they are forced to share gear and get close. Once it starts, we go to curfew,\u201d explains Sam Potrykus of Boston Hassle, which is presenting the concert at Massasoit Elks Lodge in Cambridge from 8 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27.<\/p>\n

As they\u2019ve done since the first Boston Underground Summit in September 2009, each band takes turns, playing one song, then the next band plays one song, and the next, and on and on until the place closes at 11 p.m. \u201cAs an audience member, you can step in and in 30 minutes for 40 minutes, however a round takes, ad you can hear 10 bands,\u201d Potrykus says.<\/p>\n

The lineup so far mainly features Boston bands. Scream Castle is a groovy punk prog act. Guiding Wave plays gritty post-punk. Goon Planet from Providence offers no wave noise rock. Rogozo favors metal-inspired synth rock. Experimental cyberpunk noise outfit ____Highlightreel presents, Potrykus says, \u201cScifi movie background shit where the aliens are attacking the earth.\u201d The Laces from Walpole specialize in trashy garage rock seasoned with punk. Porno Portal to Florida plays spastic noise rock. And the The Jazz Massagers is improvisational poetry backed by a jam band.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, I would describe this as a wild rock show\u201d Potrykus says, \u201cdefinitely bombastic, and rock in varying degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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