Gaskill at O’Brien’s Pub
with Test Meat, Birnam Wood, and Gasoline Virgins
O’Brien’s Pub
3 Harvard Ave
Allston, Massachusetts
8pm
Foul Weather Friend at Nick-a-nees
Jenn Lombari and You And Everything
Nick-A-Nee’s
75 South St
Providence, Rhode Island
8pm
Foul Weather Friend Self Titled Album review in Motif
Foul Weather Friend – Self-Titled
Don’t know why, but I didn’t think that I’d like this debut album from Foul Weather Friend as much I do. It was an irrational fear because I run into my pal Bruce Humphrey at every show I’m excited about from here to Boston. We obviously have similar interests. What was I thinking — that Bruce was playing in a one of those country pop bands? In the words of Husker Du, “It makes no sense at all.” I popped in the biscuit and it kicks with a tune, “Halo Moon,” that is so good that I spent three months listening to that on repeat and didn’t bother with the rest of the record (sorry Bruce!). As the title suggests, it is ethereal and not far from a stone’s throw to stuff like The Yawpers with a Stones opening punch like punk rockers mining the roots. Lines like, “We’re so sway by the lunacy around us” sum up these times. I did eventually get to track two, being the responsible journalist that I occasionally am, to “Fences and Walls,” which is impossible to think of without mentioning the orangutan President we are all so lucky to have according to one Twitter account. “Fences and Walls” reminds me of Mathew Sweet fronting a band inspired by mod-era The Who mixed with Psychedelic Furs. “Let It Go” reminds me of the Goo Goo Dolls, before they sucked, as a ballad. It’s not quite Replacements level, but what is? “Girls of Wild Strawberries” sounds like you crushed Nick Lowe and Tommy Keene in a blender and poured the result over ice. “Happy Bubble” is the rocker with runner-up status to “You’re Love Won’t Leave Me Alone.” The closing, “No Use to You Now,” captures the defeated heartbreak of The Replacements with an indie rock swing.
Karma Rocket at the Parlour
with Tall Teenagers and 123 Astronaut
The Parlour
North Main St
Providence, RI
9pm
Hope Anchor at Askew
with Plug
Askew
150 Chestnut St
Providence, RI
Sick Pills and The Callouts at Pour Farm
with Kris Fortin
Pour Farm
780 Purchase St
New Bedford, Mass
Jets Can’t Land at The Parlour
with Barn Burning and The Kneees
The Parlour
North Main St
Providence, RI
9pm
The Underwires at The Newport Parlor
with We Own Land and Cortez
The Newport Parlor
200 Broadway
Newport, RI
9pm
Baylies Band at Jeanie Johnston Pub
with Harvey Garbage, Freakbag, and Suicide Magnets
The Jeanie Johnston Pub
144 South St
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Scurvy Dog Parking Lot Mega Show I
9:20 Tall Teenagers
8:25 Heavy Connection
7:30 Olneyville Sound System
6:35 Aneurysm
5:45 Bob McGunk & the Hangovers
5:00 The David Tessier All-Star Stars (A.S.S.)
4:15 the Happy Lost
3:30 the Horse-Eyed Men
2:00 Midnight Son
The Scurvy Dog
1718 Westminster St
Providence, Rhode Island