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It’s an evening of variety. Lucia Lie’s slow, sad melody shares the bill with Anti-Love Project, who dabble in “noisy, erotic, and bombastic” indie rock. Later on, band Via Audio floats in with airy (yet aggressive!) pop. All these groups have loyal listeners, but the treat of the evening may be A Hero Next Door—fans swear these punk/metal rockers’ talent knows no bounds. Upstairs at the Middle East. 9 p.m. 18+. Tickets...
Check out energetic hybrid rock-ska-metal-reggae band Fishbone downstairs at the Middle East. A prolific recording career and the ability to incorporate melody into their songs differentiates these guys from other such groups and insures that this will be a fun show. Tickets $15. For audiences...
...Local band Jericho starts off the night with punk. Next comes Lock and Key. Their symbol is a chainsaw—let’s just leave it at that and follow up with Crisis Bureau, whose original hard rock is appealing even outside the typical fan base. Upstairs at the Middle East. 9 p.m. For audiences 18+. Tickets...
...band has opened for the likes of Fugazi, Blood Brothers and Les Savy Fav, and while listening to the album it seems as though those more renowned bands may have lent the WPP more than guitar picks and groupies. But even with such a pedigree, the ironic demeanor and chronically short attention span of He Has the Technology may leave some listeners hoping for a more mature sophomore...
...tongue-in-cheek (the cell-phone ring on “Bikini Infinity ‘The Epic Journey To The Mother Land’” is intolerable), repeated plays reveal an inner core of solid song writing and sincere emotion under the ADDcore finish. Although the band will undoubtedly benefit from a more introspective focus, there are points on the album where all that seems to matter (to paraphrase a series of punk legends before them) is that the WPP are young, loud and Canadian...