Tag: Allston MA
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Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 on Ruffhouse / Columbia
Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 on Ruffhouse / Columbia. One of my desert island disks / top 10 albums ever. I just wish there was more. Every note is perfect My copy is the 2014 reissue, because I only had it digitally when it came out. Via In Your Ear in Allston/Brighton…
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Echo and The Bunnymen, self-titled EP, 1983 on Sire
Echo and The Bunnymen, self-titled EP, 1983 on Sire My favorite era of Echo and the Bunnymen Via In Your Ear in Allston
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O Positive, Only Breathing, 1985 on Throbbing Lobster records.
O Positive, Only Breathing, 1985 on Throbbing Lobster records. Boston based alternative band from the 80s – whose singer now teaches entertainment law at The Northeastern University College of Arts, Media, and Design Saw them open for Sinead O’Connor circa 1990 at Great Woods (I think) Via In Your Ear Allston
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The Lone Bellow, self-titled, 2013 on Descendant Records
The Lone Bellow, self-titled, 2013 on Descendant Records Debut album from Brooklyn Americana/alt-country trio Via In Your Ear, Allston
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Thunderbitch, self-titled, 2015.
Thunderbitch, self-titled, 2015. Self-released debut by a Brittany Howard side project – solid 30 minutes or garage rock Via In Your Ear in Allston
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Opening Soon in Allston: Root
(Photo from Root on Facebook) According to Eater Boston, a new plant-based restaurant called Root is due to open in Allston in the next few weeks, in the space formerly occupied by one of my favorites Peace O’ Pie: Root could open in the second week of July in Allston’s Union Square, bringing another plant-based…
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Vegan Pizza comes to Jamaica Plain
(via Maynard, the MARC mailing list, and originally the Jamaica Plain Gazzette) Steve Carian from T.J. Scallywaggle’s, one of (so far as I can tell) two all-vegan pizzarias in the US (the other is Pizza Pi in Seattle) is opening another place in JP, on the site of the former Felix Pizzaria. It will be…
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Nellie McKay at the Paradise tonight
<Update> – two photos on flickr from the show – sorry for the low quality but I only had the cellphone camera, and the way the stage was setup we were watching Nellie’s back through most of it. Strange to watch someone sing and play piano from behind – but the sound was great. Here…
