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Penny & Sparrow Land at The Paradise on April 19

1 week ago | allstonpudding.com | Dan Moffat

Indie-folk rock band Penny & Sparrow are back on tour and playing Boston in support of their new album, Lefty. The new 20-track album was born in a retrofitted garden shed turned recording space. There’s a dusty southern influence on Lefty reminiscent of another mid-fi folk duo from Texas, Hovvdy.
Poppy Brings a Crystallized Show to HOB

1 week ago | allstonpudding.com | Andrew McNally

Have you had enough? This is both the name of the song that Poppy opened her show with, and what my brain said at the end of her set, after an hour of ceaseless and thrilling pop-metal pummeling. The unclassifiable Poppy brought her They’re All Around Us tour to Boston on Friday, 4/4, to a jam-packed House of Blues in support of her truly excellent 2024 album, “Negative Spaces.” It was set to be a night of catchy rhythms and deafening guitars, and it delivered on all fronts.
Field Trip: Art & Notes from South By Southwest

2 weeks ago | allstonpudding.com | Dillon Riley

Sometimes we like to think of Allston Pudding as less of an official music publication and more of a community-minded arts project on which the focus is music. And so every once in a while we hand over the keys to a guest artist or writer outside our staff to give our digital pages a different sort of flavor. Today we have another one of those moments with friend of the blog and Ratchella co-founder Emma Caviness providing us a dispatch from her whirlwind time in Austin for SXSW last month.
Flipturn Bring a Little Bit of Sunlight to Roadrunner

2 weeks ago | allstonpudding.com | Dillon Riley

Flipturn brought a much-needed burst of energy to a Roadrunner crowd clearly carrying the weight of midterms and long winter nights as part of their Burnout Days Tour. In fact it was the most packed I’ve seen the Brighton venue in a while — wall to wall with fans who showed up not just to listen, but to feel something together. Before the show, I met two girls at the barricade who had already been to a couple dates on this tour.
The Hard Quartet Are A Jacked Existence in Boston

2 weeks ago | allstonpudding.com | Andrew McNally

The Hard Quartet made their first stop through Boston to address the age-old question: Is Dad rock cool? The band is on tour supporting their debut album, 2024’s The Hard Quartet, but it was hardly an introductory show for the band’s members. The indie rock supergroup consists of Stephen Malkmus (of Pavement fame), Matt Sweeney (member of Chavez and Zwan), Jim White (of The Dirty Three) and Emmett Kelly, who has played with artists like Ty Segall and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
Thirsty for MARIS and Maude Latour on the Sugar Water Tour

3 weeks ago | allstonpudding.com | Andrew McNally

The up-and-coming indie pop singer/songwriter MARIS returned to Boston with Maude Latour for a fun night of splashy pop. Maude Latour’s Sugar Water tour hit the Royale on March 18th, marking her second Boston visit in a year and the third visit for MARIS. In spite of many returns, a solid crowd turnout indicated that local fans haven’t had their fill yet. MARIS began the show to instant hype.
of Montreal Brought Theatrics to Royale

3 weeks ago | allstonpudding.com | Dillon Riley

Dancers, puppets, eyeballs, oh my! of Montreal came to Royale on Tuesday March 25th to shake things up, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album Sunlandic Twins with a show that saw them play the entire album in full. of Montreal’s backup dancers behind the full band nearly stole the show, with hits like “Wraith Pinned to the Mist (and Other Games)” featuring them swirling and twirling behind frontman Kevin Barnes in increasingly outlandish costumes.
The Boys Are Back: Dropkick Murphys at MGM

1 month ago | allstonpudding.com | Dillon Riley

Sunday night marked the third show of the Dropkick Murphys’ annual St Patty’s residency in Boston. The room was packed with folks who had poured from the Southie Parade straight to MGM, and were still dressed to the gills in green. It was a community affair as usual, with the band packing close friends and family on stage ahead of the show’s kickoff. As the Dropkick Murphys walked on, Ken Casey got up close and personal with the audience, playing “The Boys are Back” to set the tone for the night.
Spring is in The Air at Zone 3

1 month ago | allstonpudding.com | Dillon Riley

As the ground finally thaws and the air feels less like pain, leaving the home is less of a chore and more of a welcomed opportunity, but you may be asking yourself, what do I do first?? Have no fear, the lovely minds behind handhold presents, Zone 3, and, yours truly, Allston Pudding have scheduled a series of spring concerts to be held inside at the Zone 3 space (that’s 267 Western Ave in Allston, by the way) from March-June.
K.Flay Is Making Friends With The Silence

1 month ago | allstonpudding.com | Dillon Riley

On Friday March 14th, K.Flay brought her genre-fusing style of alternative-rock and hip-hop to Paradise Rock Club for the Boston stop of her 2025 US tour. This tour highlighted her most recent LP, MONO, as well as her latest EP, I’m Making Friends With The Silence, which reimagines several tracks from MONO. Opener Vienna Vienna delivered a fantastic set to a crowded venue, with his self-described brand of “glimmer rock” creating an electric jolt that connected quite well with the audience.