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show preview: Screaming Females at ONCE Somerville on Saturday, July 7
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on July 2, 2018
if you’re looking to rock out this holiday weekend, indie punk trio Screaming Females will be playing in Somerville in support of their seventh studio album, All at Once, which came out earlier this year. The New Jersey band worked with producer Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon) and modeled the album after a salon-style gallery show. They wanted the new album to capture the spontaneity and energy of one of their live shows.
Drummer Jarrett Dogherty said: “When you’ve been a band for 12 or 13 years, the resources can dry up and you just go back to what feels comfortable. The other option is that you develop stuff that a younger band would not have been able to do.”
$15, Saturday, July 7, 8:30 p.m., ONCE Lounge and Ballroom, 160 Highland Avenue, Somerville, https://www.oncesomerville.com/.
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music review: Saint Etienne at ONCE Somerville– September 24, 2017
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on September 26, 2017
Saint Etienne
ONCE Somerville
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Blissful, positive vibes dominated the sold-out Saint Etienne show Sunday night at ONCE Somerville. The London band played a mix of older songs – a grooving “Kiss and Make Up,” “Lose That Girl,” an energetic “I’ve Got Your Music” and the popular Neil Young cover “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” –as well as songs from the band’s new album Home Counties—the brilliant “Magpie Eyes,” “Whyteleafe” and slow jam “Take It All In.” It’s the first tour for the band in five years. Three musicians, including a violin player, and a singer joined Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell onstage, which provided a grand, club sound. “You are familiar with Good Humor it seems,” Sarah Cracknell said after playing “Lose That Girl.” She also noted: “It’s a lot warmer here than it is in the UK.” It was a sweaty show because how can you not dance at least a little bit to Saint Etienne? Cracknell is an engaging and genuine front-person. She interacted just enough. An enthusiastic mostly GenX crowd danced and shouted out song requests. One couple said that their wedding song twenty years ago was “Tonight.” I saw two couples with children in tow. The band played for about an hour and a half including a three song encore. The show featured lots of groovy, potent bass lines [especially in “Help Myself”], dreamy, sweet harmonizing and overall warm fuzzies. It’s sparkly, fresh happy music.
Set list:
Kiss and Make Up
Lose That Girl
Out of My Mind
Who Do you think You Are
Whyteleafe
Hug My Soul
Magpie Eyes
I’ve Got Your Music
Take it All In
Like a Motorway
Dive
Split Screen
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Nothing Can Stop Us
Tonight
Sylvie
Encore:
Stop and Think It Over
Train Drivers in Eyeliner
He’s on the Phone
SAINT ETIENNE U.S. TOUR DATES:
September 26—Brooklyn, New York—Music Hall of Williamsburg
September 27—Washington, DC—U Street Music Hall
September 29—Chicago, Ill.—Park West
October 2—Seattle, Wash.—Neptune
October 4—San Francisco, Calif.—The Fillmore
October 5—Pomona, Calif.—Glass House
October 6—Los Angeles, Calif.—The Fonda Theatre
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covering mostly music and books. focus on alternative/indie and women in music, literature and the arts. feminist. vegan. mostly alternative, a bit bohemian. Masters in journalism from Boston University. BA from Simmons College.
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