This year, REM’s Lifes Rich Pageant is turning 40. At the time of its release, the seminal record was a bellwether of the burgeoning underground What’s the Rumpus?
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy
Royale, Boston, March 6
March 10th, 2026 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
This year, REM’s Lifes Rich Pageant is turning 40. At the time of its release, the seminal record was a bellwether of the burgeoning underground
The Beta Band
Royale, Boston, October 29
November 10th, 2025 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
On their first tour since splitting up in 2004, The Beta Band touched down in Boston late last month. It was hard to know what to expect from the
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Sinclair, Cambridge, September 12
September 15th, 2025 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
If you’ve ever seen Dig!, the 2004 film that followed the competing trajectories of the Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Mekons
City Winery, Boston, July 16
July 22nd, 2025 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
In their nearly 50 years since forming in Leeds during the punk era of the late '70s, the Mekons have created a cohesive body of work marked by a certain
Hovvdy
A&R Music Bar, Columbus, March 20
March 24th, 2025 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
When it comes to first impressions, I’ll have to be completely honest and confess that from my perspective, the Austin
X
The Observatory North Park, San Diego, December 30
January 7th, 2025 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
This past summer, X—the four-piece who first made a name for itself as a forerunner of the Los Angeles punk scene
Howard Jones, ABC & Haircut 100
The Athenaeum, Columbus, August 28
September 4th, 2024 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
While the ‘80s are often reduced to a stereotype of big hair, day-glo colors, and emotionless pop, the truth is that is was an
Sonic Temple
Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, May 17–20
May 30th, 2024 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
I started a leisurely Friday at the Sonic Temple Festival with a set from the LA-based, post-hardcore, post-pandemic formed quartet
The Kills
Newport Music Hall, Columbus, February 18
February 26th, 2024 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
It had been more than 20 years since I had seen The Kills first play Columbus to about 40 people, but as they launched into “Kissy Kissy,”
Nick Cave
KeyBank State Theatre, Cleveland, September 25
October 5th, 2023 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in What's the Rumpus? | Leave A Comment »
Sitting in a movie theater watching Mutiny in Heaven, the recently released Birthday Party documentary, it was hard to believe that