Dying Scene

Jay Stone

Resident Old Man

I help run this place…ideally not into the ground, although that’s easier said than done. If you’re not from Boston…I’m from Boston! If you are from Boston…I’m from southern NH and live on the North Shore!

Discover more from Dying Scene

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Jay Stone Contributed Content
DS Interview: Nicole Laurenne on The Darts’ upcoming “Halloween Love Songs,” her journey to becoming a punk rock judge, her limitless musical passion and much more
2026 is shaping up to be quite a busy year for Nicole Laurenne. By some metrics, it might be her busiest one yet. Laurenne’s primary band, the campy, gothy garage-punk four-piece The Darts, are due to put out their latest record, Halloween Love Songs, on March 3rd. It marks the band’s seventh studio full-length in […]
DS Song Premiere: Philly’s King Slender debut “Bare Ends” from upcoming record “There Is Your Image In Light”
Happy Hump Day, comrades! For the first time in what seems like forever, we get to bring you some brand new music to get your day going. Today, we’re stoked to bring you a track called “Bare Ends.” It comes to us from Philadelphia post-hardcore band King Slender. Here’s what the band has to say […]
DS Show Review and Photo Gallery: Weakened Friends make triumphant Boston area return with help from PINKLIDS and Nova One (Sinclair – Cambridge, 11/20/25)
Portland, Maine’s Weakened Friends released one of the best albums of 2025, Feels Like Hell, back in October, and in mid-November, they finally brought their record-release tour to the Sinclair in Cambridge’s Harvard Square, a bit of a triumphant return to their adopted hometown area. The evening was kicked off by the upstart PINKLIDS. If […]
DS Photo Galley and Show Review: Bane, Hot Water Music and Spaced – Providence RI (11/14/25)
Fete Music Hall in Providence, Rhode Island, was the setting as Bane and Hot Water Music brought their recent co-headlining tour to a close. It’s a no-frills, no barricade venue consisting of mostly black-painted brick and concrete, located in the gritty-even-for-Providence Olneyville section of town, in many ways the perfect setting for a pair of […]