<p>A wise man once said that when it comes to life and music, survival is success. So it stands to reason that there’s perhaps no more successful product of the Boston music scene than Rick Berlin. The local mainstay takes center stage tonight (April 6) at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, raising a glass to 50 years of musical creativity, artistic measure, and rock and roll perseverance at We’re All In This Together: A Celebration of the Music of Rick […]</p>
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<p>When I eulogized Tom Brady’s career back in February when 80 For Brady came out, a chunk of my argument centered around the very nature of the biographical sports narrative feature. The filmmaker is at an inherent disadvantage in trying to recreate the hits of an athlete’s career: if you do a recreation, you’re fucked because there’s already much better documentary footage out there. If you use that footage, and don’t have anything interesting to supplant it with, your audience […]</p>
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Sparta have announced US tour dates to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Wiretap Scars. Neil Hennessy of The Lawrence Arms will be joining Jim Ward and Matt Miller as the drummer for this tour. ’69 and Geoff Rickly of Thursday will be playing support on all dates. Sparta released their self-titled album in 2022 and we interviewedJim Ward about it last year. Check out the dates below.

Furnace Fest has announced that Gel will be filling in for Anxious at this year's festival. The band will be playing in place of Anxious on on Saturday, September 23. Gel released their album Only Constant last week and we spoke to guitarist Anthony Webster about it last month. Furnace Fest announced its lineup for this year in February and will take place September 22-24 at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama.

Pro Wrestling The Band have released a video for their song “Cold Shoulder”. The video was created by Patrick Briggs. The song was released as a standalone single last month. Pro Wrestling The Band released their EP Five Of My Kind earlier this year. Check out the video below.

Osaka-based ska punks HEY-SMITH have released a video for their song “Inside Of Me W.E.E.D”. The song was released as a single in 2022 via Caffeine Bomb Organics. HEY-SMITH released their EP Back To Basics in 2021 and their album Life in the Sun in 2020. Check out the video below.

Jivebomb have announced US tour dates for this spring. The band will be playing a handful of shows with Angel Du$t and Life’s Question in May on their previously announced US tour and Mexican Coke and Die will be joining them on select shows in June. Jivebomb released their EP Primitive Desires in 2022. Check out the dates below.

The Flatliners have released a video for their song “It’ll Hurt”. The video was directed by Mitch Barnes. The song is off their album New Ruin which was released in 2022. The Flatliners will be touring the UK and Europe starting later this week, playing Pouzza Fest in Montreal in May, and touring Europe this summer. Check out the video below.

Spinebreaker, the San Jose-based band made up of Elliot Morrow and Cole Kakimoto of Gulch, Josef Alfonso of Sunami, Brian Do of Ripped to Shreds, Alex Herrera, and Justin Ton of Dead Heat. have announced that they will be releasing a new EP. It is called Cavern of Inoculated Cognition and will be out May 5 via Creator-Destructor Records. The band has also released their first single called “Spectral Forge”. Spinebreaker released their Promo Cassette in 2019 and their album Ice Grave in 2015. Check out the song and tracklist below.