navigating you to underground, above-ground and all around awesome happenings in the greater boston area The T Extends Its Service Till 3am Guess what? The MBTA is now running service until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays. Really. This is already happening. We as a populace who are interested in the nightlife of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville (and beyond) need to vote with our feet on this. YOU, ME, WE need to ride the T late at night to support this initiative. The T tried late night service before, the Night Owl, back in the early to mid-2000s. But they botched it. Buses ran instead of trains, different stops were used in some cases. It was confusing. This is DIFFERENT. All of the T’s subway lines (including Green and Silver lines) and 15 bus routes (the 1, 15, 22, 23, 28, 32, 39, 57, 66, 71, 73, 77, 111, 116, and 117) will run later!!! Get the facts and plan accordingly. We must remember our complaints about not being able to get home (for <$25)
from that show in Central Sq because we live in JP, or not being able to close out that bar in Allston for that birthday blowout, because we live in Davis Sq. Etcetera, and so forth. Now, this T til 3am business is only a yearlong PILOT PROGRAM. It’s a test. An experiment. We are the guinea pigs and we must spin our stupid wheel. The city of Boston needs this. You and I, the residents of Greater Boston, need this. Our nightlife and its accompanying industry needs this. Our art, music and film culture needs this! The metal horde, the indie pop kids, the punks, the weirdos, the late-night workers, the artists, the geeks, the midnite movie freaks, all people of all ages NEED THIS. We can all get together on this. It must succeed, and to do so the late night T must be used by the masses. VOTE WITH YOUR FEET MY PEOPLE. - Dan Shea
UP IN THIS ISSUE ART BLAST................................................PAGE 2 100% FREE calendar for the stoked and the broke
FILM FLAM................................................PAGE 3 Bowie & Babies, Gang Fights, IFF Boston, Kids, and Three Amazing Directors In-Person
THE TARDY EAGLE..................................PAGE 6 Romance, Butts, Class War, Meow, Romance, Butts, Other things also...
BOSTON HASSLE BRIEF..........................PAGE 7 Buttercup, Peder Mannerfelt, Burnt Skull, Personnel, Native America and more
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New APP LOVE From ARTMORPHEUS
Magic, when you find kindred spirits in Boston who believe in making meaningful experiences accessible to everybody. Folks at NEW ART LOVE & Artmorpheus live to spread the holy word on all art-things happening in our city. They’ve got a great resource up their sleeve, soon in your pockets. ArtApp Boston+ a free download available for tablet/IOS & android phones, reveals what our art scene has to offer through a clean, interactive platform full of: exhibitions, events & locations. A marriage of tech and art. Type in artappboston. org on your phone’s browser or scan the QR code to see what’s up! - Nabeela Vega
Heart Of The Commonwealth—A Worcester/Lowell Pocket Planner
The Lowell Son, Central MA’s favorite one-page garbage herald, is teaming up with yours-trulies at the Compass to birth something totally awesome. Heart Of The Commonwealth is our Son-picked 2x2 microguide to righteous happenings in Worcester, Lowell, and the generally contentious trashcloud known as “Central Mass.” Within the meridional belly of our state lies a goshdang trea$ure chest of killer bands and DIY spaces oft overlooked by us more-easterners. Seek the Son and Tony’s tiny square in this rag to get yourself to a radical show in middle Mass real soon. You simply must. Plus Eab’s back. - Zach Peckham
Eldritch Blasphemy Finds A Home On The Web
Announcing PHOBOS MAGAZINE, a new ‘Weird Tales’-centric smallpress ‘zine which has reared it’s hoary head o’er the blasted heath to bellow “FEED ME YOUR BABIES!” (which translates roughly as “Send us strange stories, poems or artwork and we’ll give you money”). Pickled brainchild of Robert Corry, Luke St. Germaine, and Adam Guy Halterman, this pulp fiction venture is currently accepting submissions for it’s second issue: EMERGENCE. Interested in checking it out? Try Harvard Book Store or Trident Booksellers. If you’ve been hoarding strange fruit in the subterranean reaches of your hard drive, time to bring that fruit to market! PhobosMagazine.com - James Moore
New England Nod: Sister Providence Calls Your Name
It can take over an hour to get from one side of Boston to the other, but you can go EVEN FURTHER in an hour. Exotic PROVIDENCE, RI is only a train ride away! Take the commuter rail from South Station, Back Bay or Ruggles directly into the sprawling warehouse wonderland of artist spaces, show venues and more. Bring your bike! Bring your dog! Without having to switch trains or busses at all, you can focus on taking a nap, enjoying the New England scenery, making your shirt into a crop top, or listening to Cyndi Lauper’s greatest hits 1.5 times. Go! - Erica Sutherland
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NIGHTLIFE SAVER:
Welcome OM: New Community-Run Yoga In Allston
The people who publish this very newspaper are starting a brand new Pay-What-You-Can Yoga program! It’s called WELCOME OM YOGA and the idea is making Yoga affordable and accessible to the community. All are welcome! New students and aspiring instructors are particularly encouraged to use this completely independent and grassroots movement to begin or further their practice. Learn to teach! Teach to learn! Practice to practice! Find peace of mind and hold your bod in high regard. Classes will take place in Allston beginning the second week of April. Email us to sign-up: ThatBostonCompass@gmail - Sam Potrykus
PILE HAS SEVEN MORE INCHES ON YOU After a month-long rock bender touring with Speedy Ortiz, Pile is back in Boston with two more killer track-narratives and a new 7” to prove it. Their latest, “Special Snowflakes” and “Mama’s Lipstick,” pick up where Pile left off with an effortless mixture of dynamic vocals and hard-core instrumentation. Coupling noise with sentiment, it’s an endless flow of lulling intensity as can only be done by Pile. The Matts, Kris and Rick grace the lower level of The Middle East club with their presence Friday 4/25— get a copy or forever mope in a pile of regret. Pile.Bandcamp.com
STON BUFU FEST ROCKS BO Do you like to rock out? Boston-based music label BUFU RECORDS knows you do--and that’s why they put together an awesome music fest 4/25 & 26 for all the true rebels. They’re packing over 20 of New England’s wildest noise makers and mellow groovers into the Cambridge Elks Lodge for a weekend of true aural, all-age delight. So practice your fist pumps and get down to clown—BUFU FEST is gonna rock you. Lineup includes Happy Jawbone Family Band, Juan Wauters, Krill, Guerilla Toss, B L A C K I E, LovechIld, Bugs & Rats, In Heat, Free Pizza, The Channels, Dylan Ewen & way more. - Chris Collins - Abby Ringiewicz
BUFU Records Unleashes The Channels Debut Cassette
“Do I like sleazy-dank-funk-bass grooves? Whattabout jangled, frenetic, repetitious 80s-style guitar riffs? Virtuosic tag-team drums? Smooth, lethargic, sometimes childlike vocal utterances?” I know you ask yourself these questions daily. We all do. And your reply? “Why yes!” Well then, my friend check out THE CHANNELS! Rippin’ it big time around Boston, this supergroup of sorts features 4 of the baddest cats in town. Their magnificent, eclectic debut Lo Fruit is a brilliant combination of ‘no wave aesthetics’ and 21st century musical awareness. It’s the answer to those hot burning questions. LoFruit.Bandcamp.com—slap that in yer google chromezone. - Luxardo
Onomatopoeic KLYAM Slams The Slime
Abbreves are all the rage these days, as your friends at KLYAM duly justify. Such is the acronymized call-sign of Kids Like You And Me, a blog, record label and organization of power-doers devoted wholly to the uppest crust of garage and punk stuff seeping from Boston’s stinky pores. Shout “KLYAM!” into the webvoid and ye shall be served a worthy helping of reviews, show listings, and slime-time what-have-yous in the style described above. Step further through the portal to wrap thine talons ‘round the Fat Creeps, Nice Guys, and Miami Doritos 7”s out on the eponymously named KLYAM Records. - Zach Peckham
Undercover Artist Offers A Glimpse Into The Pro-Life Movement
What is pro-life? Madeline Burrows (local activist, thespian, drummer/ singer in TOMBOY) went undercover to find out. Equal parts exciting and shocking, her one woman show MOM BABY GOD explores the rhetoric of anti-abortionism and its effects on young people, particularly women. Already touring around the US, this performance makes its way to the @DavisSquareTheatre 4/5-4/7. Boston Hassle is proud to co-sponsor this event! Get tickets now before they sell out! For more info check out MomBabyGod.com and an excerpt from a Q&A with Madeline in this month’s Art Blast. - Ari Shvartsman