Results tagged “theclash”

No lead is safe against the Yankees. In case 100 years of bitter history hadn't taught you that, the fiasco on Friday night illustrated the need to jump on them, as soon as possible, and stay there. These guys have more lives than horror-movie villains. The Sox apparently remembered that lesson sometime between Friday night and Saturday afternoon, as they used a Josh Beckett masterpiece and a barrage of timely hitting to rout the Yanks,... more ›

On Saturday, Bostonist trudged over to Avalon to see one of our favorite old school punk bands -- the legendary X. In the early 1980’s, X led the Los Angeles punk pack. The band infused it’s raw sound with rootsy rockabilly, folk, and country blues, borrowing as much from Gene Vincent and Woody Guthrie as The Clash and Buzzcock’s. X has been described as “not just one of the greatest punk bands, but one of the greatest live rock acts of all time.” Bostonist nearly melted its iPod running through X’s back catalog in anticipation of this show. more ›