Holler if it’s just me, but it seems like it’s been forever since
someone threw a nasty, stinky house show in this city. You know, the
type of raucous concert that leaves a wet residue on walls and
clothing—the kind that turns you on to the beauty of basement
shows in the first place. It seems like the fun-time tap has been a
touch dehydrated since summer ended, but this Sunday, November 9’s
Younger Lovers show at the Monsterssori House is full of
refreshing promise. Like many aspiring young punkers, Gravy
Train!!!! member and Younger Lovers creator Brontez fell in love
with iconic Boston rocker Jonathan Richman over a recent summer
and decided to start a real rock and roll band separate from his extant
electro-queer unit. The songs on his solo debut, Newest
Romantic, are all built off of Gravy Train!!!! demos, so they don’t
stray too far from simple, party-starting rambles about sex and
boyfriends, but the album does have a notably rougher edge. They’re
sure to get some shoeless kids shaking their butts and bumpin’ and
grindin’ in the bike workshop of Beacon Hill’s finest punk house.
All-Ages Calendar
Fri Nov 7: Gina Young, Your Heart Breaks, Natalie
Illium at Faire Cafe Gallery Space, 9 pm, free.
Fri Nov 7: Trevor Davis, Marathon,
Allen Stone
at Q Cafe, 7:30 pm, $7.
Sat Nov 8: Chaostic Magic, Gust Burns Quartet at
Gallery 1412, 8 pm, $5–$15.
Sun Nov 9: Younger Lovers, Magic Johnson, Witches
Of…, Beau Rage at Monsterssori House, 7 pm, $5 suggested
donation.