Johnathan Richman has long been a nostalgic, golden boy of rock and roll. Preferring to embrace the "
good old days" aesthetic with garage rock than anything else. And embrace he should, as he was under the wings of the Velvet Underground during the early 70s in NY, combining their stripped down rock sound with doo-wop and mono-drenched pop.
The Modern Lovers' front man will be coming back down 128...when its dark outside no doubt, three dates in Cambridge:
February
12 – Brooklyn, N.Y. - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
13 – Brooklyn, N.Y. - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
14 – Brooklyn, N.Y. - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
16 – Cambridge, Mass. - Middle East Upstairs
17 – Cambridge, Mass. - Middle East Upstairs
18 – Cambridge, Mass. - Middle East Upstairs
19 – Providence, R.I. - Firehouse 13 Gallery
In other Cambridge hype, dream-pop ballad auteurs
Galaxie 500 will be following up their 20-20-20 vinyl reissues with deluxe editions of
Today,
On Fire, and
This Is Our Music. Each will be a 2-disc set, coming out on March 22nd. They will also be reissued again on vynil.
1988's Today with Uncollected - Career-spanning rarities
1989's On Fire with Peel Sessions - 2005 release of some excellent shoegaze favorites, including some covers.
1990's This is Our Music with Copenhagen - A live recording of G500's last Europe show.
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