Concert videos of indie, punk, and alternative (mostly) bands & artists in Boston (mostly) that I actually went to. YouTube channel 1,700+ full song videos.👇
A little Irish in your blood ☘️
A little Polish in your name 🇵🇱
A little BOSTON in your attitude 👊
@themenzingers
| Your Wild Years | The Palladium Worcester, MA
Full song:
Guster does Fleetwood Mac at Somerville Porchfest
@guster
| Dreams
@fleetwoodmac
cover | Somerville Porchfest Somerville, MA | May 11, 2024
Full Porchfest set:
No better feeling than you and a few thousand of your closest friends experiencing the same joy with live music you love.
The Gaslight Anthem
@gaslightanthem
| The '59 Sound | MGM Music Hall at Fenway Boston, MA | August 18, 2024
Full song:
"Thanks for listening, letting us play all the fucking weird ones we haven't played in a long time"
@jeffrosenstock
| Twinkle | Warsaw Brooklyn, NY | August 21, 2024
Jeff Rosenstock concert videos playlist:
It was such a ska-heavy night at Jeff Rosenstock's Brooklyn residency he even hit us with a "pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.”
@jeffrosenstock
| ***SKA | Warsaw Brooklyn, NY | August 27, 2024
Jeff Rosenstock concert videos playlist:
@charlybliss
covers I’m Not Okay a few days after covering Since U Been gone. Somehow both totally fit them.
Charly Bliss | I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance
@MCRofficial
cover | Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY | Sept 9, 2024
Full song
Wishing
@jeffrosenstock
a new pair of Nikes, or something, on his birthday.
Jeff Rosenstock | Nikes (Alt) | Warsaw ConcertsBrooklyn, NY | August 27, 2024
Would love a thought bubble over the heads of all The Decemberists crowd when
@Ratboysband
came out and just started RIPPING
Ratboys | Making Noise for the Ones You Love | Roadrunner Boston, MA | May 2, 2024
Full song:
Take me back. Give me more. Antarctigo Vespucci forever.
@jeffrosenstock
&
@chrisfarren
/ Antarctigo Vespucci | I'm Giving Up on U2 | Warsaw Brooklyn, NY | August 21, 2024
Antarctigo Vespucci in Brooklyn:
Chris Farren fans everywhere know he is an elite multitasker. He sings, plays guitar, triggers video, cues fan tasked with releasing balloons, bops balloons out of his face without missing a note.
Chris Farren | Cosmic Leash | Crystal Ballroom Somerville, MA | October 15, 2023
Squirrel Flower, Ella Williams solo covers Pedro The Lion while opening for Pedro The Lion, 89 minutes later Pedro The Lion plays that song 🐿️🌷🦁
@sqrrlflwr
&
@pedrothelion
| Bands With Managers | Crystal Ballroom Somerville, MA | June 30, 2024
Spike Slawson saying "We got a couple more" and "this next one is a cover" before almost every Me First And The Gimme Gimmes song makes me laugh every time.
@GimmeGimmeDivas
| Straight Up (
@PaulaAbdul
Cover) | Big Night Live Boston, MA | April 24, 2024
@Ratboysband
: We're the opening band but we're doing our 9-minute song, WDGAF
@TheDecemberists
: Hold my beer, we're closing our set with our 18-minute song
The Decemberists & Ratboys | Roadrunner Boston, MA | May 2, 2024
They wouldn't be your friend if it wasn't worth it, if you didn't have something they could TA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-KE
@jeffrosenstock
| Festival Song |
@thestrandri
Providence, RI | March 27, 2024
Jeff Rosenstock concert playlist:
In the dictionary next to the phrase "one minute bangers only" there's a picture of
@Perennialband
Perennial | Art History | Crystal Ballroom Somerville, MA | September 26, 2024
Perennial concert videos playlist:
Lessons in La de da de da de-dadedade-da, audience participation, english, theatre arts, sound traveling, thermonuclear waystations, and other sciency stuff courtesy of
@colinmeloy
@TheDecemberists
| 16 Military Wives | Roadrunner Boston, MA | May 2, 2024
Do It Faster FOUR TIMES IN A ROW TO CLOSE THE SHOW
This is the third of four with Ian Shelton grabbing the guitar and Nick Cogan on the mic.
@militariegun
| Do It Faster x4 | Space Ballroom Hamden, CT | June 20, 2024
Full video Do It Faster four times:
Did you have
@Crazy4Bagels
doing a cartwheel on your
@JFCREWBABY
live show bingo card?
Just Friends | Keep Up | The Palladium Worcester, MA | April 11, 2024
Full song:
F*ck my phone's going off
Prince Daddy & The Hyena
@Pdaddynthehyena
| Adult Summers (PART 2) | Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA | July 13, 2024
Prince Daddy & the Hyena concert videos playlist:
The song
@davidbazan
refers to as the perfect song that sent tears streaming down his face is Taster by
@Grandaddy
, which Pedro The Lion covered on tour
@pedrothelion
| Taster (Grandaddy cover) | Crystal Ballroom Somerville, MA | June 30, 2024
Full song:
Here we are now, entertain us.
The Gaslight Anthem does Nirvana.
@gaslightanthem
,
@pinkshiftmd
, &
@KarinaRykman
| Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana Cover) | MGM Music Hall at Fenway Boston, MA | August 18, 2024
Full song:
Epic performances of
@CarpoolNY
The Salty Song.
Take 1: joined by
@saypband
& Stoph Colasanto does the song from the pit
Take 2: Joined by
@Pdaddynthehyena
, saturdays at your place, and
@RILEYtheband
after Kory Gregory admits he was, um, indisposed and missed the first time.
TheComfortOfaKnowledgeOfaRiseAboveTheSkyButCouldNeverParallelTheChallengeOfAnAcquisitionInThe Here and Now, Here and Now.
@LettersToCleo
| Here & Now |
@ParadiseRockClb
Boston, MA | November 18, 2023
Full song:
Maybe with all the money
@chrisfarren
makes from selling busts of himself he'll be able to afford a wireless mic to make going through the crowd easier during Statue Song.
Chris Farren | Statue Song | Warsaw Brooklyn, NY | August 21, 2024
Full song:
Take me home… to the place… I belong
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover) | Big Night Live Boston, MA | April 24, 2024
@GimmeGimmeDivas
concert videos:
Are you listening? (Whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
Sing it back (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
@jimmyeatworld
| Sweetness | The Strand Providence, RI | October 6, 2022
Full song:
You can’t have enough love in life, scoop it up and hold on tight. ❤️🍀
@LettersToCleo
| 4 Leaf Clover | Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA | November 17, 2024
Full song:
Wikipedia tells me only about 2% of American men are 6’5” or taller but 100% of them magically appear directly in front of me at every show ten seconds before the band takes the stage.
We know
@chrisfarren
was just pandering to the New York crowd and if he was being honest would have stopped and stayed on the slide that says Boston is his favorite city in the world.
Chris Farren concert videos playlist:
Karina Rykman joined The Gaslight Anthem on stage for a live version of their cover of Billie Eilish's Ocean Eyes.
@gaslightanthem
&
@KarinaRykman
| Ocean Eyes (
@billieeilish
cover) | MGM Music Hall at Fenway Boston, MA | August 18, 2024
Full song:
Who did their part bettah, the crowd or
@kayhanley
?
@LettersToCleo
| Cruel to be Kind (Acoustic) Nick Lowe cover |
@ParadiseRockClb
Boston, MA | November 19, 2022
Letters to Cleo concerts playlist:
Celebrity drummer sighting as
@jeffrosenstock
pulled out some deep cuts with
@maddenklass
Jeff Rosenstock | Teenager | Warsaw Brooklyn, NY | August 27, 2024
Jeff Rosenstock Brooklyn residencty videos playlist:
Come for the Frankie intentional comedy, stay for
@thesleepyspud
unintentional comedy (and Chris doing Antarctigo Vespucci).
@chrisfarren
| Bang! |
@CrystalSville
Somerville, MA | October 23, 2024
Full song:
Also I’m pretty sure when
@jeffrosenstock
was blowing out the candles on his birthday cake his wish was for you to watch all these videos of him in concert:
Wishing
@jeffrosenstock
a new pair of Nikes, or something, on his birthday.
Jeff Rosenstock | Nikes (Alt) | Warsaw ConcertsBrooklyn, NY | August 27, 2024
Do It Faster FOUR TIMES IN A ROW TO CLOSE THE SHOW
This is the third of four with Ian Shelton grabbing the guitar and Nick Cogan on the mic.
@militariegun
| Do It Faster x4 | Space Ballroom Hamden, CT | June 20, 2024
Full video Do It Faster four times:
"Oh I, I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me."
For some of us, the most relatable lyrics ever written.
@teganandsara
| You Wouldn't Like Me | Roadrunner Boston, MA | September 22, 2023
Full song:
And the next time that I catch you tongue tied, I'll freak out and go home
saturdays at your place
@saypband
| hospital bed | Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA | July 13, 2024
Full song:
PUP, once again with 100% more Oceanator (and 100% more
@stefanbabcock
crowd surfing)
@puptheband
&
@oceanator
| Reservoir | Warsaw Concerts Brooklyn, NY | August 27, 2024
Full song:
They wouldn't be your friend... if you didn't have something they could
ta-a-a-a-a-a-aaaa-a-a-a-a-a-a-aaaa-ke
@jeffrosenstock
| Festival Song | Warsaw Brooklyn, | August 27, 2024
Full song:
“We're gonna do something very brave. We're gonna play a completely different song than the last song."
@jeffrosenstock
| Festival Song | Roadrunner Boston, MA | September 8, 2023
Full song:
Celebrate
@chrisfarren
(shamelessly plugging his) birthday by contemplating whether the best parts of his shows are when Frankie makes him laugh mid-song and if raising the roof is still acceptable at age (whatever ageless age Chris Farren is).
#boatfails
#happybirthdaychris
Happy Birthday. Chris Farren and his fans know 9 years is a true milestone birthday unlike 5 years or 10 years.
@chrisfarren
| WHERE U ARE |
@CrystalSville
Somerville, MA | October 15, 2023.
Chris Farren &
@thesleepyspud
live playlist:
Happy 9 year bday to the WHERE U ARE EP ! recorded this myself in Florida/LA/australia w Casey and Sean from Fakey p . My friend
@thebrianfallon
sang on the song “permanent for Me” which I think is legally the longest Chris Farren song ?
Anyways great EP
Eva Hendricks might be the most happy and excitable person on earth when on stage. But has she ever been more happy and excitable than when
@charlybliss
joined
@letters_to_cleo
for "Josie and the Pussycats" songs?
Eagerly awaiting seeing the time
@jeffrosenstock
and/or
@DanPotthast
misses the catch of the shaker just to see what kind of chaos might ensue on stage. (Also, Jeff is SO happy during these moments 😀)
Shake It Shake It Shake It Shake It Shake It Shake It
Just Friends
@JFCREWBABY
| Fever | Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA | September 24, 2023
Full song:
The year is 2024. Jane’s Addiction is playing a concert. Tickets ~30 rows back (not a GA venue) listed at $5,447 and $5,115 and one of the ticket c̵o̵m̵p̵a̵n̵i̵e̵s̵ cartels highlights this as an “⭐️ AMAZING DEAL.” Seriously, fuck everyone associated with the ticket industry.