Jon Spencer & The HITmakers play TONIGHT at the Middle East Downstairs with Minibeast and Muck & The Mires. Visit wmbr.org for your full concert report needs.
RIP Van Conner, Screaming Trees bass player. He was also the guitarist in Solomon Grundy, and played in a number of bands (including VALIS and Musk Ox) after the Trees disbanded.
RIP Gary Smith, longtime owner of Fort Apache Studios, record producer, and manager of a slew of greater Boston area artists including the Pixies, Throwing Muses, and Natalie Merchant to name a few. Lifeboat was Gary's Newport, RI-based band with Bob Kendall, Skeggy Kendall, and Paul Gibson.