The Middle East Cafe – Page 2

Middle East Cafe Cambridge, MA December 2004

December 30, 2004

These Arms Are Snakes at The Middle East Cafe Cambridge, MA December 2004 | Photos by Wade Gosselin

The Amazing Royal Crowns – at the WBCN Rumble with Ramona Silver, Fluffy – Review

July 1, 1997

Sure, to the uninitiated, The Crowns are merely pepped up Stray Cat Strutters, but perhaps they will lead the masses toward the salvation sounds of rockabilly.

Ramona Silver – at the WBCN Rumble with The Amazing Royal Crowns & Fluffy – Review

July 1, 1997

Ramona Silver doesn’t move around very much. Her songs, while lilting at times, gusty at others, all “rock out” within very specific parameters.

SNFU – at The Middle East – Review

February 1, 1997

So there I stood, uninvolved, as I watched SNFU go through the motions of retching up a sorry-Johnny-one-note performance. I don’t like them in a club either.

Experimental Audio Research – at the Middle East – Review

September 1, 1996

It seemed as if we all could have left and come back a day or two later to find Boom’s boys still playing in perpetuity.

The Wrens – at The Middle East – Review

May 1, 1996

The Wrens packed the upstairs stage at midnight on a Sunday and the crowd was still there when I left. The live show had an edge like a broken knife blade.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – at The Middle East Cafe – Review

July 1, 1995

Grabbing my girl by the hand, we spun and twirled, jitterbugging, doing the Charleston, Lindy, and the Two-Step. We were the only ones. Uneducated cretins.

Powerman 5000 – at at The Middle East Cafe – Review

October 1, 1993

They combine funk, rap, and hip hop into a GROOVE that is unmistakably Powerman.