Live Shows: Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys and The Devil's Twins, ONCE Ballroom, Somerville, MA 12/31/19
I'm not a huge New Year's Eve guy. I hate nights where you feel obligated to go out and have fun because you need to. Of course, I'll go out if there's something specific to do, and this New Year's Eve Boston was packed with great things to do. STL GLD, Latrell James, and Cliff Notez were at Oberon. Oompa was at Great Scott. Deer Tick was playing The Sinclair. These Wild Plains were somewhere. But as soon as I saw that Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys were playing with The Devil's Twins at ONCE for $10, I knew I had plans. Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys closed out the night starting their thirteen (naturally) song set just before midnight. Our favorite steam crunkers brought the party hard, playing a set of their loudest rockers with nary a ballad in sight. Opening with my personal new-ish favorite "Dino Domina," Walter Sickert and Mary Widow started off singing in the crowd, which became a recurring theme of mostly Sicker...