Live Shows: The Dollyrots and The Boreouts, Sonia, Cambridge, MA 7/19/24
Friday night's The Dollyrots show at Sonia in Cambridge had one of the oddest vibes of any show I've ever been to. First, there were signs up everywhere in the venue saying that there would be moshing at the show, so dance at your own risk. I've never seen these signs at any show at Sonia or The Middle East, so that was a bit odd. It might have been because when the show was advertised as all ages, they truly meant all ages. The crowd went from grizzled, graying punks to preschoolers wearing Bluey shirts. There was a high contingent of elementary school aged kids at the show, and maybe because of that, there was no moshing. With or without moshing, The Dollyrots put on a killer show. Their blend of punk and garage rock leans quite heavily into the pop side of the genres, and their live show sounds even better than their recordings. Maybe it was because a good chunk of the crowd skewed much younger than a typical rock show, but there was a charged energy missing with most s...