Live Shows: Skavoovie and The Epitones, The Amazing Royal Crowns, Spring Heeled Jack, and Lady Hatchet Quartet, The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA 6/20/25
Nostalgia can be a weird thing. I don't remember being a big fan of The Amazing Royal Crowns back in the 90's. I was anti-The Amazing Royal Crowns, but I never sought them out. They just happened to be playing a bunch of shows I was already going to. but once I saw that they were playing their first show in at least ten years at The Sinclair, I bought a ticket immediately. The fact that Skavoovie and The Epitones were playing their first local show in twenty-five years along with Spring Heeled Jack were just a bonus. Opening the show was Lady Hatchet Quartet, a four woman ska band. (I didn't know you could legally have a ska band with that few members...) Let by Lady Hatchet (aka Kristin Forbes who has played with The Slackers, The Toasters, as well as other legendary ska bands), they played an incredibly fun and light set of ska songs. It was really everything you want in a ska set. You could easily dance to it, and they were a perfect choice to get the crowd warmed up. I ...