Hassle Fest 7 Memories – Day 1: Gauche / World Cup / Listening Woman

The meaning of the word “punk,” in 2015, is something that can be debated endlessly by those with stakes in the underground, or in the rhetoric of music description. A primer in what it could refer to was put on this weekend by the Boston-based arts nonprofit Brain Arts Organization, sponsors of the annual punk-rock throwdown Hassle Fest.
This year represented the festival’s seventh installment, and the three days of shows — at the Cambridge Elks Lodge and Out of the Blue Too Gallery in Cambridge, and Brighton Music Hall in Allston — ran smoothly, an impressive feat for any event with more than 40 acts and a face-painting area. Schedules were finessed to keep a substantial portion of each night’s bill open to those under 18, a crucial gesture that showed how the underground depends on the next generation; Brighton Music Hall’s space was reworked to fit a smaller second stage in the back, so as to limit downtime between sets.
Maura Johnston / Boston Globe

A collection of videos and pics from Day 1 of Boston Hassle Fest 7 – Gauche (their first show outside of native DC!) + World Cup (Boston) + Listening Woman (Boston).
Captured by Ethan Long, Shuggy Sugarman/Fat Shuggy and Sam PunkrockHobbit Jem Hadge.