Most of Brand O’s songs may be strictly Brand X, but the band has made a major breakthrough on the sartorial side of the scene: different sized stencils for different sized shirts!
How many times have you passed up the XL shirt because the band logo looked so small in the middle of it? You buy the M, which seems a perfect balance of fabric and icon. But you never wear it because the only thing more ubiquitous in the scene than T-shirts is beer, and the shirt just doesn’t fall correctly around your bulging belly?
Tog Tropix, Brand O’s drummer (as if you didn’t know—isn’t a band’s drummer always its logo designer?)—says she “just felt funny” about a small image swimming in such a large swath of cloth. “I mean, I felt physically ill. That’s my aesthetic. I’m a drummer, but mostly I’m a designer.”

Smalltooth, Slender Snipe and Tropical Gar experimfolkindie meltdown at the Bullfinch. Happy hour drink specials, though there’s nothing happy about the music… All tribute acts at Hamilton’s, albeit the kind where it’s not really a full tribute because the feted band didn’t have enough popular songs to warrant a full set. Also, you can’t tell from the band titles who the tributes are for, unless you’re so into these bands that any tribute done by others would likely sicken you. In any case, Bulbous Deepsea Angler and Unicorn Crest, your stage is set… Crisscross Prickleback and Alligator Pipe at D’ollaire’s will definitely sell more beer than anyone else playing this night…