I'm not sure if anyone else notices this, but is there always that one band that you always end up seeing multiple times, on various tours, with different bands in both your town and elsewhere? That would be Boston, MA's the Explosion for me. Luckily, these guys never disappoint with their shows, fusing 77'-era street punk with pop melodies and hooks a-plenty.

This week's installment comes from my archives, filmed during the summer of 2003, compete with the terrible audio from my old miniDV.