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TV Eyes: The Walkmen unleash ‘The Rat’ on ‘The Late Show’

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‘Buy Me, Boston’ details local ads and flyers from Boston’s cultural heyday

Boston News Music

For Show: Boston Flashpoint unveils massive archive of ’80s-era Boston music scene posters

Watch incredible never-before-seen video of the Police performing at the Rat in 1978

Hotel In Disguise: A reminder of what dirty old Boston rock club the Rat was really like

Music Spotlight

Boston Gone: The sites of rock clubs and music venues no longer with us

Music Spotlight

Caged Heat: The day Billy Ruane brought The Del Fuegos to Walpole Prison

This video of Unnatural Axe at the Rat shows off Boston’s late-’70s punk rock glory days

Watch a four-part doc on the closing of Boston’s live music venues — from 1988