This is a band that believes “reverence is obligation,” but that’s not so bad when what they revere are the Beatles, Nirvana, ZZ Top, Roxy Music, Black Sabbath and The Cure, among others.

Somerville’s Board of Aldermen has passed a law that’s good news for street performers, and for the First Amendment – ending a nearly 80-year-old law that said most public gatherings had to have permits from city government.