Ought (Church 7/12/14)
Ought’s show at Church was a raw mix of post-punk bliss.
Spazzkid Gets Great Scott Dancing 7/8
Synthpop wunderkind Spazzkid puts on a rollicking set, leaving a room full of big smiles and full hearts.
DIIV Had the Floor Shaking (Great Scott 7/12)
DIIV highlighted a night celebrating 10 years of music at Great Scott.
Review: Hamilton Leithauser (Sinclair 7/10)
Hamilton Leithauser, Hamilton who? Leithauser, you know, the guy from the Walkmen.
Felice Brothers at Sinclair 7/11
I went to a party the other night, and a Felice Brothers show broke out.
Idiot Genes Love Aluminum and Warm Beer (Great Scott, 7/2)
Jack Wall (Photo taken from Idiot Genes’ recent article “The Best Places to Drink (in public) in Allston”) Idiot Genes has garnered the buzz of local punks, musicians and drunk college-kids for little over a year now, and back in February, Allston Pudding’s Christine Varriale called them “the best new punk band in Boston.” So, […]
Nightmares On Wax Celebrates 25 Years at Paradise 7/10
By Sharon Weissburg When a musician has been around for longer than the reviewer’s been alive, it’s more than a little humbling to comment on their performance. I first became aware of Nightmares On Wax, also known as George Evelyn of Leeds, England, when I was ten or eleven years old. At that point, the music […]
Review: The Kills (Paradise 7/8)
The Kills are one of the best rock acts of the past ten years, but please don’t tell anyone else.
A Sunny Day In Glasgow Brings Their Own Fireworks (Great Scott 7/3)
Just three songs into A Sunny Day In Glasgow’s set at Great Scott on Thursday night, a drenched fan materialized at the front of the stage hoping they had just started.
Review: Au Revoir Simone / Little Daylight @ Brighton Music Hall 7.5.14
Not just another three girl band, not just another chill wave band, Au Revoir Simone and Little Daylight came to Boston when everyone else left and were the whimsical missing cherry on top of your melancholic Independence day weekend.