By Nick Canton Brooklyn’s The Men played Great Scott last Sunday night as they begin their tour to promote the new record Tomorrow’s Hits, which was released yesterday. I spoke to keyboardist Mark Perro last week, which you can read here. For the bands that preceded them, there was the darkened neon “Tomorrow’s Hits” sign […]
The Lawrence Arms might not be the same band they were in 2006, but they can still play (and drink) just like they did in the good old days.
By Nick Canton Last week, White Denim played two sold-out shows at the Sinclair on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I had seen them last year at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival and as I expected, it was a few white guys wearing blue jeans. I was interested in seeing them again, because although I remember having […]
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By Sami Martasian Photo by Christine Varriale Last year I almost permanently lost my hearing. Last night, rx no rx Seeing Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at the Paradise, I was very glad that I didn’t. There’s a sort of anxiety that comes with seeing a musician as fabled and influential as former Pavement front […]
By Nick Canton Photos by Jonathan Mehring Last Thursday night put an end to the House of Vans celebration at Middle East Downstairs, featuring the bands Anamanaguchi, Baths, and a special guest. The special mystery guest of the night that was advertised on all the press? Weeknight! I don’t think anyone had really heard of […]
I do this thing when I’m a little bit late for something, where I tell myself “Oh whatever, it’s only a few minutes, I’m sure I’m not missing anything.” I did that Sunday night on the way to this house show, and the moment I walked into the door I immediately felt terrible.
Evan Weiss makes song writing look easy. When he tours with Into It. Over It., he makes that look pretty simple as well
This past week, Vans put on three free shows at the Middle East as part of their House of Vans concert series. On Wednesday, February 19, they not only installed an entire snowboarding half-pipe on the street, but also managed to book Earl Sweatshirt, XXYYXX and Cities Aviv for one sold-out night.
Converse Rubber Tracks Live put on a free show on Monday, February 17 at The Sinclair, featuring local opener Viva Viva and pioneers of psychedelic rock The Black Angels and legendary Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators.