By Joe Sansone Psychedelic rock reigned supreme at the Middle East Upstairs on Tuesday. Upon entering the club, order I could hear drone music blasting through the speakers. Vivid colored patterns shooting through an overhead projector onto the stage previewed what was in store for the night. While some familiar Boston based bands were here to […]
By Mark Zurlo Back when I was growing up, shop bands that sound similar to Fitz and The Tantrums were on the radio all the time. In fact, you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing the classic Motown sounds of the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops, or the Commodores. No, I didn’t grow up in […]
One might think, as I had, that a review of Justin Townes Earle would write itself. Because he’s a guy who is a reincarnation of two of the greatest ever—Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt. Because he is a young, volatile and talented musician with such a turbulent past that you’d need your toes in counting his rehab visits (13, so three toes). And anybody who knows anything about JTE certainly knows this because he’s never been one to conceal his history; if he’s not explicitly telling you on the stage or in an interview, he’s telling you in his lyrics.
Fiona Apple’s extended absence from the public eye between 2005’s Extraordinary Machine and last year’s The Idler Wheel… was nothing out of the ordinary for the beloved singer-songwriter. Her career, which now spans nearly two decades, has produced just four studio albums; a leisurely working pace to say the least…
I’ve heard many a tale about Kevin Barnes, of Montreal’s enigmatic front man… that once, he performed nude on a horse in Brooklyn.
Cults headlined The Sinclair and consequently left a bittersweet taste behind.
The band’s three singers shared some beautiful moments of harmony that were so incredibly on-point that if this is actually them hungover, as they joked, then I don’t want to see them play with clear heads.
Allston Pudding’s Chloe Gomez and Helen Chen teamed up to review and photograph Brooklyn based Frankie Rose and Glasgow based Franz Ferdinand at The Orpheum Theater on Sunday night Frankie Rose While Rose’s ethereal pop tunes are better suited for a smaller open spaced club venue rather than seats in a down sloped theatre (Oh […]
What have you done with the last two years of your life? Dan Goldin, with help of friend Dave Spak, of Exploding in Sound records has put out 12 releases and counting in those two years. Since they first signed Pile in October 2011, Exploding in Sound has been curating some of the best bands from as near to our hearts as Boston, to as far as Switzerland. CLICK TO READ MORE YO!
By Matthew Shelter Photos by Matthew Shelter After selling out the Middle East in July, pills Savages returned to Boston three months later, health stepping up to the larger confines of the Paradise. But, viagra perhaps because they had been here so recently, or because it was a random Tuesday night, they attracted a sparser […]