Last week, Converse put on their first Rubber Tracks Concert series in Boston, with all of the proceeds going to the One Fund. The two shows represented the seemingly polar opposites of psych-pop outfit Yeasayer and stoner-rap savant Curren$y…
By Ben Stas Photos by Ben Stas If you expected that Flying Lotus’ current live show would reflect the chilled-out, buy downtempo vibes of his 2012 record Until the Quiet Comes, you’d be dead wrong. Steven Ellison, who’s been making jazz-inflected experimental electronica under the Flying Lotus moniker since 2006, shook the Sunday night malaise […]
Photos by Graham Zinger
Photos by Graham Zinger
Closing out the Together Festival kickoff at the Sinclair, Tiga emerged from backstage 25 minutes late, rolling up his sleeves as he approached his setup. The eccentric Canadian began building his loops and layers under his trademark baseball cap, largely ignorant of the audience. Likewise, the audience danced in circles and tal
One can’t technically say that The Breeders are in the midst of a reunion tour. The band never so much broke up as underwent numerous lineup shifts that rendered Pixies bassist Kim Deal its only permanent member. Still, their May 9th show at the Royale carried with it the atmosphere of a long-awaited return. 2013 is the 20-year anniversar
By Emily Onofrio Photo Credit: Emily Onofrio When Mykki Blanco takes the stage at Great Scott, sickness the first thing she does is bring a dozen of her fans up with her, viagra 100mg lining them in a disjointed semi-circle around the outer edges of the platform, successfully boxing herself in on all sides. “Alright,” […]
By Lindsey Mann Photos Courtesy of Alexandra Rahman and RepRecords Christmas lights twinkle to the rhythm of the drums, healing paper lanterns float like orbs, seek the stage swirls with groovy purples, greens, blues, and the crowd sways in response. This is the weekend before finals? Nothing stops the need to groove for Bostonian college kids […]
The night that surrounded the Pissed Jeans performance I saw was very surreal. I can’t even be sure exactly why. Perhaps it was my first time being backstage in such a large venue, perhaps it was all the free PBR…
It has been a long, strange April. The 2013 Rock N’ Roll Rumble has sadly come to a close, and now all involved can go back to semi-normal sleeping schedules (not really). Either way, Friday night was the perfect way to bring an end to a great, and, at sometimes, ridiculously chaotic, Rock N’ Roll Rumble. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s events before we get to some takeaways that we can dwell on for the next year.