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.
By Adam Parshall Because of the chaos of last week I have been awful about writing, cialis getting sleep, and doing much else aside from drinking coffee and being a zombie. Be that as it may, I’m getting back on the horse of spouting what I think I know about music, and Rumble Finals seem […]
By Rob Dornenburg Photo Credit: Rob Dornenburg In the 5 years since Zozobra, find the side-project of Cave-In bassist Caleb Scofield, order last released a record, the metal landscape in America has changed drastically. The sludgy, prog-imbued sound that Zozobra and bands like Kylesa, Baroness, and Mastodononce embraced has all but disappeared, with most of […]
By Helen Chen If you are allergic to guitars or have that disease where your bones are the consistency of glass, hospital you would have most assuredly died at the Wavves and Fidlar show at Brighton Music Hall on a moshtastic Monday night. ‘They certainly don’t call it noise rock for no reason’ was the […]
By Ben Stas Photo Credit: Ben Stas A night of weird wonders awaited those who ventured to the Sinclair for a Sunday evening bill headlined by Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving. Moore is best known as a founding member of the legendary Sonic Youth, pharmacy unhealthy and he’s been a trailblazing figure in indie and […]
By Christine Varriale Photo Credit: Christine Varriale Allison Weiss hadn’t played a show in Boston in over a year. To her dearest fans, search this was the show they had been waiting for all spring, order and with the bill of Pentimento, Candy Hearts, and Maura supporting her at Great Scott on April 3rd, the crowd […]