Tombs/Pallbearer at Great Scott (10/26)
Tombs and Pallbearer came by the Great Scott for an intense show
Drowners at Great Scott (10/29)
We checked out Drowners and got distracted by Matt Hitt’s dashing good looks.
Sam Amidon at Club Passim 10/25/14
by Tyler Burdwood After a knock-out set and encore with his three-piece band, Sam Amidon weaved back through the tables of the sold-out Club Passim and took up his acoustic guitar once more. He sang a tender song, then jumped into into a proficient but utterly uncalled for guitar solo. And he sang along, hitting […]
Meatbodies, Purling Hiss, and Krill at Great Scott (10/28)
Meatbodies, accompanied by Purling Hiss and Krill, rocked Great Scott last week. Check out why you should have checked them out in the first place.
Hozier’s Halloween Spooktacular (Paradise 10/31)
Hozier pulled out all of the stops in a unique show on Halloween night, which involved silly string, candy corn and masks.
REVIEW: Beats Antique Get Weird At The Creature Carnival
The psychedelic trio bring a vaudevillian spectacle to the House of Blues.
REVIEW: Dum Dum Girls at the Sinclair Were Slick as Heck
Sometimes I feel like I’ve taken Dum Dum Girls for granted. By show’s end, I understood the appeal.
REVIEW: Speedy Ortiz, Ex Hex, Pile at Great Scott (10/30)
We made a list of the best moments from the Ex Hex/Speedy show at Great Scott, so you can regret not going even more.
This Will Destroy You at Brighton Music Hall (10/30)
Jack Wall Photos by David Kinchen Throughout roughly an hour and a half, the genre-defining post rock quartet, This Will Destroy You, moved me through a beautiful spectrum of emotions: excited to peaceful to serenely melancholy. TWDY’s music strikes at emotion so tangible and poignant that I saw more than a few eyes water up […]
REVIEW: Rodrigo y Gabriela (10/29)
Rodrigo y Gabriela stop by the Orpheum and blow us away with some pretty sweet acoustic Metallica covers.