Guestlist: Widowspeak
Check out this guest playlist from Robert Earl Thomas of Widowspeak, playing TT the Bear’s Place on 11/5.
Lou Reed Lives On
The biggest mistake our generation can make is to write off Lou Reed as any other dusty figure from our father’s record collection. Instead, Mick Rock picked out…
Staff List: Halloween 2013
Listen to our Halloween Playlist!!!!!!!!!!!
Halloween Preview: Vundabar as Violent Femmes
Watch local rockers Vundabar give us a sneak peak of their up coming Halloween show playing as Violent Femmes. Don’t miss their full set, along with Krill as The Pixies and Cuffs as 80’s Sonic Youth this Thursday, October 31st at Regina Pizzeria in Allston!
A Note from Edison Tesla
As many of you know and some of you might not, Johnny is moving on from his Monday Night at ZuZu…
The Myth of the Self Made Band- A Letter from Jeff Meff
After acclaimed Columbia Records artist Cults claimed independent labels were “robbing” bands, we couldn’t help but thinking “what are they talking about?” We checked in with Chicago’s Geronimo! to find out if they were being robbed. We also asked Jeff Meff of fellow Exploding in Sound artist Fat History Month what his thoughts were on the state of independent music…
Sexuality In Music – Let’s Not Go There
Lets talk about sex.
Or rather, lets not.
In the past week, a few movers and shakers in the music world have spoken out about feeling that sexuality and sexual preferences are overplayed in the media, and they might be on to something…
To Elliott
This past Monday marked the 10 year anniversary of celebrated folk rock singer Elliott Smith’s passing. Allston Pudding’s Helen Chen and Sami Martasian have a few words to say about the remarkable complexity of the artist…
Jacco Gardner (Great Scott 10/20)
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.
Cults Says Indie Labels Are Thieves – At Least One Band Disagrees
“Major Label” and “credibility” are two terms that have always had an uncomfortable relationship. It’s rare that an up-and-coming artist signs with a major label…