On stage—the Milling Gowns, Boston’s premier gloompop band. Somewhat unsurprisingly, watching the band is more of a meditative activity than an upbeat one. The lead singer, who sounds something like a cross between Ian Curtis and James Morrison, acts like a black hole, sucking the energy out of the room. Well, at least until after the second song when someone yells “fuck yeah,” and it begins to dawn on me that gloom pop might be awesome.
Big Black Delta is the one-man electro-pop outfit of Jonathan Bates. Bates, formerly of LA band Mellowdrone, was also once a Boston guy too. Having lived in Brighton and studied at Berklee, the bassist worked his way out to the West Coast and more recently began recording music as a solo act. This year, he released his eponymous full-length to favorable reviews, and now he will be making a stop at Church of Boston on Thursday with Superhumanoids…
That whole ironic hipster thing is pretty much over.
For a while there it was pretty bad. We cared so much about not caring, or looking like we didn’t care. To care was to be vulnerable, to betray weakness, to risk ridicule – to risk being the next Rebecca Black. We all saw what reward the Internet had in store…
Fresh off of their “Bring Back the Dudes” tour with fellow Tri-State rockers Titus Andronicus, the quartet has seen the new album praised in publications from Spin to Pitchfork, garnering new fans and show spots, including a date on David Letterman. Lead singer/bassist Alex Levine graciously chatted agreed to chat after their Richmond, VA show. The So So Glos had played with Titus Andronicus in Cambridge on April 29th at the Middle East Downstairs…
Brooklyn collective, Landlady, is a six-piece sonic storm of pop, and funny enough, they have Boston roots as well. Frontman Adam Schatz is a Newton native who once lead several local acts, and now stays involved with both the Boston and Brooklyn scenes…
Governors Ball has entered the ring of jumbo-sized festivals that feature decked-out lineups and sky high ticket prices. These gatherings have reached a certain level of both anticipatory and cynical expectations, and this year’s Governors Ball seemed to encompass both ends of the spectrum…
Local directors Sarah Greenwald and Pat Malve are at it again, this time featuring Boston-based folk-infused trio The Ballroom Thieves playing their tune “The Callow and the Hale” down on the banks of the Charles.
Meet UNIFY, a group of high school students from Prospect Hill Academy Charter School who have partnered with Together to put on an event this Sunday at the Middle East in order to raise money for the One Fund…
Having just completed a whirlwind tour of the UK with neo-soul kings The Heavy, San Diego-based revival tent rockers The Silent Comedy are returning stateside for their 2013 tour of North America…
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…