Cyril Hahn (Great Scott 10/6)

We’ve reached an era when a rainbow of underground music cultures are right at our fingertips; we can track the progress of a talented DJ with the click of a button, enjoy a brand new, full-length DJ set while we do work on our computers, and get to know artists whom we otherwise would never encounter outside the walls of some impossibly cool basement or club.

KISHI BASHI (SINCLAIR 3/26)

When Kishi Bashi’s mid-February show at The Sinclair was cancelled in the wake of the dreaded snow storm Nemo, pharm a chorus of sighs erupted across the greater Boston area that was likely audible from the International Space Station. Buried under twenty-nine inches of snow were the effervescent violin and electronic melodies, prescription the operatic […]

WHY?, DREAM TIGER, ASTRONAUTALIS (BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL 2/12/13)

Why? fans are a unique breed—once they love Why?, they’ll love Why? to the end. Thus, it wasn’t too surprising when virtually every attendee of the sold-out show rapped along to each idiosyncratic word that front man Yoni Wolf uttered during the night’s unforgettable performance at Brighton Music Hall—even down to the wop-wop-wops…

Contributors

-Nathaniel Thompson -Ben Stas -Christopher Coe -Jamie Miller -Matthew Shelter -Neil Patch -Julie Weil -Christa Metropolis -Laura Jane Brubaker -Carolyn Vallejo -Will Barnes -Luke Boelitz -Lindsey Mann -Marry Pivazian -Matt Altieri -Christine Varriale -Jamie Lansdowne -Hilary Milnes -Brittany Bosacker -Grace Donnelly -Helen Chen -Zach Correia -Emmanuel Rabkin -Graham Zinger -Sharon Weissburg