Our Staff Picks: Favorite Songs of the Year Our staff picks their favorite songs of 2015, and you can listen to them in a handy Spotify playlist.
REVIEW: City And Colour And A Concert Etiquette Lesson (House of Blues 12/5) Concerts shouldn’t have to be lessons in how to be a decent human being. Sometimes, they are.
REVIEW: The Districts / Lady Lamb (The Sinclair 11/3) A common thread between the three similar, but disparate sets from The Districts, Lady Lamb and Sun Club might have been intensity.
PREVIEW: Youth Lagoon Plays Paradise 10/30 Youth Lagoon plays the Paradise Rock Club on October 30, touring in support of the new album, Savage Hills Ballroom.
REVIEW: Boston Calling Saturday Features Chvrches, Alt-J (9/26) If day one delivered on the very specific theme of folk, Boston Calling on Saturday was an erratic, yet fulfilling, endeavor.
Boston Calling Friday Stomps, Claps Its Way To Fall (9/25) Boston Calling kicked off the sixth installment of the biannual music festival Friday night, and there was more than a little kick (drum) to go around.
Area Bands, Managers Confront Pay-To-Play Tactics Last week, Andrew W.K. played a sold-out show at Cuisine En Locale while controversy swirled about tactics promoters use for up-and-coming area bands.
REVIEW & PHOTOS: Newport Folk Festival 2015 Newport Folk Festival 2015 featured the likes of Roger Waters, Courtney Barnett, The Tallest Man On Earth and a tribute to its storied past.
Newport Folk Festival Preview: Ballroom Thieves Talk New Album, Dylan, More The Ballroom Thieves are playing Newport Folk Festival this weekend, and we caught up with singer/guitarist Martin Early.
Spoon: Our New Rock Royalty (House of Blues 6/18) At the House of Blues on Thursday, Spoon continued cementing its legendary status.