Beirut’s New Video is Garbage

By Conor McMahon Beirut is back after a four year hiatus and dropped a new music video today ahead of their upcoming album No No No to be released September 11. The video, for the opening track “Gibraltar”, depicts the band wandering along a bleak beach environment laden with trash. The gray tone of the […]

Google to Reorganize: Alphabet

By Conor McMahon Tech comm overlord, Bing Google has shaken up its company structure. The Silcon Valley Empire will reorganize into a new enterprise, “a collection of companies” called Alphabet. Fear not, disciples of Page and Brin! Google itself is not going anywhere. Now the search engine will act as a subsidiary to the larger […]

Parquet Courts Sign to Rough Trade

By Allston Pudding The Brooklyn based rock quartet Parquet Courts sawed their way onto the garage rock scene with their 2011 cassette release American Specialties. Since that time they have worked with labels such as What’s Your Rupture and Dull Tools. Now Rough Trade Records announced they have signed Parquet Courts to their label, putting […]

Twin Shadow Releases Mixtape

By Conor McMahon Twin Shadow released a mixtape of demos collected over the the past 5 years. It is called Night Rally and you can download it here. On Noisey, Twin Shadow aka George Lewis Jr. had this to say: “After our April 17th bus accident the Twin Shadow family returned to their separate homes off the […]

Local Music Networking Event!

By Conor McMahon Local musician trying to find a connect? Vinyl addict craving recognition from your suppliers? Bored with nothing to do? If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, you should attend the networking event,  “Off the Record (Store)”, hosted by Boston Scene Party next Wednesday, July 8th at O’Brien’s Pub. […]

Sea to Shining Sea: Best Coast (6/12)

Words by Conor McMahon Photos by Crystal Wegner The crisp dreamy vocals and bright lead guitar overlaid a dirty and distorted rhythm section to bring a sound of uninhibited joy to the Paradise Rock Club as Best Coast played into the night. Best Coast came to town with newest album, the dynamic and upbeat California […]

Arcade Fire’s Tim Kingsbury in Solo Outfit “Sam Patch”

By Conor McMahon Tim Kingsbury, the bass player of Arcade Fire, is going solo. For how long and to what extent is currently unknown, but he has formed a group called Sam Patch, that includes Arcade Fire’s drummer Jeremy Gara and female vocalist Basia Bulat. They will play in Montreal on August 27 as part […]

An Opera With the Master of Melody: Noel Gallagher (6/6)

Words by Conor McMahon Photos by John McGuiness Noel had been conversing with the fan throughout the night. Well, really the fan, in an excited and intoxicated rabble shouted whatever he could get across during the transitions between songs. Noel being a good natured yet sarcastic Mancunian played along. It turned out the fan was […]