Interview: Josh Kantor (Red Sox Organist)
With the Sox back in the playoff picture, beards and all, Nate Thompson sat down with one of the organization’s unsung heroes; Fenway’s resident organist, Josh Kantor. Librarian at Harvard by day…
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Drunken Doja Monkey releases “Allston Rat City” mix for DL
By Nate Thompson Drunken Doja Monkey turned us onto his latest creation, a marriage of hip-hop and electronic worthy of homage to our fine village. The “Allston Rat City” mix features everything from the whacked out beats of EPROM to classic tunes from Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac. He even found room to work in a tune […]
Interview with Geoff Haliday (Hands)
By Nate Thompson Last week, treatment I got a chance to catch up with Geoff Haliday to hear more about the band’s first headlining tour, look while they were hauling ass to Chapel Hill on an excruciating tour.They’ll be taking a pit-stop at Great Scott on Tuesday, June 4th, in support of their new album […]
Tiga, Mistaker, Left Fold (Sinclair 5/12)
Closing out the Together Festival kickoff at the Sinclair, Tiga emerged from backstage 25 minutes late, rolling up his sleeves as he approached his setup. The eccentric Canadian began building his loops and layers under his trademark baseball cap, largely ignorant of the audience. Likewise, the audience danced in circles and tal
NORTON’S DEAD SET (LIFE ALIVE 3/21)
The Grateful Dead are undergoing some sort of a Renaissance. While Gathering of the Vibes keeps the remaining OGs of the cult following on life support, pills more enterprising souls have rebranded the term “Dead Head” for more a modernized, capsule grassroots level of fandom. I witnessed this firsthand in the basement of Life Alive, […]
SOUTH BY SOUTHWORST
It’s thursday in the real world, but in Austin, this week is just getting started. Many of you are probably having some serious FOMO, and telling all of your friends, “Yeah, I was totally going to go to South by this year…but then I didn’t.” Well, cheer up you saps. Because in a nutshell, SXSW is awful. The video above gives a pretty accurate description of the SXSW stereotype, but here’s but a handful of other reasons why…
AN OPEN LETTER TO BANANA PHONETIC
I’m getting the impression that this is the beginning of the end. Last Friday at Precinct seemed like Banana Phonetic’s Last Waltz, so to speak, even if it wasn’t. The crowd certainly acted like it, fairly worshipping you throughout with song-alongs and celebratory cheers with tall boys, as you played through your entire repertoire.
DOOM LOVER’S DEBUT SHOW (RADIO 1/19)
I don’t think I’ve been to a band’s debut show since I played my own band’s first show in high school. It was a disaster. I think as a result, I passively developed an aversion to them, expecting the same kind of carnage. I was curious then to go see Doom Lover’s debut at Radio on the 19th…