REVIEW: Metz, Bully, So Pitted at The Sinclair (1/9)
Metz lives up to all expectation, leaving fans at The Sinclair with little voice left.
REVIEW: Andrew W.K. Rings In the New Year
Whatever it may have been to you, Andrew WK, the pope of party, the sultan of sound, gave you a reason to believe that 2016 was going to be good.
REVIEW: Perfect Pussy, Big Ups, Phantom Rides (12/16)
An emotional explosion of a show at the Middle East sparks hope for something new.
Photo Review: The Arcs 12/12 at The Orpheum
Dan Auerbach recently rolled into town with his latest project, The Arcs, and put on a dark and dreamy show for a crowd excited to see the Black Keys frontman in an environ slightly smaller than usual haunts such as the TD Garden.
REVIEW: Big Boi at Sinclair
One of the coolest muthafuckas on the planet stops by for the final Rubber Tracks show of the year.
REVIEW: Des Ark w/ Longings, Dreamtigers at Great Scott (12/14)
By Jackie Swisshelm Photos by Christine Varriale Doors at Great Scott opened at 9pm on Monday night, and music from Amherst band Longings started up and refused to quit approximately 30 minutes later. The post-punk three piece played their practiced, bass-heavy songs as latecomers shuffled in, dripping from a downpour on the other side of […]
REVIEW: Deerhunter (Royale 12/10)
Deerhunter’s tour rolled through Royale and Thursday, and instead of grabbing headlines with Billy Corgan stories, the band decided to let the music do the talking.
REVIEW: Vanessa Carlton at Brighton Music Hall (12/7)
Vanessa Carlton is a thousand miles from home, and hitting up Brighton Music Hall while on tour for her latest record, Liberman.
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: Shakey Graves and Those Darlins at The Royale (11/12)
By Mary Kate McGrath Photos by Olivia Haas “Listen,” singer-songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, demanded of his audience. “Listen to your parents… sometimes. Listen to your elders….sometimes. Listen to yourself…,” he paused, and when the audience tried to cut him off by shouting back ‘always’, he stopped them. “No, no, sometimes you guys, only […]