Meet UNIFY, a group of high school students from Prospect Hill Academy Charter School who have partnered with Together to put on an event this Sunday at the Middle East in order to raise money for the One Fund…
Brooklyn’s Team Spirit have had a busy Spring. The “new mavericks of Rock n’ Roll,” recently released a 5-song EP on Vice Records and are now hitting the road with British rockers Peace.
Upon its announcement, the inaugural Boston Calling music festival was met by most with excitement, some with skepticism, and all with a sincere hope for its success. It had been a few years since City…
Colleen Green is too cool for all your lame shit. You’d know this if you picked up her last album, Milo Goes to Compton, which we put on our best albums of 2012 list because it was that rad. You’d know exactly how much she dominates though if you’ve checked out her follow up, Sock it to Me, which just dropped last month on Hardly Art.
Frank Hurricayne is the highly animated, always positive, very talented frontman of psych-folk outfit Hurricanes of Love. Locally, he was once Jamaica Plain’s top homie and a regular at Whitehaus
East London’s Cheatahs have gone from zero to sixty in a heartbeat. In the past year, they have put out a couple killer EP’s, linked up with Wichita Recordings, and are now releasing a new full-length, Extended Plays, on May 2nd. The quartet maintains a really clean brand of garage rock that strips away unnecessary doses of reverb and distortion…
Mornin’ Old Sport were once Allston sweethearts, but broke for the west coast about a year ago. Since then they’ve been busy, releasing a self-titled full length and touring the States. The former Berklee babies put their rich musical prowess to work on the record…
Vans are what bands tour in when they travel under the radar of mainstream people, and by taking a picture in front of a van, you are implying that you have put in those hard hours burning gas on the Midwestern plains, eating only fast food and granola bars, not showering, and soaking in the culture of the simpler folk. (Bonus points for taking pictures in front of signs in the Midwest that appear primitive and humorous to cityfolk)
Another year, another SXSW that I will not be attending, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some gnarly bands poised to break out this year. Let’s get real, it’s pretty impossible to preview this festival because you could stumble into any old watering hole and chances are there will be a band playing that’s worth seeing, but here are a few selections in case you’re having some trouble making up your mind..
I had been waiting for Mac DeMarco to arrive in Boston ever since picking up his Rock n Roll Nightclub EP last fall just after Pop Montreal. But there are some things you write about to try and provide insight, and other things you just leave alone and keep for yourself. I had to just sit back and enjoy Mac’s set last Thursday, especially since I have a feeling that next time he’s in town, it won’t be in such a smaller setting.