Interview: Black Pistol Fire Knar Bedian May 10, 2019 Featured, Interview It’s not every day you see a guitarist crowd surf at the Sinclair, but when the audience lifted Kevin McKeown of Black Pistol Fire high into the air he just kept on banging out gritty riffs. Once based in...
Interview: José González & The String Theory Take Over Boston Symphony Hall Matt Johnson March 12, 2019 Featured, Interview Supporting their 2019 album Live in Europe, José González & The String Theory will perform at Boston Symphony Hall on March 18. González first played with The String Theory back in 2010 when they were...
Interview: Collectif Medz Bazar Meliné Thebarge March 11, 2019 Featured, Interview The genre-bending Collectif Medz Bazar was formed in 2012 on a boat in a Parisian canal. The Péniche Anako, the boat in question, was the first Parisian venue to host jam sessions for Middle-Eastern, Balkan,...
Local Spotlight: Tory Silver Alexis den Boggende February 19, 2019 Boston Venues, Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature Picture this: a modern-day Janis Joplin with gritty rhythms reminiscent of Jimmy Page; the type of music that would suit the background of a intense, dimly-lit scene on True Detective. She’s an effortlessly...
Interview: Hudson Taylor Alexis den Boggende February 8, 2019 Events, Featured, Interview Spirited Irish folk/Americana duo Hudson Taylor will be sweeping back into Boston on Saturday, February 9th. We chatted with singer-songwriter Alfie Taylor, who spoke about the band's inspirational...
Local Spotlight: The Burning Lights Alexis den Boggende January 22, 2019 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature 1 Comment If anybody embodies the quote from Almost Famous, “What do you love about music? Everything,” it’s Steve Knecht, the spirited frontman of Boston-based band The Burning Lights. Clad in a black leather...
Interview: 47 Soul Knar Bedian January 3, 2019 Featured, Interview Next week, 47 Soul will bring their blend of electronic-infused dabke sounds—a genre they've dubbed as shamstep—to the Sinclair stage. ("Sham" refers to the Greater Syria or Levantine region of Bilad...
Under the Covers with The Ballroom Thieves Amie O'Hearn November 26, 2018 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight If the saying, “when I ask you to listen to a song, I am trying to tell you everything I mean to say” is true, then an artist covering another’s song is the ultimate form of flattery. Enter The...
Interview: Ólafur Arnalds and Pianos That Go Bleep Bloop Knar Bedian November 16, 2018 Featured, Interview On his latest work, re:member, Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds blends technology and music not only in the sounds itself—he uses a special software to create a unique chorus of pianos—but in the creation of the...
From LA to Tulsa: An Interview with Wilderado Knar Bedian October 18, 2018 Featured, Interview Since we last spoke with Wilderado last year, the previously LA-based band has moved to Tulsa, the hometown of two of the members. "Life isn’t worth living away from your family," they explained, when asked...
