Diamond Thug Lands on Lovejoy Wharf Knar Bedian October 19, 2015ith a name like “Diamond Thug” you wouldn’t expect a cheery crew of skinny South Africans: “People don’t listen to...
Local Spotlight: Yohannes (Formerly Royale the Band) Beth Hutchings October 15, 2015“Like Spoon, if Spoon smoked happier weed.” So read the description for Yohannes, a Boston indie-rock band, on the Facebook...
Interview: The Ballroom Thieves Matt Johnson October 12, 2015will never again run into such a cheerful and inviting gang of thieves. Clearly they were walking on air; it...
Boston Calling Preview Interview: Grey Season Knar Bedian September 21, 2015his is the first time we’ve all hung out together in a while,” admits Jon, lead singer of folky five-piece...
Interview: DJ Spooky Jon Simmons September 14, 2015he first ever artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, DJ Spooky, will be taking his galaxy of...
Local Spotlight: Chaparrals Anna Marketti August 12, 2015Boston doesn’t immediately call forward verdant imagery, but Chaparrals’s The Slowly Session channels the natural world into chilling, simple songs....
Guitars, Grammar, And Growing Up With The Fundies Samantha Fleishman August 4, 2015he practice room in the back of Club Passim was long and narrow and had only one window on the...
Local Spotlight: Cordelia and the Buffalo Anna Marketti July 21, 2015oston is often associated with a richly Irish background, but walking down the cobblestone streets, one discovers it’s not as...
Interview: Happyness Knar Bedian July 6, 2015hat is Happyness? For some, it’s a lo-fi, slacker rock band. For others, it’s quirky lyrics about scalping Arcade Fire’s...
Interview: Low Roar Knar Bedian June 15, 2015It would be difficult for a musician to move from the towering skyscrapers of bustling New York to the lush...
