Two Bouquets: Porches and Japanese Breakfast Noah Habeeb October 19, 2016Sitting atop the amplifiers, two bouquets of flowers furnished the stage for Japanese Breakfast and Porches. Â They were nearly...
Drunk and Underwhelming: The Growlers Emily Arntsen October 10, 2016The audience was restless after waiting 45 minutes to hear something, anything but the pre-show recordings playing over the loudspeaker...
From Abandoned Hospitals to the Rockwell: Live from Nowhere Emily Arntsen October 6, 2016Before the Live from Nowhere debut show started, every scuffling shoe, clicking shutter, sneeze, cough and whisper was heard acutely...
Organic, Electric: Flume Alex Adamczyk September 8, 201610:19. The lights blared, illuminating a deafening audience. 10:20. A pulsing ambient mix of “Take a Chance” at 800% speed...
A Sonic Shift: Broods Alex Adamczyk August 28, 2016For Broods, first appearances are not everything. As blue lights and pulsing bass engulfed an overwhelmingly young audience siblings Georgia...
Orchestral Garage Rock: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Alex Adamczyk August 17, 2016The first words the sold-out Sinclair crowd heard: “We got some disco music.” Klaus Johann Grobe, a three-piece from Switzerland,...
A Seductive, Somber Serenade: Rhye Emily Arntsen August 5, 2016A swell of PDA enthusiasts and romantic lovebirds flocked to the Paradise Rock Club on Sunday to listen to LA-based...
Synthesizers and Strobe Lights: M83 Josh Star August 1, 2016The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion isn’t normally my favorite place to see a show, but there is something special about...
Newport Folk Festival 2016: Sunday Matt Johnson July 28, 2016It was easy to spot the people holding 3-day passes on Sunday at this year’s sun-soaked Newport Folk Festival. They were...
Newport Folk Festival 2016: Saturday Jon Simmons July 26, 2016Tank tops and t-shirts were dotted with sweat. Water droplets dripped from paper cups of Del’s Lemonade. The smell of...
