Smooth Landing: Air Traffic Controller Jon Simmons March 13, 2016It was Boston rock band Air Traffic Controller‘s CD release show Saturday night at The Sinclair, and the venue was packed—a...
Sofar Sounds: An Eclectic Family Reunion Anna Marketti March 8, 2016At the cap of a dead-end street, surrounded by fluttering tarps and steel beams, the Zinc Apartment Complex in Cambridge...
Time Machine: Leon Bridges Jon Simmons March 7, 2016Since I last saw soul singer Leon Bridges perform, ten months ago at Berklee’s 200-person capacity venue—the Red Room at...
Best Bearded Falsetto: Jack Garratt Jon Simmons February 27, 2016When I think of a one-man band, I think of this guy: Thank you, Jack Garratt, for erasing this doofus...
Burning Down The House: Sofar Sounds Beth Hutchings February 24, 2016Bars. Theaters. Basements. Lawns. Clubs. There are a lot of venues in which you can enjoy live music, but none...
Wednesday Turnup: Chrome Sparks, Bad & Blue Noah Habeeb February 10, 2016 If Chrome Sparks has a hit, “Marijuana” is it. The not-so-subtle stoner ode with synesthetic lyrics (“I feel music in...
The Death and Life of a Great American Trio: Krill Noah Habeeb February 10, 2016Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published in our end-of-year magazine, 2015: The Year In Local Music. “Like to...
Sofar: Something Old, Something New Knar Bedian February 8, 2016idden behind the unsuspecting facade of a South End apartment building lay a puzzling mix of log cabin: the location...
A Frenzy of Fusion: Strange Changes Matt McCarthy February 4, 2016Thunder Road in Somerville might be a spiffy new venue with a roomy dance floor and a remote soundboard run...
Strange Hellos: Torres & Palehound Noah Habeeb January 25, 2016The unforgiving cold and dark of Boston’s winter is nearly inescapable, but sometimes if you embrace darkness, it dissipates. A...
