In With the New: The Decemberists ZoĂ« Atlas April 9, 2015On Friday night at exactly 9 o’clock, the House of Blues plunged into pitch-black darkness to welcome the arrival of the...
Feedback Maniac: Benjamin Booker Jon Simmons April 8, 2015ips pressed against the microphone, garage-punk/soul musician Benjamin Booker delivered mostly unintelligible lyrics to a sold-out Sinclair crowd. On top of gritty, overdriven guitar,...
Vikings Invade Cambridge: Enslaved Matt McCarthy April 1, 2015Battle cries and rebel yells rumbled The Sinclair as a crew of black metal Vikings commandeered the stage. Heavily bearded...
Kaleidoscope: Berklee’s Open-Genre Battle of the Bands Jon Simmons March 16, 2015Where will you find a boy band, a rapper, and a Scandinavian jazz-folk group performing on the same stage? At...
Fantasy Taking Over: Magic Man Beth Hutchings March 12, 2015“Boston….WE’RE HOME!” Screams of joy greeted Magic Man‘s pronouncement; everyone’s eyes at Royale were locked on lead singer Alex Caplow as...
Wizards in the Lord’s House of Blues: Punch Brothers ZoĂ« Atlas March 12, 2015When Chris Thile plays the mandolin, he looks like a puppet whose puppeteer has gone rogue. His knees buckle and his...
Tomorrow’s Great Rock Stars: Catfish and the Bottlemen Knar Bedian March 11, 2015If the microphone was a wooden paddle, Van McCann would be the rubber ball, attached by an invisible elastic string....
Confetti Cannon Funk: Gang of Thieves, Viva La Hop, Ripe Jon Simmons March 9, 2015 riptide of funk welled between the walls of Brighton Music Hall. Three bands took to the stage on Thursday night—Gang of...
Quirky Pop: Jukebox The Ghost Beth Hutchings March 7, 2015“The story of this song is a special one…” Ben Thornewill of Jukebox the Ghost paused dramatically, the crowd of hip teens...
Effortless: Dan Wilson Zoë Atlas March 3, 2015“Secret Smile” came to Dan Wilson in a dream. He woke up in the middle of the night with the...
