Cooler than a Polar Bear’s Toenails: Viva La Hop Jon Simmons December 16, 2014he Middle East may very well have been the funkiest place on Earth last Thursday night. Viva hopped back on...
Stampeding: Elephant Wrecking Ball Adam Kaminski December 14, 2014The club was pool-tabled, low-ceiling, and people-scented, all in ways that validated the authenticity of its roughness. Welcome to Church,...
Unconventional Earworms: Heather Maloney Zoë Atlas December 12, 2014Waitresses squeezed in between closely packed tables to deliver beers and glasses of wine, their presence almost an interruption. The...
Engineering Beauty: Nils Frahm Adam Kaminski December 1, 2014On the questionably grubby floor of Brighton Music Hall stood music-induced meditators; atop the illuminated stage stood the maestro, transfixing...
Daylight with The Western Den Zoë Atlas November 25, 2014“I got kicked out of the band.” So began my first conversation at The Western Den’s show at The Red Room @...
A Rousing Homecoming: Magic Man Beth Hutchings November 25, 2014“You are about to embark on the most wonderful experience of your lives…” The mystical spoken sample from “Texas” floated...
Nothing But Our Love (An Evening with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) Joseph Leone November 20, 2014Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is a religion. As a casual fan of the band, I was not privy to this...
Flying Colors: Caribou Jenna Buckle November 17, 2014Based on the outfits of the band on stage, you’d think you were at the starting line of a color...
Painted Faces & Fantastic Pipes: James Bay Knar Bedian November 13, 2014nder the shadow of a black brimmed hat was a face, half-covered with white paint, long dark hair tucked behind...
Pure Australian Charm: Vance Joy Beth Hutchings November 12, 2014Catchy folk-pop tune “Riptide” might be the chart-topping hit everyone’s been humming, but the crowd of 20-somethings that packed Paradise were in...
