A Stormy Start: Boston Calling Friday & Saturday (September) Jon Simmons September 9, 2014Co-written by Zoe Atlas Boston Calling’s September 2014 show was a mix of pleasant surprises and scattered disappointments. On Saturday...
Hazy Beats: Hieroglyphics Jon Simmons August 27, 2014Are you a lady? Do you like smoking weed? If you answered “Yes!” to both of those questions, you were...
New Sounds, New Shades (of) David Gray Samantha Fleishman August 17, 2014Ten years after the release of his break-out album White Ladder, David Gray has once again loaded his tour bus...
Dark Pop: Radclyffe Hall Zoë Atlas August 13, 2014We were summoned. The small crowd of 20-somethings hurried to finish the last drops of wine in their plastic cups...
Afternoon Delight: The Novel Ideas Caroline Hart August 12, 2014On July 15, The Novel Ideas delivered a lighthearted and refreshing show that matched the sunshine and breeze of the...
A Wicked Wednesday Night: Youngblood Hawke Caroline Hart August 10, 2014Boston’s dirty water was warmed with a glimpse of California sunshine last Wednesday night at Brighton Music Hall. Youngblood Hawke, a...
Honk It Out: Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band Matt McCarthy August 7, 2014I’ve passed through the doors of the Middle East Upstairs enough times to know the welcoming smell of falafel and...
(Almost) All Grown Up: The Kooks Jenna Buckle July 30, 2014There’s a certain innocence to Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard – a glimmer in his eye, a youthful spring in his...
Sweaty Stage Dives: A Wilhelm Scream Matt McCarthy July 30, 2014A giant crocodile head mounted over the men’s room gazes unblinking at the sweaty bodies soaring off the stage. An...
The Rock on Which the Music Shall Beat: Newport Folk Festival (Friday) Jon Simmons July 29, 2014On a bright Friday afternoon Fort Adams State Park filled with fans young and old for the 55th annual Newport...
