Awake: Tall Heights Matt Johnson May 1, 2015Enter Matt Lorenz (The Suitcase Junket), head full of wild curls, with a neatly twisted and waxed mustache. Sporting a...
Album Review: The Ballroom Thieves – A Wolf In The Doorway Anna Marketti April 30, 2015Don’t let the album’s title scare you away from entering the magical world The Ballroom Thieves have constructed with their...
Album Review: Honeysuckle – Arrows EP Zoë Atlas April 28, 2015 The lead singer of Boston-based folk trio Honeysuckle, Holly McGarry, has a voice that’s smoky and bluesy, with a...
Big Folk at the Edge of Pop: The Ballroom Thieves Aaron Teixeira April 28, 2015“We’re going to play the new album in full, if that’s okay with you,” Martin Earley said to the sold-out audience...
SOFAR Sounds Boston: March 2015 Matt Johnson April 23, 2015Dodging bottomless puddles, juking past umbrella-wielding Bostonians, squinting at every porch down a side street until you spot a sign...
Confetti Masters: OK Go Tessa Roy April 23, 2015“Writing’s on the wall?” More like “confetti’s on the floor.” House of Blues wasn’t packed to the gills on Thursday...
A Trip Through Space: Oh, MalĂ´ Samantha Fleishman April 21, 2015The rain poured down in Allston two Wednesdays back, but poor weather didn’t stand a chance against the line of...
Harmonica Howl: Current Swell Jon Simmons April 21, 2015If you closed your eyes, you could easily imagine yourself on a private beach or around a campfire with good...
The Best Monday Night You’ll Ever Have: Gregory Alan Isakov ZoĂ« Atlas April 20, 2015I’ve never seen a crowd fall silent the way it did for Gregory Alan Isakov. People pressed in closer when he took...
Album Review: Low Key – Ship Without An Anchor Anna Marketti April 17, 2015 Boston folk rock group Low Key is anything but. Bringing a refreshing, unrestrained quality to a more traditional folk sound, they...