Album Review: Streight Angular – Messenger of Love Matt McCarthy March 25, 2015 It’s been four years since Boston duo Streight Angular was nominated for “Best New Band” at the Boston Music...
Album Review: Milk – Contact Anna Marketti March 23, 2015 It’s 1997, and you’re in your room, surrounded by Rolling Stone covers plastered to the walls, spinning Ok Computer...
Album Review: Alissa Musto – What We Saw From the Piano Bar Tessa Roy March 17, 2015ood musicians know how to make minimalism matter. Alissa Musto is among them. With its ever-changing tones and soothing sound,...
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...
Album Review: Krill – A Distant Fist Unclenching Noah Habeeb March 11, 2015 Krill is a music writer’s dream. They have their own theme song (“Krill, krill, krill forever / Krill, krill,...
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...
