Sparsely Attended But Sincere: Ryan McHugh Caroline Hart July 9, 2014Boston has many great venues, but Miller’s Ale House in Watertown isn’t usually considered one of them. A chain restaurant with...
Album Review: Magic Man – Before the Waves Nitesh Gupta July 8, 2014At first listen, Before the Waves is a classic summer album. The driving synth pads, overdriven bass, and catchy hooks...
Album Review: Speaker for the Dead – The Ballad of the Undercrust Matt McCarthy July 7, 2014Who ever thought the tuba could be so punk rock? Add in a bevy of brass, plenty of raucous sing-a-longs,...
Album Review: Tales of Olde – Txo Becca Chairin July 6, 2014The first bows of the violin ring in loud and clear on “Death”, the first track of Tales of Olde’s...
Ross Livermore Band: on the Rise, Slowly but Surely Adam Kaminski June 30, 2014Immediately after I arrived at The Sinclair I thought I had made some mistake. A few parties were there to...
Ásgeir: An Obligatory Performance Knar Bedian June 26, 2014Layers of Icelandic music filled a sold-out Great Scott, and the venue was drenched in darkness as Ásgeir and crew...
No Longer Happy Alone: Saintseneca Joseph Leone June 14, 2014In the chorus of his most successful song to date, Zac Little, front man of Ohio indie-folk outfit Saintseneca, professes...
Looping Violins and Loopy Smiles: Kishi Bashi Adam Kaminski June 10, 2014As opener Buried Beds finished their tastefully melodic and fun(ny) set, co-frontman Brendan Beaver gave headliner Kishi Bashi a deserved...
A New Scene: Yann Tiersen Adam Kaminski June 4, 2014Yann Tiersen fanatics buzzed as a single techie tested and retested, tuned and retuned, the plethora of instruments on stage....
Music, Motion, and MØ Adam Kaminski May 31, 2014The Danish word you’re about to mispronounce, “MØ,” translates in English to something along the lines of “virgin to life.”...
