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,...
Selected Sounds: 6 Shows to Start Off Spring Matt McCarthy March 16, 2015As the snowbanks begin to shrink, the city of Boston springs back to life. Weeks of hibernating with Netflix are...
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...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 3/15/2015 Billy March 16, 2015Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up, where we’ve got last week in Boston music all smushed together in one big, burrito-like column....
Cymbal: Music Discovery Powered By Your Friends Tom Dillon March 16, 2015Music discovery is desperately in need of simplification. In the quest to stay on the pulse of the best new...
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 Zoë 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....
Ticket Giveaway: The Western Den at Great Scott (3/23) Zoë Atlas March 10, 2015It just may be your lucky day. Sound of Boston is giving away two tickets to a show featuring Berklee...
