Drunk and Underwhelming: The Growlers Emily Arntsen October 10, 2016The audience was restless after waiting 45 minutes to hear something, anything but the pre-show recordings playing over the loudspeaker...
From Abandoned Hospitals to the Rockwell: Live from Nowhere Emily Arntsen October 6, 2016Before the Live from Nowhere debut show started, every scuffling shoe, clicking shutter, sneeze, cough and whisper was heard acutely...
Organic, Electric: Flume Alex Adamczyk September 8, 201610:19. The lights blared, illuminating a deafening audience. 10:20. A pulsing ambient mix of “Take a Chance” at 800% speed...
A Sonic Shift: Broods Alex Adamczyk August 28, 2016For Broods, first appearances are not everything. As blue lights and pulsing bass engulfed an overwhelmingly young audience siblings Georgia...
Orchestral Garage Rock: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Alex Adamczyk August 17, 2016The first words the sold-out Sinclair crowd heard: “We got some disco music.” Klaus Johann Grobe, a three-piece from Switzerland,...
A Seductive, Somber Serenade: Rhye Emily Arntsen August 5, 2016A swell of PDA enthusiasts and romantic lovebirds flocked to the Paradise Rock Club on Sunday to listen to LA-based...
Synthesizers and Strobe Lights: M83 Josh Star August 1, 2016The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion isn’t normally my favorite place to see a show, but there is something special about...
Punch Brothers: My Oh My! Will Sullivan July 6, 2016The Sanders Theatre crowd reluctantly began to file out of their rows after giving Punch Brothers their third and final...
Joyful Noise: Allen Stone Sophia Castuera June 29, 2016Imagine if everyone who attended Woodstock created a secular, non-denominational church— a congregation that met at Boston’s own Royale. Who...
Mashrou Leila: A Big Fat Lebanese Wedding (Party) Knar Bedian June 18, 2016“We’re fond of this place” Hamed Sinno, lead singer of Mashrou Leila, told the sold-out crowd as he reminisced about the...