Selected Sounds: 7 Summer Shows to Check Out Matt McCarthy July 9, 2015Summer has officially arrived in the city of Boston, which means tons of free outdoor performances from the harbor to...
Sofar So Great Adam Kaminski June 29, 2015As fun as concerts are, what with the staggering probability of being awkwardly stepped on, bumped into, or deafened by...
Album Review: Kyle Thornton & The Company – Space To Move: Part I Anna Marketti May 12, 2015 “Funk pop” is a term you probably never thought you’d find yourself throwing around, but Kyle Thornton & The Company’s...
Album Review: The Brighton Beat – Off We Go Aaron Teixeira April 6, 2015The second full-length LP from Afrobeat/jazz-funk collective The Brighton Beat sees the band exploring familiar sounds while stretching out and...
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...
Exploring Their Universe: Viva La Hop Jon Simmons January 20, 2015last off. We have begun our journey. One that will take us into deep space to a planet called Brighton...
Local Spotlight: Kyle Thornton & The Company Jon Simmons December 29, 2014Hats off to Kyle Thornton & The Company, who are starting to make a name for themselves as a soul...
Cooler than a Polar Bear’s Toenails: Viva La Hop Jon Simmons December 16, 2014he Middle East may very well have been the funkiest place on Earth last Thursday night. Viva hopped back on...
Local Spotlight: Ripe Jon Simmons December 9, 2014in an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony within a two year period. That’s Ripe’s endgame. Robbie Wulfsohn,...
Follow-the-Leader Funk: Eight Feet Tall Jon Simmons October 9, 2014ypically, you don’t want something that is eight feet tall in front of you at a concert: a post, a...