Lighting a Disco Inferno: Hayden James Jared Steinberg October 24, 2018Australian electro wizard Hayden James ratcheted up the energy at Sonia to a literal breaking point. A disco ball spun...
Ticket Giveaway: Gabrielle Aplin (2/24) Kat Muraviyova February 20, 2018Singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin plays Middle East Downstairs on Saturday, February 24th at 6:30 PM. We’re giving away two tickets! The...
Interview: Ruen Brothers Kat Muraviyova November 14, 2017Henry and Ru Stansall, who combined their first names to create Ruen Brothers, are brothers from an industrial town in...
Embraced, Asphyxiated: LVL UP Kevin Dwyer November 11, 2017Lvl Up returns to Boston with a tightly honed indie rock performance and plenty of laughs. The jokes and gossip...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 3/1/17 Amie O'Hearn March 1, 2017Welcome to the Weekly Wrap Up. This week’s edition is brought late to you because I was enjoying the spring...
Making Pop Fun Again: Tancred Kevin Dwyer February 27, 2017Tancred brought enthusiastic power pop to a rapt audience at the Middle East. Tancred’s Jess Abbott lived out a fantasy...
Premiere: The Solars – “Old K.B.” Knar Bedian November 29, 2016reamy vocals welcome listeners on the latest single by local folk rock act The Solars, “Old K.B.,” a song that sounds as if...
Damn, It’s Lit: Saba Jon Simmons November 8, 2016If you know Saba, you probably know him because of ties to Chance the Rapper. Saba, a 22-year-old rapper from...
Ticket Giveaway: The Rare Occasions (8/13) Maddy Ball August 11, 2016This Saturday, August 13th local indie rock band, The Rare Occasions will be performing at The Middle East as part of their Futureproof EP release tour....
Grit & Gloss: Alex G & Porches Noah Habeeb April 25, 2016orches has that new car smell. Aaron Maine’s bleached-to-the-roots hair, his impeccably white long-sleeve shirt and dangling earrings. His novel...