Went There: New Oblivion + Mirrored Hell + Aurat
As promised, I was in the crowd for the New Oblivion + Mirrored Hell + Aurat show on Monday night. Well, at…
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The best BabyTron NBA references
The congenial relationship between basketball and rap has been well-documented in the past. Ever since the New York Knicks shoutout in “Rapper’s…
Carrie Furniss – ‘Bitter and Sweet’
Carrie Furniss’s Bitter and Sweet is aptly described as “bedroom pop”; there is a charming, homemade quality to these spare, synth-based soundscapes….
There’s no quitting for Weakened Friends
On the cover of Weakened Friends’ 2021 album, Quitter, a mascot mopes off a field, utterly defeated. But the Portland, Maine-based band…
Single Review: “Angelica,” Wet Leg’s Party Pooper Anthem
Should I stay or should I go? This classic question (most notably posed by The Clash), continues to plague people everywhere—perhaps most…
Went There: Boy Harsher & Twin Tribes @ Crystal Ballroom 3/30/22
Boy Harsher was the perfect way to kick off my birthday weekend (because birthday weekend’s always start on Wednesday’s) and they played…
Went There: Mayhem & Midnight @ The Palladium 3/25/22
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Slant – “1집”
There’s no denying anymore that fast hardcore will always reign supreme in the realm of hardcore music as the genre was defined…
The Shifters – Open Vault
As the title of the opening track suggests, THE SHIFTERS have hit the “Right Stuff” with their newest album, Open Vault. Exploring…
Went There: Animal Collective & L’Rain @ The Paradise 3/15/22
Despite the lobs thrown at Animal Collective, like they are a festival band, or even worse, a pop band, they still manage…
BEYOND CLASSICAL AND SHOEGAZE WITH ALLSTON’S CORPOREAL
“The most important thing is just what’s being played, and the lyrics are just like one of those things.”
“Mad Dash to ‘The Slow Rush:’ Trippin’ at the TD with Tame Impala”
Tame Impala, multi-instrumentalist and jack of all musical trades hailing from Perth, Australia recently made a stop in Boston for the American…
