Lupe Fiasco: music over politics
Lupe Fiasco played to a full house at Boston’s House of Blues on Sept. 13 with backup from the talented Ms. Sarah Green. He managed to bring together an incredibly diverse audience, from rowdy college kids, businessmen, grandmothers in full sari and young children. Rap music is normally perceived as the music of the younger [...]
Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey Plays Tommy
On Sunday, British rock royalty graced Boston University’s campus when The Who’s legendary singer, Roger Daltrey, brought the band’s seminal rock opera, Tommy – and then some – to Agganis Arena. The larger-than-life singer got on stage at 8:40 p.m., and after saying a few appreciative words on Dr. Steven Zeitels of Mass. General Hospital, [...]
Wilco with Carol
“Blood on the sofa, blood in the sink, blood in the trunk, I’m high at the wheel of a Bull Black Nova,” -Jeff Tweedy, “Bull Black Nova” Wilco is my favorite band. Maybe because I, like many others who have listened to the album, think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot defines the last 10 years of music [...]
Chillwave on a Chilly Night
Chazwick Bundick, king of the hipsters, graced Boston with his presence on September 16th at the Paradise Rock Club. Bundick is famous for his work under the moniker Toro Y Moi, an experimental electro-funk (or “chillwave,” as it has been dubbed on the Internet) outfit that has played in everything from the Pitchfork Music Fest [...]
Lucien Finally Gets His Summer Loving Torture Party
If anybody has been religiously reading my Free Press articles starting from my dark days as a lowly “Blog Contributor” to present day as big shot “Music Editor,” then you could probably tell that I have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with The National and that missing out on seeing them has been one of the [...]
