Give The Drummer Some: Recent Alt-J and Why?
Alt-J (with Hundred Waters) The art-rock British group Alt-J (∆) played two sold out shows at Paradise Rock Club this weekend. Alt-J and Boston are in the midst of a budding relationship — the group sold out Great Scott and Brighton Music Hall in the fall and they’re headlining the Bank of America Pavilion later [...]
Q&A: Milo Greene’s Graham Fink on touring, road music and making friends on social media
Sydney Moyer: Last time we spoke, you guys were about to start out on your first headlining tour. Now you’ve been around the country a bit, stopped by Letterman and even London. How does it feel to get off the ground like this and have so many people responding to your music? Graham Fink: Uhh … exhausting. [laughs] No, [...]
REVIEW: Bruce in The USA
When the stage lights flashed and turned him into a silhouette, Matt Ryan, for a second, was indistinguishable from Bruce Springsteen. The hair combed back, the sleeves of the worn black shirt rolled up past the elbows, the weathered Telecaster – every piece was in place, and even when the lights changed and he was [...]
REVIEW: Passion Pit at Agganis Arena
When Passion Pit brought their brand of electronic indie-pop to a blizzard-depleted but passionate crowd at Agganis Arena, I came to the show not knowing much about the Boston-born band. As any good concertgoer would, I listened to their albums on repeat to prepare myself, but I still wasn’t familiar with the intricacies of their [...]
REVIEW: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper at TT the Bear’s
I wonder if this is what the forty-niners felt like when they found that first gold nugget in the river. I first heard folk/rock-ish songstress Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, about a week ago, later to the game than much of the Boston scene that served as turf for the musician’s roots. After playing music around Boston, [...]
