Music
A Cultural Take on the B's Stanley Cup
So it’s the morning after the Boston Bruins have brought the Stanley Cup back to the Hub for the first time in 39 years. Strange […]
Confessions From My Man Cave
Since today is June 15, 2011, known in Boston as Stanley Cup Game 7, I have a confession to make: watching hockey makes my eyes […]
Alina Simone at Brookline Booksmith
Ukrainian-born songstress Alina Simone grew up in Lexington and attended art school in Boston before moving to Austin and eventually, Brooklyn (oh, really? We’re so […]
OMG! NKOTBSB
I have a confession to make. A few years ago when I was living in Washington D.C., I made plans to meet friends at a […]
Now Hear This: The Wooden Birds – Two Matchsticks
Listening to the Wooden Birds makes me want to climb trees, take a walk down a dirt road surrounded by mint fields, play in the […]
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
Singer/songwriter Aly Spaltro, the voice behind Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, got her stage name from a dream. What the dream was she has no idea, […]
Q&A: David Wax Museum
Fresh from a three-week tour through Europe and after playing this year’s SXSW, Boston’s David Wax Museum is seeing some major momentum: The band played […]
Q&A: David Wax Museum
Fresh from a three-week tour through Europe and after playing this year’s SXSW, Boston’s David Wax Museum is seeing some major momentum: The band played […]
Lykke Li Acoustic Session at the MFA
As longtime fans of Lykke Li, we naturally had eyes on tickets to her House of Blues show last week. But when the MFA tweeted […]
Almost Famous
I just got home late Saturday night from the last of the Buffalo Tom touring for 2011. (Because, really, why would a rock band want […]
The Giant Kings Live at the Lizard Lounge
Last week, after a middling Wednesday of trying to sell and market real estate with mixed results, instead of throwing in the towel and wrapping […]
Album Review: Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts, Smother Domino I had high expectations for the Wild Beasts’ latest album, Smother, which was released on Tuesday. I was mildly obsessed with […]
Watch This: Donald Glover at The ’Dise
Do you have a sense of humor? Do you have a pulse? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you should head to […]
Listen Up! Cass McCombs, Wit’s End
When we discovered Cass McCombs’s 2009 release, Catacombs, we knew we’d stumbled onto one of those rare records that holds its own from start to […]
Slideshow: Iron and Wine at the House of Blues
After missing an Iron and Wine show at a dive bar in Denver several years ago thanks to overcrowding and a jerk door guy, we’ve […]