Matt Lambert

Oh dance-rock, with your dub bass lines, weird synth grooves, and fat beats. We can't seem to get enough of you this summer. As part of the electronic wave sweeping over jam...

Jimkata is a solid electro-rock act. Persistent, steady dance grooves line drum machines, synths, and electric guitar. The band's powerful drumming and guitar work ride the...

The crowd was a little meager at the start of their set, but The Big Sway sounded at home on the Woods Stage at 2011's TBU. Their resonance is mighty - heavy drumming, stomping bass lines,...

I'll be honest with you, although Papadosio is perhaps the most talked about band this year, it took a while for me to let go of some of my preconceived notions on electronic...

Dirty Paris deserves props. They're a young band, especially in the sense that they're fresh to the scene and have come a long way in a relatively short time. They've been on a...

I don't know what to say about The Indobox, because they never make any immense impression on me, regardless of how often I see them perform. They are dance-oriented, with good...

As one of the first bands to open up The Big Up 2011, there wasn't a huge draw to the stage during Gramatik's set. A small crowd of dancing hippies, spread relatively thin,...

Where: Brighton Music Hall - Allston, MA When: July 28, 2011 I had the pleasure of interviewing these British boys right before they came to Boston, and they couldn’t be more excited about...

Where: Bank of America Pavilion - Boston, MA When: July 30, 2011 Flashback to the summer of 2010, when Khalifa played Boston’s Urban Music Festival alongside acts like Ryan Leslie, M-Dot, and Bad...