Benjamin Ricci

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...

The Mint // Los Angeles, CA // June 29 The Mint was packed Friday night as fans, both old and soon to be new, waited in anticipation to hear the...