Brand New's performance this past Friday night at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield had all the...
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Quick Recap: Taking Back Sunday Let Loose on Taste of Chaos Tour
For those who were eager to experience Taking Back Sunday in their fullest (and perhaps fiercest)...
Beach Slang Sings Redemption Song at Boston’s Sinclair
I first fell in love with Beach Slang two years ago during their CMJ Music Marathon showcase; I...
Papa Roach Live in Boston: Interview and Photo Gallery
With their 8th studio album F.E.A.R (Face Everything and Rise) due out next week, Papa Roach should be a proverbial ball of nerves. But on this particular rainy afternoon in the back of a tour bus...
Wale Live in Boston
The transparent emotionalism that Wale boldly specializes in makes him Maybach Music Group’s most consistent artist in their arsenal—and a refreshingly unironic presence in hip-hop. Even his 40...
ARCH Gallery: The Best Acoustic Venue in Boston
(Wish by Matthew Keller) The beautiful ladies of Arch Gallery have a keen eye when it comes to procuring art that is nothing short of visually stunning. Last weekend, Nikki Dessingue and Amyko...
Ryan Adams and Butch Walker Live in Boston
As the designated opener for Ryan Adams on his latest tour, Butch Walker proved to be his perfect touring companion. Like Adams, Walker knows how to deliver charismatically and play wholeheartedly....
Photo Gallery: Deleasa Live in Boston
Singer/songwriter Mike Deleasa played an intimate set earlier today at The Middle East in Cambridge. In front of a modest all ages crowd, the New Jersey native indulged us with his relaxed croon and...
Live Review: Metro Station in Boston
Trace Cyrus undoubtedly knows how to command a crowd. Despite not touring for five years, the boys of Metro Station didn't miss a beat when they electrified a packed house at Boston's Brighton Music...
Get to Know: The Maine
The evolution of The Maine has been quite the savory one. Their first album Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop is everything a debut record should be: self-thwarting, ambivalent, precarious. Airy harmonies and...
Live Review: You Blew It! in Boston
You Blew It! isn't just another up and coming band whose trademark open wound introspection makes them ripe to teenage susceptibility. They are newfound pillars in the movement that is slowly...
PHOTO GALLERY: We Are Scientists Live in Boston
Highly sarcastic, cautiously biting, and always endearing, We Are Scientists once again brought their two-bit comedy routine to Boston this past Wednesday to The Sinclair. As their first stop on...
Photo Gallery: Pure Bathing Culture in Boston
The Sinclair in Cambridge became the backdrop for the intimate desperation and verbal abstraction that is Pure Bathing Culture. Last year's Moon Tides contained such a sumptuous emotional gravity...