VINYL OF THE MONTH Videogram Test Subject 011 (7-inch) (SelectaVision Records) The SelectaVision...
Reviews
VINYL REVIEW: The Return Of the Living Dead Soundtrack
The Return of the Living Dead has had, over the years, a problematic soundtrack to say the least....
RECORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE With Francis Beringer from Caustic Casanova
RECORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE With Francis Beringer from Caustic Casanova I’m Francis Beringer,...
Catching up with Ty Segall’s Fuzz Live in Boston
Fuzz with Walter and Zip Tie Handcuffs The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA 11.16.2015 "A night of high volume three-piece bands at the Sinclair." Sounding reminiscent of Black Sabbath - even looking the...
The Lonely Wild – “Chasing White Light” Album Review
The Lonely Wild Chasing White Light Los Angeles, CA (EOne Music/Fast Plastic) The Lonely Wild’s follow-up to The Sun As It Comes is a modern-day Requiem, pulling from Andrew Carroll’s experience...
Moa Holmsten – “Bruised Arms & Broken Rhythm” Album Review
Moa Holmsten Bruised Arms & Broken Rhythm Stockholm, Sweden (Fill In The Blank Records) Take a man-on-the-street approach, and you will be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t have at least...
The Weeknd Proves There’s a Method to ‘The Madness’ in Worcester
The musical evolution of The Weeknd seems ironically organic. His tepid strokes into graphic sexual escapades--littered with ostensible alcohol and drug use--have inevitably become his audible...
Records That Changed My Life With Teflon Beast’s Jeff Daily
Records That Changed My Life with Jeff Daily To paraphrase Pauline Kael, I lost it at the record player. Or given that it was the ’90s, the CD player. It was from thirteen to fifteen years of age,...
PHOTO GALLERY: Caspian Live in Boston
Caspian The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA October 23, 2015 Just over a year ago, Caspian celebrated 10 years as a band with a sold out, 2 set, chronologically played show at the Larcom Theatre in...
PHOTO GALLERY: Deafheaven, Envy and Tribulation Live in Boston
Deafheaven with Envy and Tribulation at Royale - Boston, MA November 3, 2015 First time touring the US in 5 years, Tokyo's Envy performed a beautifully emotional and brutal set at Royale, opening up...
Catching Up With The Darkness Live in Boston
THE DARKNESS Where: House of Blues—Boston, MA When: November 1, 2015 “Give me a D!” singer and lead guitarist Justin Hawkins demanded, the wildly enthusiastic crowd responding in kind. Then, “Give...
LISTEN NOW: Vinyl of the Month – Moon Types “Know The Reason”
VINYL OF THE MONTH Moon Types Know The Reason 7-inch Stockholm, Sweden (Jigsaw Records) “Like a jingle-jangle morning…” PZL075: Moon Types - Know The Reason 7" by Jigsaw Records Well, it ain’t ABBA,...
Superhuman Happiness – “Escape Velocity” Review PLUS New Video
Superhuman Happiness Escape Velocity Brooklyn, NY (Royal Potato Family) Superhuman Happiness’s second full-length release, Escape Velocity, is an airy study in art rock, new wave and relaxed...