Mike Chen Vampire Weekend (MIRA Books) "A fresh take on a vampire story that also accomplishes a...
Reviews
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Raibard
Raibard Dark Realm of the Daylight Boston, MA (Self-Released) Sometimes music comes into your life...
Book Review: Her Country by Marissa R. Moss
"A highly-readable deep dive into the lives and careers of the women of country music - and the...
Review: Lori McKenna “The Balladeer”
"The Balladeer" is a career high for one of our most necessary troubadours, Lori McKenna Considering the nature of her primary themes — namely, the love and tumult with which both marriage and...
Review: Kris Delmhorst “Long Day in the Milky Way”
Kris Delmhorst shines her light from and toward the darkness on new LP "Long Day in the Milky Way" Kris Delmhorst’s latest record seems to find her struggling with something like an existential...
BOOK REVIEW: Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes–A Memoir
Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir Steve Gorman with Steven Hyden (Da Capo Press) The Black Crowes’ drummer details the wrecks, drugs, and rock and roll of one of the...
Iron Maiden Live in Oakland
w/The Raven AgeOakland Arena -- September 10th 2019 One of the best tours this summer was The Legacy of the Beast tour from UK metal legends Iron Maiden. They solidified their legacy in Oakland, CA...
PHOTO GALLERY: Train and Goo Goo Dolls Take Over Xfinity Center
This past Saturday night (August 17) at Xfinity Center in Mansfield proved to be a fulfilling one for fans of Goo Goo Dolls and Train. Both bands, who have respectively been in the business for over...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Ages and Ages
Ages and Ages Me You They We (Partisan Records) It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of the Portland-based indie rock collective known as Ages and Ages. Led by primary songwriter and...
PHOTO GALLERY: Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals Live at The Orpheum in Boston
Oxnard, the third studio album from R&B auteur Anderson .Paak, possesses the reassuring familiarity and funked out undertones that have become synonymous with his catalogue. The record contains...
Moogfest Announces Initial 2019 Lineup
Moogfest Announces Initial 2019 Lineup featuring GAS, Kimbra, Tim Hecker & The Konoyo Ensemble, Matthew Dear, The Field, Martin Gore, William Basinski and More Celebrating the 15th year since...
CASSETTE OF THE MONTH: “Look Bad/Feel Bad” by Kiss Concert
CASSETTE OF THE MONTH Kiss Concert - Look Bad/Feel Bad (Worcester, MA) “If Neutral Milk Hotel had a baby with a young Modest Mouse and it was good at math.” Look Bad/Feel Bad by Kiss Concert Look...
BOOK REVIEW: Jeff Tweedy’s “Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back)…”
Anyone who has heard a Jeff Tweedy interview or listened to one of his records knows the Wilco frontman is introspective, clever, and dryly funny. That his new memoir shares these traits is no...