Filed Under Live Show Back in November I stumbled upon an article in the Boston Herald discussing the return of a local legend – Toussaint the Liberator. For years, Toussaint played at Matt Murphy’s in Brookline with the China Band. Nights would get pretty hot and packed at the small Irish style pub in the […]
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In 2010 we’ll see a number of anticipated albums come out such as the new Hot Chip due out in early February. But one you may not be aware of is an album that is the product of a unique collaboration – James Mercer (lead singer of The Shins) and Danger Mouse. They are calling […]
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Weekend Concert and Dj Grab Bag
Very excited to share with you my anticipation for Saturday night’s Great Lake Swimmersshow at the Brattle Theatre here in Cambridge. Been digging Tony Dekker’s folky, melodic banjo sounds since his debut S/T album back in 2003. This isn’t a “lets get ready to rock and dance our socks off” show. A typical night of […]
It would be interesting to run a report on the origins of bands currently inhabiting both the island of Manhattan and the various neighborhoods of Brooklyn. If you were to tell me that Chairlift were recent transplants from Boulder I wouldn’t have believed you. This sound doesn’t come from any where else but NYC, Brooklyn, […]
Looking to start 2009 off with a bang, John and his cohorts have announced that they’re working on their 3rd album, and their 2nd hasn’t even been released yet. A recent recording was polished off from their upstate New York studio and it’s a great little cover of Paul Simon’s tune “Still Crazy After All […]
What I like about the year end lists is getting to see what all your peers have been jamming to over the past year and discovering what gems may have fallen through the cracks. With all the music that comes out in a single year, youâre bound to miss a few no matter how much […]
I remember hearing of the mythical Bon Iver back in the summer of 2007, around the time all the bloggers were freaking out about this free album that landed in their inbox one day. I knew he was a man, gone astray in the Wisconsin woods where he opened up his heart and soul to […]
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Summer Time Blues News…
This usually happens around this time of year. I go away a lot, especially on excursions north to the Maine coast and to some weddings, which drags down my blogging capabilities. It also doesn’t help that I’ve started a political blog. Lord, when will I stop blogging, I ask. Never, I say. But to add […]
For M83 it’s always about drama. That’s one thing you can say has stayed consistent between his latest album, Saturday’s = Youth, and his past works such as Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Pick up M83 music from Amazon MP3). During the show last night I was curious to see how Anthony Gonzalez, […]
We’re all familiar with the eMusics and the Rhapsodys of the world. There are new concepts arising every day when it comes to the distribution of digital music. Just recently, one concept got a pretty nice boost from major players in the indie world. The site Amiestreet.com was created about two years ago by three […]