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Kate Nash, "Purple Rain (Live at FNX Coachella House 2008)" Our bretheren over at WFNX rented a house for Coachella and have been blogging their faces off all weekend . A bunch of people stopped by the house, including MGMT , Vampire Weekend...
Last week we scooped the news about Radiohead’s August 13 concert date at Tweeter Center (tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m.) and set the music blogs abuzz. Today word from ye olde Inbox, via our friends at LiveNation, is that opening duties...
What do these two have in common? $$$$$$$$$$$ As you may have heard by now, today's New York Times reports that Jay-Z is "on the verge" of closing a multi-million dollar deal with Live Nation , which would tie albums, concerts, and any other...
Today, YouTube has baptized itself as Sigur Róstube: all Sigur Rós, all day. The whole darn homepage is all Sigur Rós videos. So, you can take a break from watching Cat of 1000 Faces , Chris Crocker looking more and more bonkers , and that whole viral...
Today, YouTube has baptized itself as Sigur Róstube: all Sigur Rós, all day. The whole darn homepage is all Sigur Rós videos. So, you can take a break from watching Cat of 1000 Faces , Chris Crocker looking more and more bonkers , and that whole viral...
Township, "The Winter Song" (Flophouse Sessions, Feb 2008) Township, "Sandy" (Flophouse Sessions, Feb 2008) Jen and Andy, the betrothed Somerville duo behind the fantastic Band in Boston Podcast , have recorded many of our favorite...
DOWNLOAD: Hooray for Earth, "Warm Out" (mp3) Hooray for Earth: odd band. Get 'em drunk, and they're liable to belt out a Justin Timberlake hit , or maybe one of Jacko's . Left on his own, their singer has been known to crank out...
DOWNLOAD: Hallelujah the Hills, "Don't Take the Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours" (mp3) On the eve of their biggest national tour to date (stops include SXSW and a Daytrotter session), Boston indie heroes Hallelujah the Hills...
DOWNLOAD: White Hinterland, "Dreaming of the Plum Trees" (mp3) Back when she was studying at New England Conservatory, Casey Dienel put out a demo called "Grandmother Rock," a quick suite of songs suggesting rocking chairs more than...
Mission of Burma, 1001 Pleasant Dreams (Live at Great Scott, 2008) Mission of Burma, 2wice (Live at Great Scott, 2008) Mission of Burma, Academy Fight Song (Live at Great Scott, 2008) As Justin Timberlake says, what goes around comes around: as the story...
Mirah & Spectraone International, "Love Song of the Fly" (Live 1/11/08 at Museum of Fine Art, Boston) Video by OTD & R. Stewart Mirah & Spectraone International, "Song of Psyche" (Live 1/11/08 at Museum of Fine Art, Boston...
It was a ridiculously dark and crowded Blonde Redhead show at the Paradise on Sunday night - we made more than a few enemies trying to get a decent shot, so apologies to anyone whose view we may have unintentionally obstructed. Will Spitz's review...
We were gonna post a Journey video but we just couldn't bring ourselves to do it. Oh, listmania , you’re like Paris Hilton holding a plate of Oreos: contradictory, slightly off-putting, and yet fascinatingly addictive . Just when we think we’re listed...
Mission of Burma will play Great Scott on January 20 , in what will be the band's most intimate hometown performance since their first-ever reunion gig (which was itself a secret warmup gig for their official reunion shows a few nights later) at the...
Come, "Hurricane" (Live at the Middle East, 11/10/2007) Sure, it was only two songs. (Turns out they had a third ready to go, but decided against it. What, the applause wasn't loud enough? "Exactly," said Chris Brokaw.) But since...
