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VIDEO: Big Digits, "Chairs Electric (Live at Great Scott)" Digitos Grandes stepped in as last-minute replacements on our last BMP showcase, filling in for Pretty & Nice, who had to cancel due to injury. Was nice to see TD and Mac again in...
Who're you callin' al dente ? DOWNLOAD: Kid:Nap:Kin, "Heroin Grillz" (mp3) Like risotto, young rock bands require a lot of time and stirring before their many disparate elements meld into a satisfying and delicious glop. Unlike risotto...
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...
Caribou (aka, Dan Snaith, the self-taught, math pro, psychedlic-obsessed Canadian musician we interviewed recently ) loves his light projections. Below, see photos from last night's Caribou show at the Dise. Snaith's self-created, kaleidoscopic light...
The Ontario-born, London-dwelling, math-whiz musician Dan Snaith has been kicking around the electronic music world since 2000, when he released an EP called People Eating Fruit , under the moniker Manitoba. Originally, music was a part-time gig, pursued...
Good news for the under-21 crowd (or anyone tiring of the Middle East - if that's even possible). Before Lyons and co. open up Boston's House of Blues , Berklee's beating them to the punch with a shiny new all-ages "200-person capacity...
DOWNLOAD: Township, "Sandy" (mp3) It’s been just less than a year since Township cemented their place in Boston rock history , joining the ranks of the Neighborhoods , the Dresden Dolls , and, uh, Slaughter Shack with a victory in the 29th Rock...
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...
They also like kittens, apparently. We’ve seen the Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer live at Great Scott before (see our previous, gushing post ), so we thought we knew what to expect at Tuesday night’s gig at the same venue, with MGMT . WXPN’s World Café...
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...
P&N: Putting the amp back in ampersand DOWNLOAD: Pretty and Nice, "Grab Your Nets" (mp3) Pretty and Nice ? No and no, actually -- ugly and raucous is more like it -- but they've got "Your New Favourite Band" written all over...
P&N: Putting the amp back in ampersand DOWNLOAD: Pretty and Nice, "Grab Your Nets" (mp3) Pretty and Nice ? No and no, actually -- ugly and raucous is more like it -- but they've got "Your New Favourite Band" written all over 'em. This Boston-via-Vermont...
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...
Reeeeee-wind: this is where we scour our back catalogue and rate our favorite-of-favorites from the tracks we debuted this year. We've mixed in mp3-of-the-weeks with a bunch of the live sessions we recorded, and thrown a few videos into the mix ....
