The most casual, out-of-touch listener can find comfort in the soft tones and easy strumming that make folk the most accessible backdrop music.
RUN FOR COVER: DIANE CLUCK VS. DM STITH: “EASY TO BE AROUND”
Archives for February 2015
GET OUT THERE: WINTER NIGHTLIFE GUIDE
Think of it as a snapshot of what Sunday-Thursday has in store for you between now and the spring solstice on March 20, a time period that may later be referred to as “The Great Melt.”
LISTEN: CAMINO INVITES YOU TO ‘PRIVATE TUMBLR’ AHEAD OF ALBUM RELEASE
Producer drops second single from debut album "Freshman 15", release party next Friday
POST ART: DENISE PRICE IS LEADING A SMALL COLLABORATIVE ART MOVEMENT TO THE MAILBOX
“Everybody who touches it, especially Bostonians, are almost moved by the fact that it’s something more permanent,” Price says of her book’s appeal. “I think that people are moving back towards paper.”
CRONENBERGIAN: THE AUTEUR’S NEW EFFORT DIAGNOSES A HOLLYWOOD DISEASE
In the most superficial sense, to be Cronenbergian is to be a genre film that mines horror or tension from alterations of the body.
‘RILLEX-N-EFFECT: HUNDRED WATERS TURN EDM INTO AN OASIS
Live, their shows elevate the music to impossible proportions.
THE KIDS STILL AREN’T ALL RIGHT
My heart aches for them all, not just because they’re young, but because they are vulnerable.
UN-QUIET WYATT: WYATT CENAC ON SNOWY BOSTON, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND JOHN OLIVER
I’ve nothing but nice things to say about Boston crowds. I have nothing but terrible things to say about your sports teams.
THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS FOR BOSTON CAB DRIVERS
How about reparations for workers and proprietors who were swindled and cheated?
DIG THIS: TIGERMAN WOAH!, MOPED KNIGHTS, AND QUEERLESQUE
Because sitting around watching the snow melt is for suckas.
BURY ME, MITSKI: COUNTING 45 WAYS TO BE OF USE TO THE WORLD
She bravely fronts her band, wields a bass, and sings her guts out.
IN THE SPIRIT
Audiences, as well, have been impressed and moved by the play, especially those who have recently lost a loved one.
FOTOBOM: BUSH AT HOUSE OF BLUES
Libidos went wild as Bush's lead man Gavin Rossdale hopped off the stage to serenade lascivious ears with "Little Things" from their classic Sixteen Stone effort.
THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STORM FRONT
Harvard in court, a rally for Cape Wind, and fossil fuel chicanery on campus
MAGICAL MOMENT FOR THE MASS MARIJUANA COMMUNITY
New England’s debut cannabis convention rocked, if we might say so ourselves
FOTOBOM: SLEATER-KINNEY RETURN TO TAKE NAMES, KICK ASS
Enjoy it while it lasts.
SECRET ASIAN MAN: SOLIDARITY
Never underestimate the power of solidarity.
THE STRIP BAR: RED AND BLACK AND WHITE
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? NAPOLEON
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: BLOWER OF SNOWS
ROB DELANEY: HOMEGROWN COMEDY KING CROSSES THE POND FOR TV
“The word ‘meat’ just makes me laugh,” he says.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: EX-LCD SOUNDSYSTEM DRUMMER AND PARTNER CURATE NEW SOUND
“I think we were both missing things mutually that we wanted to hear,” explains Mahoney, on the phone from New York. “That was a big part of what made us excited, to make the music that we felt like we weren’t hearing.”
FOTOBOMB: HELMET BRINGS IT TO BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
The pillars of Helmet's songs are held up by the bludgeoning riffs of Dan Beeman and the smeared, chromatic fret wanderings of leader Page Hamilton, the sole survivor of the original lineup and band founder.
SWEET CHILD O’ MINE: FOR STREIGHT ANGULAR, THE BABY AND BAND GO TOGETHER
“If I was a kid, I would love for my dad to do that,” says Yoshi, on the phone, back inside his apartment. “That’s how I look at parenting. I have a kid now, so I might as well give them the best fucking life ever.”
CONCERT REVIEW: THEOPHILUS LONDON + FATHER @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
Accompanied by upcoming Atlanta artist Father, London brought his effortlessly cool vibes to a packed audience at Brighton Music Hall on Wednesday night.
CRAFT BEER BARS: DO THEY REALLY EVEN EXIST ANYMORE?
What it comes down to is that in spite of what Budweiser’s advertising department would like you to think, today’s drinkers demand craft beer. Period.
YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHO’S MENTORING THE YOUTH OF BOSTON
Is the mayor also encouraging car thieves to join the mentoring program? Or only people who have been a part of stealing homes?
MY FRIEND WAS DETAINED AS A SUSPECT IN THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING MANHUNT. THIS IS HIS STORY …
“Out of nowhere, then . . . they flipped me over and . . . they’re cuffing me and giving me a full search down.”
EAT AND RUN: ‘THE BIG MEAL’ SERVES UP HUMOR AND HEARTACHE AT BREAKNECK SPEED
The Big Meal introduces audiences to an extended family’s journey over five generations. Eight actors portray 26 characters, covering about 60 total years.
CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD @PARADISE ROCK CLUB 2-13-15
Fronted by Chris Robinson, one-half of the Black Crowes' founding (and constantly feuding) brothers, the CRB worked two full sets which opened their first show of a two-show run.
