At first glance, The National might not strike one as a band who command a following that fills arenas. The group’s literate, self-effacing gloom certainly lends itself to a certain cultish devotion, but few artists making music that sounds this way have translated the approach into the clout to personally curate and headline a […]
FOTOBOM: ARCADE FIRE @ TD GARDEN, 9/15
Strange as it may have seemed once, former indie rock darlings Arcade Fire have settled comfortably into the role of festival and arena headliners. Their shows behind 2013’s ambitious, danceable odyssey Reflektor proved what “Wake Up” had always suggested: that the band’s anthemic sound could fill huge spaces without losing its heart. Four years later, […]
FOTOBOM: GORILLAZ @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION, 7/12
In a rare Boston appearance–their first in seven years–the genre-defying Gorillaz brought their full-band roadshow to Boston with a handful of digital guests.
FOTOBOM: RYAN ADAMS @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION, 5/10
Wednesday was just the second night of the season for the Pavilion, Boston’s tented harbor-side venue which remains perpetually at nature’s mercy.
FOTOBOM: AT THE DRIVE-IN @ HOUSE OF BLUES, 3/25
At The Drive-In made a memorable return following an 11-year hiatus.
FOTOBOM: BOB MOULD, TED LEO @ PARADISE ROCK CLUB, 5/1
After 90 minutes of standing a few feet from Bob Mould’s jet-engine-roar guitar amps, it feels a bit like someone has turned down the volume knob on the outside world. Mould – prolific solo artist, frontman for 90s alt-rock trio Sugar and co-leader of punk legends Hüsker Dü – maintains at age 55 that louder […]
FOTOBOM: JOSE GONZALEZ + YMUSIC @ BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, 3/25
Jose Gonzalez’s music still sounds removed from space and time.
