Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.
MUSIC
BMA SETS, BOSTON CALLING VETS, SXSW TREKS
“We were waiting around to be plucked from obscurity and then we got the email we’d been picked. We actually tend to keep our expectations pretty low.”
FOTOBOM: TOOL, KILLING JOKE @ TD GARDEN
A bizarre clash of music fans took place this past summer, when the hotly anticipated, decade-plus return of Tool got Swifties all upset when Maynard and company’s Fear Inoculum banished Taylor Swift’s Lover from the top spot on Billboard after one short week, by far her shortest reign at the number one spot. And in the […]
Q&A WITH MELISSA DENIZARD: ON THE UPCOMING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BLACK DIASPORA THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF SOLANGE’S ALBUMS
“You can’t build a sustainable movement if you aren’t rooted in some type of theory, some type of text, some type of work that’s already been done before.”
ANNIE BROBST + SAMANTHA RAE: MASS COUNTRY SINGERS SHOW GRIT AND TALENT AT DANA-FARBER BENEFIT
We don’t hear enough about sold-out blowouts by country performers in Boston. Especially those featuring Mass-based musicians.
TENNIS ELBOW: SINNET GETS PERSONAL ON LATEST SYNTH-POP SWING-ALONG
“Did you notice that instead of bricks there are little tennis courts in the background? How clever.”
GREG ROY: ON PAYING DUES, PRODUCING, AND GIGGING AS A REGGAE ARTIST BASED IN BOSTON
“Gregory Isaacs is another one—I’m named after him. My father’s argument was that Gregory Isaacs was the real deal.”
MUSIC NOTES: BOSTON’S SXSW PICKS, PLUS SLAINE HOSTS LISTENING PARTY TO BENEFIT RECOVERY NONPROFITS
“We are planning on touring to and from Austin and hitting some of the surrounding areas. We’ll be driving in our minivan, which we hope doesn’t fall apart.”
CHRISTIANS & LIONS: OUT OF THE BASEMENT AND BACK WITH THEIR FIRST NEW MUSIC IN A DECADE
“You have to figure out what’ll make you happy, make sure you’re not fucking anyone over, and go for it, if you have the means.”
FOTOBOM: THE NATIONAL @ AGGANIS ARENA
I said it when I last caught up with The National, headlining two nights at a New York City festival of their own curation last year, and it bears repeating now: it’s still a little weird for this band, of all bands, to have made the leap to arenas. But Thursday’s sold-out show at […]
