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FOTOBOM: SLOWDIVE, CHERRY GLAZERR @ THE PARADISE
One of the secrets to their success is that, as shoegaze bands go, they are more interested in the backbone of the song than all the swirly bits that hang around it.
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 ...
FOTOBOM: COURTNEY BARNETT AND KURT VILE @ THE ORPHEUM, 04NOV17
When like-minded musicians Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile crossed paths a handful of months ago, the prospect of collaborating their complementary languid and off-kilter styles seemed like a perfect match. So perfect, that despite the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean in their way, what started ...
FOTOBOM: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ROYAL BLOOD @ AGGANIS ARENA, 21OCT17
Queens Of The Stone Age have had a weird ride. Launched from the desert rock scene via Kyuss, leader Josh Homme has slowly but steadily abandoned the hard crunch and fuzz of those beginnings, and added a much more fluid and nuanced approach over the last two records. After the hiatus following ...
FOTOBOM: ELDER, KING BUFFALO, SUMMONER, BIRNAM WOOD @ ONCE BALLROOM, 12OCT17
Though Elder hasn’t really been a Boston-based band for a while now, with singer/guitarist Nick DiSalvo back living in Germany and the rest of the band is scattered around the southeast coastline, the sold out room certainly had a hometown celebration vibe to it. Fresh off what might be ...
FOTOBOM: ROGER WATERS @ TD GARDEN, 27SEP17
Roger Waters plays "Pigs" as a tribute to Trump and butthurt snowflakes scatter for the exits.
FOTOBOM: GREEN DAY, CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN @ XFINITY CENTER, 28AUG17
I’d reckon that a vast majority of the throngs that filled the seats and lawn of Xfinity Center for Monday’s show featuring Green Day would give you a top shelf Keanu Reeves blank stare if you mention Neurosis. ...
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: JOHN PRINE, SURPRISE GUESTS, AND THE UNJUSTIFIABLE PROBLEM ON DAY 3
Between Pinegrove and John Prine, Newport Folk Festival ended Sunday with plenty of fanfare, but there's a problem no one wants to talk about and it's getting harder to justify.
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: WILCO, ANGEL OLSEN, AND THE ART OF STORYTELLING ON DAY 2
Once again, the best parts of Newport Folk Festival came in the shape of a story, and Saturday's lineup treated us to some of the best.