Vanessa Carlton ditches the two-hit wonder status to build her own white picket fence life over a decade after "A Thousand Miles" and "White Houses".
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DEEP THOUGHTS, DEEPER CRATES: CENTRAL SQUARE’S NEW RECORD STORE ROCKS THE BEAUTIFUL & BIZARRE
Right when we were about to go running through the streets of Cambridge flipping off every defunct music space we found, Deep Thoughts stepped up to save the day.
FOTOBOM: THE BEST SHOW (TOM SCHARPLING AND JON WURSTER) @THE SINCLAIR, SUN 11/29
The Best Show, a radio show on WMFU, brought creators Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster to The Sinclair for a solid night of comedy.
THANKS(FOR)GIVING: FEED THE GROUPS THAT FEED US MUSIC
Skip the extra dessert and put that money towards something even sweeter: keeping music non-profits alive.
FOTOBOM: KING DIAMOND & EXODUS @ THE ORPHEUM, MON 11/23
King Diamond brings his tale of natal demonic possession on the road, as told on the classic 1987 record Abigail.
MOTHER-IN-LAWS: HOW SHOW MOM COLLECTIVE SUCCESSFULLY NURTURE THE UNDERDOGS
Palm, Banned Books, URSULA, Jonah Furman, Strange Mangers, Stumpf, and more gear up to play Show Mom Fest 2, one of the city's most welcoming festivals.
FOTOBOM: FUZZ, WALTER, ZIP TIE HANDCUFFS @ THE SINCLAIR, 11/16/15
Ty Segall has a lot of irons in the fire; he’s the Robert Pollard of garage rock, only with nicer shoes. After only 28 trips around our glowing sun, he’s released over twenty records under various guises and tonight the sold out Sinclair was ready for the next dose of his power ...
COHEED AND CAMBRIA ADD SECOND BOSTON SHOW (AND WE’RE GIVING AWAY TICKETS)
Coheed and Cambria added a second Boston date to their 2016 tour -- and we're giving away a pair of tickets!
FOLK’ED UP: THE BALLROOM THIEVES GIVE BOSTON A WICKED FUN BARN STOMP
How one trio brought southern folk rock to the heart of Boston and got sports fans to rally around them in the process.
BOSTON EN MASSE: THE INHERENT STRUGGLE AND QUIET PRIDE OF BOOKING AN ECLECTIC THREE-DAY FESTIVAL
It’s already impossible to imagine the city without Jason Trefts of Illegally Blind -- just look at this week’s upcoming Boston En Masse festival to understand why.