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FOTOBOM: ARCADE FIRE @ TD GARDEN, 9/15

Written by BEN STAS Posted November 16, 2017 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, arcade fire, Everything Now, Fotobom, live, Photos, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, review, TD Garden, win butler

DAY TWO: ROBYN, ROCK, AND REINVENTION AT BOSTON CALLING

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted May 29, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

Robyn, Lizzo, Palehound, Courtney Barnett, and more reinvented themselves, but fans weren't always prepared for it.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2016, Andrew Moran, Andy Moran, arcade fire, Battles, BORNS, Boston, boston calling, City and Colour, Courtney Barnett, david bowie, Dig, DigBoston, Fotobom, Lady Pills, live, Lizzo, Nemes, ODESZA, Palehound, review, Robyn, The Vaccines

REVIEW: WILL BUTLER AT MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS

Written by IAN DOREIAN Posted March 9, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

Butler's band, a melange of standing percussionist (Antibalas’s Miles Arntzen), family keyboardist (sister-in-law Julie Shore), and backup singers, covered Policy's ten songs with precision even when guitar cords and monitors fuzzed out.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Antibalas, arcade fire, Cambridge, fotobomb, Middle East, Miles Arntzen, policy, side project, son of god, violent femmes, Will Butler

RUN FOR COVER: CHROMATICS VS. ANIKA: “IN THE CITY”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 24, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

 

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed ...  read more

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2001, 2007, 2010, 2015, Anika, arcade fire, BEAK>, Boston, Chromatics, Column, Columnist, Cover, Cover song, Daft Punk, Dance, debut, Dig, DigBoston, Drive, Electronic, Electronic Pop, EP, Geoff Barrow, Get Lucky, In The City, Nico, Night Drive, Nina Corcoran, Noir, Noise, Noise Rock, pop, Portishead, Reflektor, rock, Run for Cover, Ryan Gosling, Synthpop

DANCING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE WITH STARS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 7, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

"People who fell in love with Funeral and You Forgot It In People were having sex for the first time and getting stoned for the first time and wanting to move out of their house and realizing that life sucks -- aka growing up. We happened to be lucky enough to be there."

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: 2000, 2000s, 2004, 2014, arcade fire, Boston, Broken Social Scene, Canada, Canadian, Caribou, Chromeo, Dig, DigBoston, Discotheque, Emily Haines, Fables of the Reconstruction, Funeral, Guitar Rock, Indie Pop, Interview, Metric, Music, Nina Corcoran, No One Is Lost, Nostalgia, Ontario, Our Love, Play-Doh, pop, R.E.M., Reflektor, rock, Set Yourself on Fire, Stars, teenagers, Toronto, Torquil Campbell, White Women, You Forgot It In People

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