On an unseasonably cool summer evening, fog and mist swirled around as people checked the merch table for hoodies before moving on to their seats. Ah, summertime in Boston. Thankfully, in two different ways, both Ray LaMontagne and Neko Case provided some fire and warmth from the stage, even if Case to had to […]
WHEEL OF TUNES: SPOON
Indie rocker icons Spoon talk sex dreams, superheroes, and shooting guns with questions inspired by their song titles.
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: BRYAN FERRY @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION
Has anyone ever looked as suave and debonair as Bryan Ferry, the man who practically invented the insouciant half-unraveled tuxedo bowtie look and turned it into a template for coolness? It certainly helped that he inherited some amazing DNA from what we can assume is the deep end of the gene pool, and matched […]
REVIEW: STEELY DAN AND ELVIS COSTELLO @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION, 7/30
Fagen reminded me of a Jewish Ray Charles, with his distinct head movements behind the keyboard and mic mimicking the great artist.
FOTOBOM: PRIMUS + DINOSAUR JR. @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION, SAT 7/25
Primus hassled Berklee School of Music with technique theory. Dinosaur Jr. shined light across the valley of music lovers.
MID-SUMMER MUSIC
As the long days of summer burn hot through the mid-season months, it’s important to get the right lineup of live music on one’s agenda in order to squeeze all the fun-juice out of summer’s bountiful fruit.
REVIEW: BRIAN WILSON AND RODRIGUEZ @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION, THU 7/2
Be warned, young’uns: two septuagenarians just set the bar awfully high for you.
