Boston Calling winds up becoming the chillest version of a festival thanks to Beck, Tame Impala, and Sharon Van Etten.
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BOSTON KRILLING: FESTIVAL OPENERS DREAM OF TENACIOUS D
For local indie rockers Krill, the best part of playing Boston Calling is being beside Tenacious D.
MAIN COURSE: MY MORNING JACKET SHARE LOCAL STORIES BEFORE HEADLINING BOSTON CALLING
My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan sits down to chat about the band's early shows in Boston, the Avalon (RIP), and asks us for foodie homework.
SPECIAL ONLINE BONUS: PANDEMIC PICKS
We asked Pandemic to team up with us with some Twitter analysis to our annual DigThis Awards ...
SEEING SOUNDS: BOSTON CALLING ART CONTEST RETURNS
Five winners will receive $750 cash prize, three-day VIP pass and a chance to display their work for over 20,000 people.
SOUNDS OF SPRING: THREE MUSIC EVENTS OF NOTE
Spring’s arrival signals rebirth, rejuvenation, not-that-out-of-place shorts-wearing around town. And, it means there’s plenty of music festivals and events to get excited for. Here’s a few to get on your radar, if they weren’t already.
BREAKING: BOSTON CALLING LANDS BECK, MY MORNING JACKET + PIXIES FOR SPRING 2015
Beck, The Pixies, Run the Jewels, Krill and a lineup worth getting your faced scanned by secret cameras for.
CLOSING OUT ONE YEAR, RINGING IN A NEW ONE WITH CASK MOUSE
They are a band comfortable navigating within the wide borders of their chosen genre without feeling self-conscious about their current zip code, with “Heartbeat of the Northeast” framing their warm-blooded sound with a New England perspective.
MY TIME WITH TOM: REFLECTIONS ON 14 YEARS COVERING MAYOR TOM MENINO
I covered his administration. I would often stalk him by his black SUV in the horseshoe driveway in back of City Hall to press him on the news of the day. Some days, he’d be furious with me about something I had written. Other times, he’d shrug the hit off with a snarky quip. The man was not short on wit.
TOUR DE FORCE: CASPIAN REFLECTS ON THEIR FIRST DECADE TOGETHER
The story of Caspian has unfolded on the streets of Beverly, Massachusetts and it is here they are throwing an anniversary show with songs placed in chronological order. Touring the places that have shaped Caspian, their three guitarists Philip Jamieson, Erin Burke-Moran, and Jonny Ashburn offered tempered nostalgia and how it inspires them to aim for another decade together.