Boston
FOTOBOM: THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN @ HOUSE OF BLUES, 9/29
After a small warm up set of songs from throughout their career, Scottish brothers Jim and William Reid dig straight into their debut record from thirty years ago.
UNDER THE COVERS: YO LA TENGO GET BARE ON THEIR NEW LP
Indie rock trio Yo La Tengo return to the folk days of Fakebook with covers of Hank Williams, Sun Ra, The Parliaments, and... er, themselves.
FOTOBOM: GHOST & PURSON @ HOUSE OF BLUES, MON 9/28
Ghost celebrate a black mass with throngs of unswerving disciples.
FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM
FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM
PUBLICK PRAISE: SPJ NAMES BOSTON ‘BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM’
Boston is where journalists uncovered the “Ponzi Scheme,” among a lot of other things ...
BUILT TO SPILL: WHY DOUG MARTSCH (THINKS HE) CAN’T VOMIT WORDS
Built to Spill's frontman talks about his awful lyrics and why he doesn't love their '90s albums as much as the rest of the world does.
PICS & SPLIFFS: FREEDOM RALLY FREER
And now we shall prepare for the legalization ahead
DAY TWO: SAVED BY THE SOLO AT BOSTON CALLING
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Chvrches, DOOMTREE, and Skylar Spence gave things a whirl during Boston Calling's Saturday sets.
DAY ONE: BOSTON CALLING FOLKS UP
Boston Calling plays the cards right with The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men, and Gregory Alan Isakov on day one.