A bizarre clash of music fans took place this past summer, when the hotly anticipated, decade-plus return of Tool got Swifties all upset when Maynard and company’s Fear Inoculum banished Taylor Swift’s Lover from the top spot on Billboard after one short week, by far her shortest reign at the number one spot. And in the […]
FOTOBOM: RADIOHEAD @ TD GARDEN
Through no fault of their own, Radiohead has become an “important band.” The pedestal that fans put the band on reaches into the stratosphere, and their every move and each infrequent release is meticulously picked apart and closely observed. The amazing thing is that they routinely exceed expectations. I think that most will agree […]
FOTOBOM: U2 @ TD GARDEN
Boston’s always been a sort of Irish city, and no Irish band has been adopted like hometown heroes more so than U2. The quartet famously got an early gig at The Paradise, and decades later they still keep something in reserve when they hit town. Though they still continue to sell tickets by the […]
FOTOBOM: ARCADE FIRE @ TD GARDEN, 9/15
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 sound could fill huge spaces without losing its heart. Four years later, […]
FOTOBOM: ROGER WATERS @ TD GARDEN, 27SEP17
Roger Waters plays “Pigs” as a tribute to Trump and butthurt snowflakes scatter for the exits.
SOMETHING POSITIVE (FOR CHANGE)
I have been wanting to share thoughts along these lines for weeks now, but it’s never the right time. Either white supremacists are rumored to be coming into Boston, or President Not-See himself says something insanely hurtful or ignorant. Or both.
FOTOBOM: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT @ TD GARDEN
No one ever said that playing rock music was rocket science, but Brian May has proven that the two aren’t necessarily diametrically opposed. (For those intrepid-minded readers, feel free to dig into his thesis entitled A Survey Of Radial Velocities In The Zodiacal Dust Cloud.) The good news is that he’s not gone all […]
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TROMBONE SHORTY @ TD GARDEN, 07FEB17
Some bands still have the draw. Whether or not many people have bought copies of their last few records, Red Hot Chili Peppers still managed to bang out the TD Garden on back-to-back nights, a feat that’s pretty impressive in 2017. Speaking of new records, this tour was in support of their newly released The […]
FOTOBOM: THE WHO, TAL WILKENFELD @ TD GARDEN, 3/6
The passion and fury that catapulted The Who to controversy and stardom still burned fiercely within Daltrey and Townshend as the band celebrated 50 years at TD Garden.
DIG THIS: SIP & LEARN, PULP FRICTION, AND BOBBY LONG
Drink, dance, and dance some more. The snow doesn’t stand a chance.
