
“We just practiced for the first time a couple weeks ago and before that I hadn’t seen anyone for a year and a half.”
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Written by ROB DUGUAY Filed Under: MUSIC
“We just practiced for the first time a couple weeks ago and before that I hadn’t seen anyone for a year and a half.”
Written by ROB DUGUAY Filed Under: MUSIC
I spoke with founder and baritone saxophonist Martin Perna about the making of Fu Chronicles, being in your favorite band’s favorite band, the state of music education in America, and a certain new collaboration he’s involved in.
Written by TIM BUGBEE Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews
Flipping the calendar two and half decades back, Ray Davies of The Kinks launched a tour that would become the template for the VH1 Storytellers series, when performers would play stripped ... read more
Written by TIM BUGBEE Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews
After ignoring Boston for close to a decade while NYC shows were not so unusual, Providence native son via SF > LA John Dwyer has brought his ferocious, multi-headed garage/psych/neo-jam ... read more
"I really loved doing fantasy drafts … you can really draft anything, you can draft kinds of liquor you like to drink, or episodes of Seinfield."
Written by TIM BUGBEE Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC
Psychedelic must be the most abused term used to describe a certain type of rock band, a moniker cavalierly tossed about to bands who match up worse than chocolate and cheese (hey, is Ween a psych band too?). But these cats from Japan? Ok, feel free to tag them as psychedelic. Long hair, beards, ... read more
Written by TIM BUGBEE Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC
“I was gonna say that we’re going to play an old song, but…” J Robbins quipped halfway during Friday night’s show. Vaunted DC quartet Jawbox decided to join the throngs who shake a couple decades worth of dust from their road cases and get back on the stage. Not ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader
Every line I enter into my computer about the Hub is also part of a love story, because like a parent in the 1950s (or today, I guess) attempting to rationalize smacking their kids, I truly love the objects of my animosity. Oftentimes, it hurts me more than it hurts Boston to level such relentless criticism.
Written by NINA CORCORAN Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC
The Ohio punks talk hiking Taipei, episodes of Arthur, and embarrassing drunken blackouts.
Written by TIM BUGBEE Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews
Fifty three songs. 53! For any bands outside the patchouli-hazed jam world, it would take years if not decades to play that many different songs live, given the rigid set lists of most touring bands. Guided By Voices has no such issue. Granted, leader Robert Pollard has been cranking out full-length ... read more