Month: April 2012

Record Store Day 2012: The Aftermath

So, this year’s annual Record Store Day has come and gone, and what have we learned? For one thing, record collectors (and reseller scumbags) are taking this event more and more seriously with each passing year. My store of choice was the original Newbury Street 

Show review: The Horrors at Paradise Rock Club – 4/11

Also published today was my writeup on last week’s Horrors show at the Paradise with Small Black. Check that out here at the WRBB radio blog, and see the full set of photos after the jump.

Show review: Lambchop at Paradise Rock Club – 4/17

Kurt Wagner’s long running alt-country collective Lambchop visited the Paradise last night in support of their new record Mr. M.

Show review: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at afterHours, Northeastern University – 4/10

Northeastern brings something for the hipster crowd to Springfest 2012 with an afterHours show featuring shoegaze-leaning indie rockers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, with support from Bear Hands.

Should you go all the way to Brooklyn to see Sigur Rós?

Yeah, you probably should. The semi-legendary Icelandic post-rock band announced a short US tour today in support of their remarkably pronounceable new album, Valtari. These shows mark the band’s first live appearances since their ‘indefinite hiatus’ in 2008. The itinerary includes stops in Philadelphia, New 

Wilco added to Newport Folk Festival lineup

The Newport Folk Festival, aka my non-Pitchfork summer festival venture, announced today the addition of a Friday night show featuring Blitzen Trapper, Megafaun and the mighty Wilco. Wilco will be on the road for much of the summer in continued support of last year’s excellent 

Show review: The Magnetic Fields at Berklee Performance Center – 4/6

Former Boston natives The Magnetic Fields returned Friday night for the first of two shows at Berklee in support of their latest studio effort Love at the Bottom of the Sea.

Stream the new Spiritualized record!

I am unreasonably excited about the new Spiritualized album Sweet Heart Sweet Light, and you should be too! Stream the whole record over at NPR right now, over a week before its April 17th official release date. Also, don’t forget that Jason Pierce and company 

Happy G.O.O.D. Saturday

Yeah, I’m a day late on this post. Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Fridays series has officially returned this week with a new group single called ‘Mercy’ featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz. In addition, Kanye also treated us to ‘Theraflu,’ a new track featuring 

Show review: Of Montreal at Paradise Rock Club – 4/1

Kevin Barnes and his merry band of musicians and costume changing ninjas descended on the Paradise Sunday night for a ridiculous and ridiculously fun show.