Another trek out to Allston last night to catch jangly British post-punk band The Wedding Present on their post-SXSW US tour. Toquiwa and The Jet Age opened. Hailing all the way from Tokyo, all-female guitar pop band Toquiwa offered up an impressive amount of energy …
The record geek’s official holiday falls on April 21st this year, and the finalized list of releases is now officially available. As usual, these mostly limited edition releases are exclusive to participating independent record stores. Early rumors weren’t indicating that this would be a particularly …
I hadn’t exactly planned on seeing Odd Future last night, but when a friend called and asked if we should try to get in at the last minute, the answer was an immediate yes. We arrived at the House of Blues at least a half …
For instance, I can spontaneously decide to go to an Odd Future show at the House of Blues which turns into one my more ridiculous concert experiences. On the short list of memorable moments were the crew being pelted with a barrage of lighters, a …
…I buy depressing records and then it’s far too nice outside for me to listen to them. Recently arrived from eBay are: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs, Neil Young – On the Beach, Leonard Cohen – Songs From a Room and Leonard Cohen – Death …
No but seriously. Announced just now via the official Titus Andronicus Twitter was the band’s first official mixtape, featuring their new single and a host of other awesome-sounding live/unreleased recordings. I never realized how badly I wanted to hear Titus cover both ‘El Scorcho’ and …
The other night, I wrote that I seriously doubted I’d have anything to report from this show that was nearly as exciting as the ‘My Sharona’ incident in Minneapolis. I was actually pretty wrong. Bradford Cox surprised and enthralled in a number of different ways …
It hasn’t been too evident since I’ve started this blog (because I’ve mostly been going broke due to concert tickets), but I’m a huge record nerd. I love vinyl for both its sonic and aesthetic qualities, and I think there are few better ways to …
We’re all familiar with that guy who thinks he’s the funniest, hippest hipster in the room by yelling an ironic request for ‘Free Bird’ during a show. Most of us think that guy is an idiot. All musicians think that guy is an idiot. Most …
Just in case you weren’t already sick of me writing about Scotland’s loudest and most miserable band, you can check out my review of their latest album at the WRBB radio blog. (Short version: it’s quite good)