My July ended on a danceable note with New York City’s Holy Ghost! and Britain’s legendary New Order at Bank of America Pavilion. This one felt worthy of exposition, so my Tastemakers review is accordingly rather long. The photos turned out pretty nice too, if …
You may recall that Metz had a Boston show scheduled back in April at Brighton Music Hall – on marathon Monday, in fact. In light of the bombings, much of the city was closed for the night and the show wound up being cancelled. Lucky …
Just a week after Pitchfork, I tackled my second major festival in a row with Newport Folk. The vibes were certainly different, but Newport was an equally satisfying experience in different ways. Highlights this year included Beck, Andrew Bird, Father John Misty and The Mountain …
Another summer draws toward a close, another Death Grips show gets cancelled in Boston, and another massive amount of festival coverage gets posted to the Internet by me. I ventured to Chicago a few weekends ago for my third Pitchfork Music Festival, which once again …
Black metal/shoegaze experimentalists Deafheaven played a stunning and swelteringly hot pre-Independence Day show at T.T.s earlier this month. It was one of the best sets I’ve seen so far this summer. The review is up at Allston Pudding, and many more photos are up here.
Loudly proving that they are, in fact, worthy of the hype, London post-punk quartet Savages sold out the Middle East Downstairs on Friday night. Check out my review for Tastemakers, and some more photos over here.
I witnessed the 90s come alive for a night at the Boston stop of Come’s recent reunion tour, supporting the Matador reissue of their debut LP 11:11. Review over at Allston Pudding, more photos up here.
The final day of Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival wound things down in a more low-key manner, but still offered sets from The Autumn Defense, Nels Cline & Julian Lage and Os Mutantes that were well worth sticking around for.
Day two of Solid Sound featured many of the weekend’s biggest names, including sets from Yo La Tengo, Low, Neko Case and the reunited Dream Syndicate.
Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, which took place last weekend at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts in North Adams, rises to the challenge of offering something truly unique in the overcrowded summer festival landscape. Curated and hosted by the band, the festival establishes its own …