The latest in Ty Segall’s non-stop stream of new projects is Fuzz: a three-piece specializing in throwback proto-metal for which Segall himself tries his hand at drums. The band played a sweaty and super-energetic gig at Great Scott on Monday with Creaturos and CCR Headcleaner. …
Italian soundtrackers/prog-rockers Goblin, famous for their work on films like Dawn of the Dead and Suspiria, are currently touring the U.S. for the very first time. I caught their show at Sinclair and reviewed it for Allston Pudding. Photo gallery here.
Bill Callahan, the prolific singer/songwriter formerly behind Smog and now releasing music under his own name, played a sold-out show at The Sinclair a few weeks back in support of his latest release, Dream River. Check out a gallery of photos from the show here.
French indie pop superstars Phoenix brought an impressive, arena-sized show to the House of Blues earlier this month. Read my review for Tastemakers here and check out more photos here.
A little behind on sharing photos from the billion things I’ve shot recently, but to start here’s a gallery from the spacey Flaming Lips / Tame Impala show at Agganis back in September, complete with Wayne Coyne’s weird baby doll and giant glowing pedestal.
Thom Yorke’s all-star side-project Atoms for Peace are currently in the midst of a brief U.S. tour in support of their 2013 album Amok. I ventured to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to catch one of the band’s only East Coast dates, and brought a pocket-sized 35mm …
Chapel Hill indie rock royalty Superchunk returned this year with a new record and a tour, which stopped at the Paradise last Thursday. It was a fantastic show from one of my favorite bands, which I reviewed for Tastemakers. A larger photo gallery, including shots …
Provocative Norwegian singer/songwriter Jenny Hval just wrapped up her first-ever tour of the U.S., which made its first stop in Boston a few weeks ago at Berklee’s intimate Cafe 939. I reviewed the show for Tastemakers. More photos here.
The Boston Calling Music Festival returned to City Hall Plaza a few weekends back for its September edition, featuring sets from Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar, The Gaslight Anthem, Local Natives, Solange, Okkervil River and more. I was there once again to write and …
Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook is up to his old tricks again. Namely, he’s touring classic albums by his prior bands with The Light, a crew consisting of members of Hook’s Moncaco project and his son, Jack Bates. After tours which …