REPORTING LIVE: LAST DAY @ NXNE
Our last day at NXNE and some final thoughts aboot Canada. “No smoking? No free beer? What kind of free beer boat is this?” says a random punk chick on Saturday’s Bruise Cruise on Lake Ontario....
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Let’s chalk it up to three 2013 appearances of Mercury in retrograde–it’s as good a bullshit excuse as any–but this was the year we spent all our spare time listening to bootlegs recordings from before...
View ArticleREVIEW: YO LA TENGO @ THE WILBUR, 10/3
Yo La Tengo at The Wilbur. Photos by Ryan Bray. Thinking back to the last time I saw Yo La Tengo, I just remember it was loud. Their tour in support of 2009’s somewhat-underrated Popular Songs brought...
View ArticleVILLAGE VINYL & HI-FI: CRATE DIGGING AND RECORD SPINNING IN BROOKLINE
Photo courtesy of Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi In the late ’90s, Jonathan Sandler was a Nuggets employee, shelving wax in the Kenmore Square. By night, he sang in a metal band heavily influenced by...
View ArticleREVIEW: YO LA TENGO @ THE WILBUR, 10/3
Over the course of two sets, the veteran tunesmiths reaffirmed their standing as the best big indie band in the land.
View ArticleVILLAGE VINYL & HI-FI: CRATE DIGGING AND RECORD SPINNING IN BROOKLINE
Step inside Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi, a brand-new record store in Brookline that may become your favorite hideout.
View Article’80S GLORY DAYS AND THE GORY DEMISE OF THE CHANNEL
A weekly calendar might look like this: all-ages hardcore matinee on Sunday, up-and-coming rock showcase on Tuesday, Afro-pop extravaganza Wednesday, head-banging metal on Thursday, vintage blues on...
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