What is a guilty pleasure? Weekend at Bernie’s? Fedoras? Anal? When it comes to music, it’s something you belt out in your car but would be horrified if anyone saw you. Florence & the Machine was kinda like that for me. Sure, they often got the alternative or indie classification but this was really pop…
Hello Again. I just flew in from Minnesota and boy are my arms… um, I’m tired. Anyway, I’ve been away from home, pursuing the American dream. Or getting drunk. Or finding a new place to live. Mostly the last two. And now that it is confirmed I’ll be leaving the Boston area in just a…
Greetings! It’s almost Memorial Day. A holiday weekend to celebrate the beginning of Summer with BBQs. And something about War. Maybe? It’s also become the annual weekend for Boston’s Summer Music Festival, Boston Calling. For the 3rd consecutive year hipsters, college kids, and other drunks will flock to Government Center for the 2 and ½…
Not long ago I wrote a scathing review of The Airborne Toxic Event’s new album Dope Machines. I didn’t care for it because I felt it was a synth nightmare and another example of a rock band moving toward ‘80s style pop. It didn’t feel like ATE, it felt like Electric Dream Machine. But…
It’s not often that guys are allowed to call things “cute”. Their own newborn son, an attractive girl, maybe a baby seal. That’s about it. But I’m going out on a limb here and saying the pair of lead singers (and guitarists) from Of Monsters and Men are a cute couple. I have no…
5/7 HIATUS KAIYOTE @ THE PARADISE ROCK CLUB – Check out the jazzy sounds of the Aussie band self-described as “Multi-Dimensional, Polyrhythmic Gangster Shit”. Tickets are sold out though so either pay the mark up online or rob a scalper since they do not have feelings anyway. THE SILKS @ T.T. THE BEAR’S PLACE –…
Everyone is supposed to hate this album. A good amount of people had already taken a stance against Mumford & Sons due to their overnight success and the over-saturation of their first two albums. Also they were British. Goddamn redcoats. But even the biggest fans of folky four piece were warned in advance of…
The fact that Green Day was recently inducted into the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame might tell you something. That something is probably that they are pretty old. I don’t think it tells us that they were good or popular. I mean Ringo just got in as a solo act and who the…
Apparently not everyone appreciated the negativity of my last review. Well, tough titties, that album sucks. Having said that, I was possibly unfairly influenced by listening to a string of albums that just kept disappointing. So today I’ve decided to clear the slate by intentionally examining something that I’ve loved since I was diapers. Or…
This will be refreshing. I’ve had to look for the positives lately, but no softening the blow this time. No split decisions where I love half of the album. Nope. And no goddamn loyalty pulling at me, or being torn about how I feel, or even trying to give credit for experimentation. I quite simply,…
