Drain You: Now that the Kurt Cobain letter has been solved, let’s retire the...
ecause nobody told them that we’re all sick of talking about Nirvana this year, Seattle police unveiled a 20-year-old poem found in the then newly-deceased Kurt Cobain’s wallet to the media last week....
View Article17 years ago today: Suede’s gear was stolen outside the Paradise in Boston,...
Photo: Suede at the Supper Club in New York City, May 14, 1997 ith 2014 bringing about the 20th anniversary of Britpop, there’s been a sudden, if not unexpected entirely, renewed interest in the genre...
View ArticleNew Ordered: Ranking the tracks off the Killers’‘Hot Fuss’ on its 10th...
Welcome to a new series called New Ordered, where we take a classic album celebrating an anniversary and rank the songs in order of best to worst. We’re kicking it off with the Killers’ 2004 modern...
View ArticleThe unique marquee of Bill’s Bar replaced by generic-looking,...
Back in March we noted that beleaguered Lansdowne Street rock club Bill’s Bar underwent a makeover and was starting to host live music and DJ nights again. Well, the transformation also included a...
View ArticleUnbelievable!: 24 years after their hit song, EMF get their social media...
England’s World Cup match isn’t until later this afternoon, but the proud country already scored a massive victory today when ’90s pop band EMF announced that their Facebook account has finally been...
View ArticleNew Ordered: Ranking the tracks off Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ on its 30th...
ig if you will a picture in time — long before he made us wait at the after show party ‘til dawn with only Doug E. Fresh and apple juice to pass the hours — when Prince was reliably dropping works of...
View ArticleDream Catcher: Previewing the Steve Katsos Show’s Fifth Anniversary Spectacular
A few weeks ago we premiered Eddie Japan’s sensual cover of Morrissey’s modern classic “First of the Gang To Die,” and there were two proposed dates around which to hype it. The first was the Morrissey...
View ArticleIt’s the Fourth of July, so let’s salute Jennifer Love Hewitt’s 1995 pop...
oston’s annual fireworks display may have been rescheduled to last night due to the oncoming hurricane, but it’s just not Fourth of July around these pink-V parts until someone puts on Jennifer Love...
View ArticlePledge campaign launched to aid the hip replacement of Derek Archambault...
We know this sounds crazy, but we’re gonna ask you step away, just for one moment, from the Kickstarter page launched by that potato salad guy. There are certainly more worthy causes in the growing...
View ArticleCity of Chicago defines ‘EDM’ in order to ban it at troubled nightclub
With all of the incidents going down at EDM shows over the past year or so, it was only a matter of time before a city started stepping in and banning the form of music from nightclubs and concert...
View ArticleAmerican Music Awards corrupted by self-serving nominating committee, easily...
The nominees in the 2014 American Music Awards have been released, and it’s clear there is a huge conspiracy going on behind the scenes, one we probably won’t get to see behind the Nokia Theatre...
View ArticleMiddlesex Lounge in Cambridge to renovate, will open only three nights a week...
One of the Boston area’s finest dance party and live music spaces is re-booting after the New Year. Middlesex Lounge, a 10-year-old nightclub and restaurant in Cambridge’s Central Square, will only...
View ArticleVoices: Middle East owner stresses business as usual after purchase of T.T....
On Thanksgiving Eve, the Boston music scene rejoiced: The Middle East in Cambridge was staying put. Its owners, Joseph and Nabil Sater, purchased the Central… The post Voices: Middle East owner...
View ArticleThis Love: Remembering Dimebag Darrell on the 10th anniversary of his murder
Having been a fan of Pantera for years, it wasn’t until March of 1993 that I was able to see them for the first time… The post This Love: Remembering Dimebag Darrell on the 10th anniversary of his...
View ArticleStepping Out Right: How to get the most out of the expansive First Night Boston
As a veteran of the First Night Boston festivities, it occurs to me that not everybody knows exactly how to do it right. Let me… The post Stepping Out Right: How to get the most out of the expansive...
View ArticleMeet The Beatles: Maybe it’s a good thing that kids don’t know who Paul...
“I stick to the classics myself. I’m afraid rock and roll has been all downhill since Lennon died.” “Man, my whole life, people have been… The post Meet The Beatles: Maybe it’s a good thing that kids...
View ArticleLost To History: Before there was Keytar Bear, Boston had Banjo Cat
History was in the air last night around Boston, as the Museum of Fine Arts helped unearth the findings of a time capsule placed in… The post Lost To History: Before there was Keytar Bear, Boston had...
View ArticleVoices: TIDAL announces its arrival with Illuminati urges and superhero thunder
Yesterday afternoon, Jay Z relaunched his paid music streaming platform TIDAL with an online viewing of superhero proportion. The anticipation for the event began with notice via the social media...
View ArticleOG Psych Blitz: Listen to the New Highway Hymnal’s new LP, ‘Reverb Room’
Friday night Central Square blowouts are becoming a bit of a thing around here. After last week's spectacle at T.T. The Bear's Place, our focus tonight shifts to the Middle East, where Vanya OGs the…...
View ArticleManRay For All Seasons: DJ Chris Ewen selects the sounds of tonight’s 10 year...
Cambridge nightclub ManRay closed 10 years ago this July, and in a weird way, it feels like yesterday. They say that decades in the new millennium have no real distinction, especially not the way they…...
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