Hey everyone! The Quad invites you to join us at our first-ever booth at SPLASH! We’ll have stickers, interactive tours of some updates, and a whole lot of awesome. It goes from 2-5pm today, so come out and enjoy the weather with us! xoxo The Quad(read more...)

So there’s a sort of underground hardcore/punk scene in Allston. There are basement and house shows of all shapes and sizes. The music is partly based on DIY (do it yourself) ethics and culture that stem from an important period in the music industry–an era that Boston was largely a part of–the 80s hardcore/straight-edge movement. [...](read more...)

Pitchfork Media broke out in the 2000s as a sharp music-review publication amongst a backlog of blogs. Today, the site is one of the most popular websites of its kind, having the privilege of presenting fresh and new bands to the public, and strangely but adequately fulfilling the old roles of MTV. Zach Kelly, 24 [...](read more...)

Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I’m the Dude, man. Think you’ve seen “The Big Lebowski?” Probably not quite like I just did: packed movie theater, costumed movie goers, bowling, give-aways, and White Russians from a flask drunk by a Walter look-a-like. Didn’t think so. But before you tell me to “Shut [...](read more...)

F/X’s “Sons of Anarchy” is a grit-fueled, in your face wedge of backwater California underbelly.  Let me paint you a picture: stagnant San Joaquin Valley town called Charming, ruled by stony, grizzled men in leather cuts emblazoned with an insignia of the grim reaper holding an M-16, men who call themselves “Harley enthusiasts.”  The self-title [...](read more...)

These are kind of awesome…just saying. Cursive covers Starship Ben Folds covers Elliott Smith Fruit Bats cover Hall & Oates Frightened Rabbit covers The Lemonheads More videos are available for viewing at http://www.avclub.com/.(read more...)

The last night I was at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, I saw the band Yawn open for Local Natives. The sold-out crowd was incredibly receptive to the local band who had never played the large Lincoln Hall venue before. I talked with the band backstage about growing as a group, and how they’ve already [...](read more...)

The last night of the festival I was with two of my good friends at Lincoln Hall, watching the new Chicago buzz band Yawnopen for Local Natives. The sold-out show was brilliant–my brother’s best friend from high school was working the bar, the crowd was friendly, the venue carried the music well. Bear in Heaven were among the [...](read more...)

Canadian-born, electro-funk duo Chromeo will be coming to Boston July 30 to promote the release of their third studio album, “Business Casual.” The pop duo are known for their groovy dance moves and the tasteful way they weave humor into their music. Dance bands Neon Indian and Telephoned are opening for the Boston show. I [...](read more...)

Sun is good.  A cold Corona buzz is good.  Tanning up that pastiness is good.  Potential sunglass tan, not ideal but acceptable.  I like raccoons.  Bringing out some strategically colored, garishly fonted bestseller?  Reflects poorly.  Now, let me be clear.  It says nothing of your moral fiber, of your proclivity to be a good person.  It [...](read more...)