by Renee Trilivas | March 15, 2010
(No Ratings Yet)Unless you’re lacking in some serious musical education, you know who Morrissey and The Smiths are. But just in case, I’ll humor those of you who just furrowed your brow thinking “Who?!” The Smiths were a terrific Manchester rock band in the early to late 1980s. They released four studio albums from 1984 to 1987: [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | March 15, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)2009 Boston University graduate Neil Anand is a part of one of the smallest scenes in Boston: the hip-hop/rap scene. The rapper’s stage name is Aviator, which the musician took during his freshman year of college. It signifies Anand’s then-distaste for mainstream hip-hop’s culture; he was bothered that a rapper with a “hot beat and [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | March 12, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)Between February 8 and 14, the city of Boston hosted TOGETHER, its first successful electronic music festival, organized by Dig writers David Day and Mike McKay. The festival hosted local, national, and international electronic acts throughout the week, along with DJ workshops, record fairs, silent discos, movie screenings, music panels, and a fashion show, bringing [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | March 4, 2010
(+1)Jukebox the Ghost played at Great Scott last night after just arriving back from their European tour. The band opened for Tally Hall. Here’s some footage from the show with an interview. Jukebox the Ghost comes to Boston from Jennifer Brown on Vimeo. (read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | March 1, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)Sometimes I wish I could have the opportunity to go to shows earlier on Fridays and then go out afterwards…I rarely seem to have the energy to go out after the typical show ends around 1 a.m. This Friday, I’m in that particular predicament and luckily there’s a show that’s meeting my needs! The local band [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | February 21, 2010 (+2)Boston University senior Dory Greenberg is known for her outgoing and larger-than-life personality as a DJ at BU’s radio station, WTBU. Greenberg began her radio career with an on-air stint on “BU in the Morning” and she eventually developed her own show two years ago, “White Chocolate Drizzle.” Greenberg was recently crowned the “Hip-Hop Czar” [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | February 12, 2010 (+2)Boston’s Young Adults is playing Great Scott this Tuesday with NYC’s Grooms and Boston’s Earthquake Party. Young Adults is Demitri Swan, Chris Villon, and Kurt Villon. They’re a loud, post-punk band with a lot of energy. They’re not a year old yet, but they’ve received a lot of attention and press from the national media [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | February 10, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)This past Saturday, three a cappella groups from Boston University participated in the annual northeast quarterfinals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella at Morse Auditorium. The BU group In Achord hosted the event and drew a nearly sold-out crowd. Berklee’s a cappella group Pitch Slapped won the night, and Northeastern’s Nor’easters were the [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | February 10, 2010 (+1)Pennsylvania native and Boston University graduate Vikesh Kapoor is celebrating the makings of his new 7-inch record, “Newspress Scare,” at a release show in Cambridge tomorrow night. The show will be at the Democracy Center, located at 45 Mt. Auburn Street in Harvard Square. I talked with the folk artist about his music and the [...](read more...)
by Jennifer Brown | February 4, 2010 (No Ratings Yet)The indie-rock band The National recently announced they will be releasing a fifth studio album in May, accompanying a full US and European tour (they booked a June show at House of Blues in Boston and have a gig lined up with Pavement in Paris). The album, which is a follow-up to the band’s last [...](read more...)
