CMJ 2010: Beasts, Bands, Brooklyn? Sure!
(Photo by the beautiful and talented Jess Hodge. More to come!) Apologies for the delays in posting CMJ coverage, but I promise that your resident audiophile has been up to plenty of antics while...
View ArticleCMJ 2010: The Photos
We came, we saw, we danced, we boozed, we traversed the Williamsburg Bridge and E. Houston Street about 912 times and we left our credit cards in dive bars across the Lower East Side. These photos are...
View ArticleTHE BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS 2010: NOMINEES, CONGRATS!
This morning, the nominees were announced and the polls opened up for the 2010 Boston Music Awards. We’re thrilled for the nominees and the big show, so get off Facebook, get onto the BMA website and...
View ArticleDAVID WAX MUSEUM
EVERYTHING IS SAVED GENRE | SON JAROCHACANA VERDICT | NOT AN ACTUAL WAX MUSEUM LABEL | SELF-RELEASED RELEASE | 2.8.11 DAVIDWAXMUSEUM.COM David Wax Museum’s third album pens a suitcase full of love...
View ArticleSXSW DAY 3: IN WHICH WE SOMEHOW WIND UP WITH A BACKPACK FULL OF LONESTAR AND...
Not to name names or anything, but there are some rowdy Boston musicians in this town right now and they’re roving around the streets of Austin like a hungry pack of wolves with a taste for rock and...
View ArticleNEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL
In its 52nd year, Newport Folk continues to force the issue of what “folk” music means. We spoke with a few of the folk (ha!) involved in the festival before heading to Fort Adams this weekend. Tegan...
View Article“IT’S ABOUT WHAT’S GOOD”: THE 2011 NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL
We went. We saw. We folked. Three days, two sunburns and one very, very busy, beautiful weekend later, we’re back in the office and writing up our each and every kind of mind-blowingly good moment from...
View ArticleJUST TRY TO NOT LIKE IT: THE GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL
Out in Greenfield, Mass, you’ll see a lot of that: green. And fields. And this July, sitting in one of those green fields and adding a bit more color, will be the Green River Festival. Starting in 1986...
View ArticleTHE OTHER HALF: JOE PUG
In a sold out Brighton Music Hall on a Tuesday night, David Wax Museum opened up for the latest flame in the Americana folks scene: Joe Pug. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9zhaqp4l7k David Wax Museum is...
View ArticleAMERICANA, ACCORDING TO BOSTON
A discussion on genre from local roots, country, folk and Americana artists. Americana is one of those amorphous genres that’s open to interpretation. Got a banjo in your band? That’s Americana....
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