The Summer Scene by Cara Giaimo The Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston OPENS THIS WEEKEND!! Picture this – it’s the end of one of those hazy Boston [...]
On Further Review by Cara Giaimo THE BEST NEW MUSIC OF 2012 - Kristian Matsson has chosen the perfect stage name. Hear “the tallest man on earth” and what do you think of? Maybe mythic giants stepping over mountains, or early 20th century sideshow performers, or scrawny boys hopefully draining their milk glasses every morning. Listen to The Tallest Man On Earth and [...]
Live Impressions by Cara Giaimo Photography by 5342 Studios Rock N’ Roll Rumble Night 3 - April 3rd, 2012 at TT the Bear’s Place As the Red Line rumbled towards night 3 of the Rumble, I wondered what Boston had in [...]
Live Impressions by Cara Giaimo Photography by Kira Doucette Rock N’ Roll Rumble Night 1 - April 1st, 2012 at TT the Bear’s Place Pete Zeigler and The Rationales took Rumble Night One [...]
On Further Review by Cara Giaimo in stores now The title of this one pretty much says it all. Crack open Ben Kweller’s new album and you’ll find sunshine, breezes, skies patched with colorful squares, and a dab – just a teaspoon – of snark. Kweller has reliably turned out perfect collections of power-pop since he was in middle school, here and there letting in a [...]
Live Impressions by Cara Giaimo The Paradise Rock Club (w/ Carnivores & White Rainbow) Boston - March 8th Everything about Bradford Cox is long. He’s tall enough that he doesn’t really need a stage. He throws out such a far-reaching [...]
On Further Review by Cara Giaimo Sleigh Bells bring the noise EARS ARE STILL RINGING - Chances are you’ve heard Sleigh Bells , even if you haven’t heard of them. I say this because when they brought their incinerating noise pop to the Royale two years ago, I’m pretty sure windows broke all the way from [...]
On Further Review by Cara Giaimo the new album A WRITER'S CONNECTION - My first Cloud Nothings album was sent to me in [...]
Acts You Need to Know by Cara Giaimo Live Recap: TT the Bears Cambridge, MA - 1/10/12 Boston treats her children well, and her children return the favor. Last week, TT the Bear’s Place hosted a quartet [...]
It's the Sounds of 2012 by Cara Giaimo the latest EP: Nightosphere You Can Be A Wesley - Old In Florida MUSIC THAT COUNTS - We all know [...]
On Further Review by Cara Giaimo Incredibly prolific, self-avowedly monomaniacal, and outspoken to a fault, Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox never does anything halfway. It’s unsurprising, then, that when he records solo under the name Atlas Sound, he goes all the way solo. Cox wrote, composed and recorded everything on the third Atlas Sound album, [...]
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Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead (from Tomorrow's Harvest)
Washed Out - Paracosm (Official Album Trailer)
Julia Holter - World (Official Video)
She & Him- I Could've Been Your Girl
Action Bronson - "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" (Official Video)
Prince ensaya con “Even Flow” de Pearl Jam
NU DISCO | Louis La Roche – Say I’m Your No. 1
Listen to Prince really wail on a cover of Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow”
Noteworthy (Stream): Boardwalk – I’m To Blame
