New York-based concert promoter THE BOWERY PRESENTS has expanded its Boston bandwidth, absorbing independent booking agency CQ Presents into its operation with the hiring of talent buyers CARL LAVIN,... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
HANDS AND KNEES’ first single off upcoming LP Red Hot Minnow soothes with a swaying pipe-dream groove. The aptly titled “Dreamt” is a rousing bit of nostalgia with a doo-wop feel, tracing hazy Eric... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
About a month ago, I asked if the Phoenix would like me to write a blog review of a presentation by 2:54 that took place Wednesday night at T.T. the Bear’s. Had anyone known at the time... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Photos by Michael Marotta Back when we caught DIIV at SXSW in March, they were called Dive and perhaps little more than a Beach Fossils side-project curiosity. But even then, watching Z. Cole Smith... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
It’s long been said that a concertgoer holding up a cellphone is the new flashing of the devil horns, which makes the cover of the LIGHTS OUT’S new record On Fire all the more symbolic of the times:... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
It feels like forever since Boston rock band RIBS released the one-two sonic punch of their Locrian Singles. That was January 2011, and since then, the pulsating quartet has been hard at work... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Now that the 33rd annual ROCK N ROLL RUMBLE has wrapped up its 24-band preliminary week -- and readies to take on T.T. The Bear's Place once again on Thursday for the first of two back-to-back... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Rumble Night #4 preliminary round winners: Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck For a Rock N' Roll Rumble novice like myself, the event witnessed Friday night was an absolute affirmation of not... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Rumble Night #3 preliminary round winners: Cask Mouse The first time I had ever heard the name CASK MOUSE was via text message last April from Carl Lavin, who was at O’Brien’s Pub the night they... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Rumble Night #3 preliminary round winners: Ghosts of Jupiter Back in the mid-2000s, the Rock And Roll Rumble was suffering from a sort of self-inflicted crisis. A proud, three-decade franchise of... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
T.T. THE BEAR'S PLACE has found a rock and roll goldmine… in its very own attic. The Central Square rock club has unearthed a ton of vintage old band merchandise from over the years,... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Some sweet Class of 2012 double-dipping going on tonight around town, as ANIMAL TALK kick-off a sold Thursday night rock show at T.T. The Bear's Place in Cambridge (with BrownBoot, the Future... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
By the time Trevor Powers a/k/a YOUTH LAGOON released his September debut album, The Year of Hibernation, there was already a substantial amount of hype surrounding the dude's lo-fi bedroom... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Photo by Jane Qin There’s a beauty in the simplicity of “Who Knew,” the story-time folk magnet from Massachusetts duo YOU WON’T. “If I was a cute little kid/I would show you the painting I did,”... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Thursday 11.10.11 MOVERS & SHAKERS @ Middle East upstairs The textured citrine sounds of Movers & Shakers’ latest record, National Harvester, are perfect for November — Americana soul... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
A few months after unleashing a 28-song month-long “Covers Project” in which he gave a solo shine to lost classics by the Stooges, Bad Brains, and Galaxie 500, indispensible Boston rock veteran RYAN... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Ok, two things of note going on in Central Square tonight, on both sides of the musical spectrum... Over the past month or so we've been pretty hot on that monster GREY VALLEY GHOST... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
On a calm late-summer Tuesday night at T.T. The Bear’s, local lovlies THE FAGETTES, PAJAMA PEOPLE and their friends got noisy, but not quite noisy enough to drown out the wamp-wamps and wub-wubs of... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
The JD McPHERSON show at T.T. The Bear's last night was likely one of the most fun things happening in the city at the time... of course, the bar for awesomeness was set pretty low. Yesterday was... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Back in March we got the new single from Boston-based power-pop quartet THE FATAL FLAW, and while we were certain we were feeling this latest catchy-as-a-cold pop nugget from West Coast... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
On The Download
![RIBS - Kiss (NEW SONG) [with lyrics]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/rMzsT2cjrdg_130.jpg)
![[phlipcam video] The Fagettes @ T. T. The Bear's Place](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/G_rolRzccuk_130.jpg)
![[phlipcam video] Letterday @ T. T. The Bear's Place](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/bZm5_VoUuz8_130.jpg)
![[samcam video] Pajama People "Somebody" @ TT The Bear's](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/ON1CVwZ5T7k_130.jpg)
Inside "Magna Carta Holy Grail" with JAY Z + Samsung
No Age - C'mon Stimmung (not the video)
CHVRCHES - Gun
AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Official Audio)
Arctic Monkeys | Do I Wanna Know? (Official Video)
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know ?
