WERS Presents: Reykjavik Calling
The historic concert took the Paradise Rock Club by storm on Saturday night
“Odd Future Tape Vol. 2″ by Odd Future
On March 20th, controversial hip hop group Odd Future released their new mix-tape simply titled the Odd Future Tape Vol. 2. This tape has been the latest release to feature the whole Odd Future crew since their brilliant 2010 “Radical” mixtape. With this new record, Odd Future returns with another set of tracks featuring their [...]
Good Old War at the Paradise
Some musicians are rock stars and let the lights separate them from the crowd. A number are inverted cabin dwellers, too timid to engage with the crowd. Others are worried about their future and plan every sentence they will say onstage. But folk band Good Old War is none of these; they’re a family with [...]
On the Verge: The Mastersons
Fresh off the road with Steve Earle, clad in jeans, a white scarf, and black hats; the husband and wife duo The Mastersons joined us for an On The Verge this afternoon. Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore released their debut as a band, Birds Fly South, back in April. When asked about composing the songs, Chris [...]
Toots and the Maytals at the HoB
On Tuesday, March 20th, reggae legends Toots and Maytals came to Boston’s House of Blues for a night of soulful reggae hits by the man who first mastered the style over 40 years ago. With a huge catalogue of classic tunes to choose from, Toots and his phenomenal backing band the Maytals made sure no [...]
“Stars and Satellites” by Trampled By Turtles
Trampled By Turtles’ sixth album in eight years, Stars and Satellites, is in many ways a fine introduction to the band who stand as one of the rare few that unpretentiously deserve a hyphenated genre classification: let’s go with “post-punk bluegrass” for now. The album opens with “Midnight On The Interstate”, which infuses some pop [...]
Washed Out Live at the Paradise
28 year-old Ernest Greene never imagined the level of fame that would shortly follow his home-made mixtapes. Washed Out, Greene’s project, is a chillwave synthpop sound that quickly spread by word of mouth. The young guy from Perry, Georgia went from mixing together sounds in his bedroom in 2009 to rocking a sold-out crowd in [...]
fun. Live at the House of Blues
When indie rock band The Format broke up in 2008, fans had no idea what the future would hold for singer Nate Ruess. Teaming up with Anathallo’s Andrew Dost and Steel Train’s Jack Antonoff, he immediately formed the band fun. and went on tour with Jack’s Mannequin that same year. Melodies and enthusiasm fueled their [...]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
This weekend, April 20-22nd is your last chance to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, presented by the Milton Players in Milton, MA! Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Jeffrey Lane, based on the 1988 film of the same name. It tells the story of two con [...]
Thoughts on Theater: Theater Isn’t Made On Stage
Yes, you heard me correctly; Theatre isn’t made on the stage. True, theaters have stages within them, and patrons head to theaters to see theatre. But that doesn’t mean theatre is made on the stage; rather, it is there that theatre happens. By the time a show reaches a stage, the time for actors and [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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June 21
Fleetwood Mac
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June 23
B-52s + Go-Go’s
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July 9
Paul McCartney
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July 10
She & Him
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July 20
Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket
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