City and Colour New Single
On March 27th, Dallas Green, or more commonly known by his stage name City and Colour, announced that he would be releasing a new album titled The Hurry and The Harm on June 4th. Two weeks ago, City and Colour released their single “Of Space and Time” and according to Green’s Facebook page, he was [...]
This Week In Music History
It’s a big week for birthdays in music this week in history, with some big WERS artists getting older, wiser, and closer to another four-disc career retrospective release. With Tracy Chapman, Norah Jones, and Eric Clapton all sharing a common birthday tomorrow and Richard Thompson, Muddy Waters, and Billie Holiday all ringing one in this [...]
Reem Performs Live In Studio
Boston’s up-and-coming rapper Kareem Sully, aka Reem, is a nineteen year old well on his way to fame. He has a vision much wiser than his age would suggest, artfully mixing samples of Tupac with his own style and unbelievable versatility on his first mixtape, HYPE!, released February last year. In an interview with popular [...]
My Chemical Romance Announces Split
Teen angst all over the world suffered a blow this week when My Chemical Romance announced the end of their time together. For the past twelve years, MCR have provided a soundtrack for teens that felt any rage, anger, or sadness– so, everyone at some point. Over their career the band released four albums, starting [...]
“Victim of Love” by Charles Bradley
Despite beginning his musical career so relatively late in life, Charles Bradley has unarguably made a name for himself as a phenomenal soul and R&B singer. Now in his 60s, Bradley is releasing his second album, Victim of Love. His songs echo iconic soul singers such as James Brown and Otis Redding. Most likely due [...]
Dawes Live In Studio
Dawes is an American folk rock band from Los Angeles, California made up of brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith (respectively on guitar and drums), along with bassist Wylie Gelber, and keyboardist Tay Stratharin. The band was formed in 2009 when Blake Mills departed the original band, Simon Dawes, and Taylor and Gelber decided to take [...]
“Awayland” by Villagers
A quick glance at the latest issue of Mojo magazine will reveal a striking and somewhat grotesque illustration of Villagers songwriter and singer, Conor O’Brien. Drawn as a Slaughter House Five reading fetus that is sharing space with a gecko in the belly of an ocean wave, the image itself is a bit too psychedelic [...]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Release “Sacrilege” Video
As we find ourselves a couple weeks from April 16th release of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s release of Mosquito, the band has a couple surprises to reel us in tighter. A new video for Mosquito’s first single, “Sacrilege” was offered with a string of tour dates, including a stop at Boston’s House of Blues on May [...]
Concert Watch 3/27-4/2
The Rocket Summer – Brighton Music Hall, Wednesday, March 27 The Rocket Summer, solo-project of Bryce Avary based out of Fort Worth, Texas, is coming to the Brighton Music Hall tonight. Avary, a multi-instumentalist and singer-songwriter produces every track on The Rocket Summer records (he even plays all of the instruments, talk about a “one [...]
On the Verge: Passenger
Before Mike Rosenberg, the one-man act that is Passenger, performed his first show to kick off his tour in the US tonight, he decided to swing by our studio to play us a few tunes. The UK-born singer-songwriter has been through the ups and downs of the industry, spanning from busking on the streets just [...]
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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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