Japandroids at the Paradise
The odds were so far stacked against them that it seemed like victory was almost impossible. It was 2 against 930, one of the largest groups they’ve ever had to face in Boston, and supplies were running low; only a handful of picks and some spare guitar strings were left after their many other conquests. [...]
Artist Of The Week: Mike Doughty
The Artist Of The Week is WERS favorite, Mike Doughty! Doughty first rose to prominence as the leader of the 90s alt-rock band, Soul Coughing and since then has had a fruitful career as a solo artist. Last month he released an all-covers album, The Flip Is Another Honey. Doughty was born on June 10, 1970 in [...]
Arcade Fire Release New Album Details
LCD Soundsystem have been friends with Arcade Fire since supporting them on 2007’s Neon Bible tour and, despite LCD’s leader James Murphy always stating that he wanted to work with Arcade Fire (and Spoon, Devo, and John Cale among others), plans for him to produce any of those bands had always fallen through due to LCD Soundsystem’s intense [...]
Grammy Nominations Announced
A great year for music in general calls for a great ceremony at 2013 Grammy Music Awards scheduled to be held on February 10th 2013. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Country Music sensation Taylor Swift and Hip Hop legend LL Cool J at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California. This is the [...]
This Week In Music History
Good morning and happy December! Here’s your regular music history fix to close out your week. On this day back in 1964, principal songwriter for The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown while flying from Houston to Los Angeles. The group intended to follow up their release of Pet Sounds with their most ambitious project yet, [...]
Kate Earl Live In Studio
As Kate Earl begins her tour that includes shows from both the East and West coast, she took some time to come into our WERS studios to sing a few songs for us. All three songs were off of her new album Stronger, which was released November 20th, only a few weeks ago. “My new [...]
The Killers Release Holiday & Charity Single
Over the past seven years, The Killers have been releasing annual Christmas singles to help ring in the holidays, and this year was no exception. Last Tuesday saw the release of the Killers’ seventh Christmas single “I Feel It in My Bones” featuring Ryan Pardey and a new music video to go with it. “I [...]
Throwback Thursday: Led Zeppelin
This week, we’re going to have a special extended edition of Throwback Thursday, as we’ll be playing tracks from Led Zeppelin’s recently released concert film and album Celebration Day. The show featured in Celebration Day took place in London in 2007. It was part of the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, which benefited Ertegun’s own education charity, and [...]
Concert Watch: December 6th-December 9th
Happy false spring, concert-goers! This week’s proving to be the calm before what’s sure to be a rough winter, so why not get out and see all the music you can before you shut yourself in for the season? This week’s lineup will make it well worth it. Thursday, December 6 – Conor Oberst @ [...]
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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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Boston Calling
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June 8
The XX / Grizzly Bear
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June 12
The Postal Service
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