Artist Of The Week: The Tallest Man On Earth
The WERS Artist Of The Week is The Tallest Man On Earth, whose latest record, There’s No Leaving Now, is out now! The Tallest Man On Earth is the moniker of singer-songwriter, Kristian Matsson who hails from Dalarna, Sweden and has been releasing records as The Tallest Man On Earth since 2006. The first Tallest Man On Earth [...]
My Bloody Valentine Announce New Album
It has been over two decades since My Bloody Valentine released their seminal album, Loveless. Since then, fans have been dying to get their hands on any sort of follow up. While not the most prolific band, from 1983 (the year they formed) to 1991, they managed to release a handful of EPs and two [...]
Tame Impala at The Royale
It’s not always a good thing when a show is sold out. Sometimes that means half the audience really only bought tickets to hear some catchy single, and they won’t stop rudely shouting out their requests until their demands are met. Other times it means that the venue is honestly too small for it’s undertaking, [...]
SXSW 2013 Announces First Bands
March is just around the corner… right? Well it certainly feels a little closer now. That’s because SXSW (abbreviation for South By Southwest, FYI) has just announced the first round of bands that will be performing at the nine day festival in Austin, TX. Some of the highlights include: Civil Twilight, The Dunwells, He’s My [...]
Atoms for Peace Interviewed in Rolling Stone
Thom Yorke, the incredibly renowned and talented front man for the band Radiohead, has for a few months now been collaborating with his new group Atoms for Peace which consists of Yorke, Radiohead co-producer Nigel Godrich, and bassist Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Thom Yorke gave [...]
This Week In Music History
Good Morning! It’s cold! Something you probably already knew with this sudden onslaught of frigid winter weather. Warm up with your weekly fix of music history right here! In 1967, one of music’s most notorious magazines published its first issue. Rolling Stone was published in San Francisco featuring John Lennon on the first cover in his outfit [...]
Yeasayer at the House of Blues
As Old Man Winter descended upon Boston, Yeasayer fans trekked through the storm with scarfs wrapped around their faces and boots sloshing through the wintery muck. Despite the onslaught of awful weather, fans breathed a sigh of relief as they found a dry and warm spot nestled in the House of Blues last night. With [...]
The Killers Announce Tour
After appearing on late night programs like Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Colbert Report, The Killers released a new tour video last week for their latest single “Miss Atomic Bomb” off their new album Battle Born. The video features backstage and festival footage from a past tour of the UK filmed by director Giorgio Testi, [...]
Throwback Thursday: Bonnie Raitt
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re celebrating Bonnie Raitt’s birthday with a set of her music. Active since the 1970′s, Bonnie Raitt has been an icon for quite some time. The early parts of her career are characterized by a roots influenced sound that was heavily acclaimed, if not widely popular. That changed in the [...]
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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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