Throwback Thursday: Barry Tashian, The Remains
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are celebrating Barry Tashian’s recent birthday with a set of tunes from legendary Boston garage band The Remains. Led by guitarist and vocalist Barry Tashian, The Remains hit the Boston scene in the mid-1960s. As legend has it, the lines to get into their shows at The Rathskeller, the [...]
Beck Will Finally Release New Music
It’s been four years since Beck’s last album, Modern Guilt, and patient fans finally have word of a new album from the Grammy winning musician. The album, called Song Reader, will be release in December of this year. The catch? It will be available as sheet music. Yes, sheet music. The 20-song album will also have an introduction by [...]
“CSN 2012″ by Crosby, Stills & Nash
For the first time in over two decades, Crosby, Stills & Nash welcome their audiences to experience all the brilliance of the group’s live performances right in their very own living room. CSN 2012, an album recorded to accompany the band’s first live performance film in over twenty years, brings the energy of the stage [...]
“The Body Wins” by Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Jaffe has taken a huge creative step from her first album with her new release, The Body Wins. Her 2010 album, Suburban Nature, was a nicely composed album that relied mostly on guitar melodies, but it lacked something, as do many singer-songwriters’ first bout. Her sophomore album is a much more interesting, well-rounded set of [...]
Mixtape Mayhem: Lap of Lux
Lap of Lux is an permeate moment in the career of Sir Michael Rocks. Formerly known as Mikey Rocks, he is one-half of the Chicago and Detroit based Hip-Hop duo The Cool Kids. Founded in 2005, their music was released primarily through the independent Chocolate Industries and their own label C.A.K.E. Recordings. While his group [...]
This or That: Wildflower
“Wildflower” by Skylark VS “Wildflower” by New Birth I fell in love with the song “Wildflower” when I heard soulful band New Birth do it. The lead singer’s powerful vocals make me feel the various emotions of this song. However I was shocked to find out it was an original song from Canadian band Skylark and written by Doug [...]
Where Are They Now: Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat started his musical career as a part of the band Jamilah in 1975. The band toured around different states but mainly New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Since Sweat was the lead singer, fans, media, and – most of all – music labels noticed him more. The group also included: Larry Peoples (bassist), [...]
Timeless Tuesday: Mac Miller Riot
This past weekend, Boston celebrated its third annual Boston Urban Music Festival. The Boston Urban Music Festival is a free concert put on for the city by the Mayor’s Office to celebrate unity. It is also a place to showcase local talent as well as national talent. During last year’s festival in August, Mac Miller was the headliner [...]
Concert Watch: August 10-12, 2012
Concert Watch! This weekend: August 10-12, 2012 Friday, August 10th EVE 6—HOUSE OF BLUES On Friday, August 10th, the ’90s rock band Eve 6, who reunited in 2011, will be performing at The House of Blues on Landsdowne Street. They are currently touring to promote their new record, Speak in Code, which was released in April of this [...]
On the Verge: The Well-Informed
The Well-Informed traveled from their hometown of Brooklyn to Boston for a day to share what they call Pop revivalism for the record bin romantic.They also refer to their music as post-modern Dixieland standards for the wayward youth and Cuban Missile make-out music. Two of the three band members (Evan Duby, who writes songs 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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The XX / Grizzly Bear
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The Postal Service
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