SKATE PUNK LIVES!
Interviews with Common Enemy and Cry Havoc Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax, D.R.I., JFA, NOFX. I was 13 the first time I heard any of these bands, at the lone city-sponsored half pipe behind my cheap...
View ArticleARTS: THE VALENTINE TRILOGY
After the cast of The Valentine Trilogy completed last Sunday’s marathon run of the epic, seven-hour play at The Boston Center for the Arts, we ran backstage, erupted into a victorious celebration and...
View ArticleSTRICTLY LOCAL: MIAMI DORITOS
“It’s an American classic, and I think anyone who doesn’t play ‘Free Bird’ is f-cked.” Sometimes, performing in a band is about more than making music and selling records. Sometimes, it’s about the...
View ArticleDIG THIS: ROB SHEFFIELD @ BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH
ode snap Coming in hot off his last book, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut, Rob Sheffield continues to divulge his audio-inspired coping...
View ArticleHONEST PINT: SINGLE HOP BEERS
Hops like Cascade (the star in Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale) or Citra (and its potent citrus and tropical notes) might ring a bell, but how about HBC 342, which has an “almost watermelon rind flavor” or...
View ArticleNEWS TO US: #MELTDOWN
Call it the era of raised-in-the-industry Disney kids coming to its depressingly predictable end or merely an example of the perils of child stardom, but something seems to be in the air in Hollywood....
View ArticleEATS: FRESH TRUCK
Socially conscious, sustainable, and super fresh Step right up to the latest and greatest to roll on into the Boston food truck scene: the Fresh Truck. Essentially, it’s a farmer’s market on wheels—a...
View ArticleDRINKS: TWO WORLD-CLASS RUMS
Rum is experiencing something of a renaissance, especially in New England, where its roots run deep in both consumption and trade. The colonists were quite fond of mellow, barrel-aged rums distilled...
View ArticleMICHELLE LEWIS @ LIZARD LOUNGE
Michelle Lewis bubbled to prominence in the late ’90s with her single “Nowhere and Everywhere,” one of those songs that you know even if you think you don’t. The other songs she’s bringing to the...
View ArticleLOCAL PICK: LOS BUNGALITOS @ O’BRIEN’S PUB
We spent a whole minute googling what Los Bungalitos means. Short answer: nothing. It might have something to do with every band member adopting “Bungalitos” as their surname. Let the managerial staff...
View ArticleMUNCHIES: CLOVER MOVIE NIGHT @ ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY
Bring your picnic blanket and appetite for tasty Clover eats to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for a night of noshing and watching Ghostbusters as it is projected on the Clover truck for your viewing...
View ArticlePOND: HOBO ROCKET
GENRE | WEIRDER THAN TAME IMPALA VERDICT | THAT’S A GOOD THING LABEL | MODULAR RECORDS RELEASE | 8.6.13 Let’s get this out of the way: yes, Tame Impala and Pond share several band members. They’re far...
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