Check out Bostonist today for my recap of the first day of this year’s Scooper Bowl. It’s nice to get away and do a little something different from my usual music and gig reviews .(and even in the course of this blog, discuss something not related to emo every so often!) For folks in the[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boston’
June 5th, 2009 - 5:47 pm § in Perfect Lines
TV Eye
Head over to Bostonist for my review of TV On The Radio at Boston’s House of Blues last night. There are pictures and words galore; just go here.[...]
June 2nd, 2009 - 12:16 am § in Perfect Lines
Passion Pit = Electronic-Rock's Jimmy Eat World?
I rarely mention Pitchfork in the guise of this blog… I won’t go into great details, and I will admit it’s easily one of the best aggregators for independent-related music information, so I do visit the site regularly. But when it comes to reviews, I try to stray from their pieces.[...]
April 17th, 2009 - 1:17 am § in Perfect Lines
Lucero at Paradise
Lookout for a Lucero review on Bostonist in the next day or two. A quick review: 2 hours of belting out Southern emotive punk rawk transported The Paradise from Boston to the middle of Memphis.[...]
April 14th, 2009 - 12:01 am § in Perfect Lines
Exusamwa
I can’t believe I have yet to catch this band…. Granted, Exusamwa have only had three public shows, but still… they’ve got members of Fat Day, Life Partners, and the owner of Weirdo Records! And they’re as secretive as none other, nothing but a few online pics to do jus[...]
April 7th, 2009 - 5:38 pm § in Perfect Lines
Clarity Live
Yeah, there’s no doubt they sent this to everyone who bought their tickets for the Clarity X 10 tour, but you have to hand it to Jimmy Eat World for really caring about their fans: “A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR BOSTON FANS This is a note of gratitude directed at you from us, Jimmy Ea[...]
March 29th, 2009 - 9:43 pm § in Perfect Lines
Could Chuck?
Chuck Klosterman swung through Boston last week, doing a talk at the Hard Rock Cafe that was hardly publicized. But, perhaps I’m just not looking in the right places. I did a little piece for Bostonist on what I might have heard had I attended the event; check it out here. For most folks, Kl[...]
December 23rd, 2008 - 2:32 am § in Perfect Lines
Best Concerts of 2008
The best live shows of 2008[...]
October 6th, 2008 - 5:41 pm § in Perfect Lines
Bloods On Fire
Translation = still sick. So, I’ll do a quick recap of the recent shows I saw this weekend in a spare, odds ‘n’ ends sort of way. Baltimore Round Robin Tour at MassArt, Feet Night (October 3rd) Performance Rotation: The Deathset Adventure Nuclear Power Pants Lizz King Double Dagger[...]