"Side-Project” is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in the music industry and it is rather disingenuous to the musicians involved. Take Pond fo...
The old proverb "Variety is the spice of life” is often liberally offered, but record label Top Dawg Entertainment seems to have really taken it to heart and ...
Part of a good concert is making a memorable experience for the audience whether or not the crowd's full of life-long fans, casual concert goers or have never...
Everyone develops their own musical likes and dislikes throughout their lives. There are popular bands that land on the Billboard Top 100, but if you talk to pe...
Back in October 2012 (also know as the last year of the Mayan Calendar and the and of the World), rapper Killer Mike was on tour with Wu-Tang Clan cornerstone ...
Tash Sultana is taking North America by storm! Straight out of Down Under, The Melbourne multi-instrumentalist has sold out every single one of her sh...
Sometimes we hear stories about epic tales of sibling rivalries, like football players Peyton and Eli Manning or tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. These...
We're not even a month and a half into 2017 and I can already feel the gray hairs erupting from my scalp. A constant flood of news stories about drastic, over...
New Jersey’s Steve Marion (also known as Delicate Steve) just released his third album This is Steve, and he's really starting to hit his stride. Marion has ...
Top Dawg Entertainment is the epitome of a successful, self-run record label. Hop in the way back machine and realize that TDE has been putting out albums by co...
An important piece of the Performance Art puzzle is the location or the venue in which the performance takes place. If the venue doesn’t match the event somet...
If you don’t know about SUSTO yet, then do yourself a favor and dive head first into the Alt-Country sounds of Justin Osborne and company. I found out about t...
According to Wikipedia, a Phantogram is essentially an optical illusion. However, Phantogram, the electro-trip hop band consisting of Sarah Barthel and Josh Car...
Part of being a music fan is being open minded to new artists or bands you aren’t familiar with. Friends suggest new bands, you Shazam a cool tune that you ha...
As a truly authentic musician, Kurt Vile’s music is definitely an acquired taste. If you're musical preferences lean towards the popular style of the day, yo...
I don't often get to see the same artist perform twice in one year, but when I do, it's Andra Day last night in Boston. Including last night, I've been lucky e...
The month of October has been a wild roller coaster of Concerts in the City of Boston. Someone must have told The Record Company and Muddy Magnolias that th...