‘My hope is that by sharing my knee jerk emotional responses to my life experiences, maybe someone can relate’
Boston
5 Questions with Vanessa Platacis
Platacis is the first woman to be commissioned for such a project
Them Fantasies @El Rocko Lounge
Them Fantasies @El Rocko Lounge Them Fantasies is a Boston-based trio that expertly combines intelligent left-turn songcraft, spacious guitar work and beautiful vocal performances. They ride the line between rock […]
Slothrust makes a pact
The band combines the sonic characteristics of garage rock with pop sensibilities and their own unique genre-bending musical aesthetic
Mile Twelve ushers in a new generation of bluegrass
The members of Mile Twelve have that going for them, but they’re also pushing the genre and the instrumentation in new directions and pulling relatively young audiences everywhere they go
Rock legends Boston to play Savannah May 1
40th anniversary tour hits Johnny Mercer Theatre
Editor’s Note: Sense of the senseless
Of all the cascading, dizzying events last week, the most demoralizing development by far was the defeat of the firearms background check bill in the Senate.
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Reckless Kelly *** I can’t deny that the last time I tried to take in a rare, independently promoted rock show at this primarily black-oriented […]
‘My aim is to not be a fad’
HOW TO DESCRIBE BOSTON-BASED GUITARIST and singer Miss Tess? A self-proclaimed “Modern Vintage” troubadour whose alternately plucky and sultry performance style draws heavily on acoustic swing, jazz, ragtime and hokum […]
