Ken Templeton – Page 11

“Spotlight Girl,” off J. Van Cleave’s full-length debut, Lights On, starts with these great stomp-claps before the bass drum kicks

Fresh Track: “Ancient Tattoos,” by Gentle Temper

It’s that gritty strumming. It’s that initial wail, followed by an insistent and groovy vocal. It’s the way this song

Well, that was damn fun. We’ve known for a good long while that the fine gentlemen in The Ghost of

It starts eerily, and stays there for a while. But what really made me take notice of Montreal songwriter Matt

I first got to listen to Zak Trojano a few years ago, when he opened for Jeffrey Foucault in Somerville

Who: Ordinary Elephant Song: “Scars We Keep” Latest Record: Before I Go “I was born to be a bigot, but that don’t

About mid-way through a swampy, humid day on Friday at Newport, I experienced a very pointed case of FOMO: fear

Michael and Tanya Trotter. I cannot wait to see these two fronting their band, The War and Treaty, on Sunday

Every year, the Newport lineup is so stacked and first-timers think they might actually see all of those amazing acts.

Darlingside’s new record, Extralife, begins with ominously beautiful, resigned lyrics: “It’s over now / The flag is sunk / The