Singer, songwriter and all around good dude Brandon Mastrangelo took a bit of time off of the old social media to focus on other aspects of his life recently. He [ … ]
Category: Reviews
Heartfelt Heartache: Joshua Black Wilkins’ “Valentine Sessions”
I’ll spare you the obvious comparisons of JBW’s latest release. After listening to the album just twice through already, it is evident it is a collection that deserves to stand [ … ]
Show Review: Patrick Coman at The Burren (February 17, 2018)
Patrick Coman has been a staple of the Boston music scene for years and he released his latest album, Tree of Life, at The Burren on Saturday night. A few [ … ]
Under The Covers: Mark Erelli, Rose Cousins, Jake Armerding, Zack Hickman
“Under The Covers,” the show of entirely cover songs, has been going strong at Club Passim now for fourteen years. I got to attend the Thursday’s late show, which they [ … ]
Simply Put, This Shit Rocks – The Low Cards “Suffer”
Know that feeling the second a song kicks in and your immediately reaction is “holy shit, this is going to take me for a ride”. The latest single “Suffer”, from [ … ]
Tiny Fires in the Darkness: Hiss Golden Messenger “Hallelujah Anyhow” and Max García Conover “Motorhome”
My two favorite songwriters are releasing new albums on Friday: Mike Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) and Max García Conover. It isn’t the coincidence of dates that makes me write about [ … ]
Fresh Track: Say Darling “One Man Band”
What do you get when two juggernauts join forces, combining talent and styles? One answer could simply be: Say Darling. Another could be a brutal force of badass bluesy goodness [ … ]
Show Review: Hiss Golden Messenger, One Longfellow Square (July 26, 2017)
I really wanted to take pictures of this show while Mike Taylor was playing music, but it was too quiet at One Longfellow Square. That is to say, while the [ … ]
Audible Painting: Dietrich Strause and The Blue Ribbons EP
Collaboration is an age old tradition in music. Its especially a frequent occurrence in the Cambridge/Somerville music community. From sporadically pulling a musician up from the sea of faces in [ … ]
Fresh Tracks: The Bean Pickers Union “Caterwaul”
Sad songs make me happy. I am not sure what the logic is behind that, but there is something in hearing some sort of sorrow in a song that makes [ … ]