Reviewed: The Godfathers – “A Big Bad Beautiful Noise”
Reviewed: The Godfathers – “A Big Bad Beautiful Noise” Rarely has an album title so perfectly captured its contents: The piss and vinegar of the Godfathers at their glorious British rock and roll finest. Lord, it must be tough being tagged as an...
Reviewed: The Flamin’ Groovies “Fantastic Plastic”
Reviewed: The Flamin’ Groovies “Fantastic Plastic” We "Spot-the-Influence" track by track on the band's new album, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. There’s the respect /That makes calamity of so long life. So says Hamlet at the beginning...
Live: Fall Out Boy @ TD Garden Boston
Live: Fall Out Boy @ TD Garden Boston Older Cousin takes younger cousin to a formative concert, finds screaming tweens and (poorly concealed) receding hairlines. Fall Out Boy: The M A N I A Tour – TD Garden, Boston MA – October 27, 2017 When in the course...
Reviewed: “The Decibel Diaries: A Journey Through Rock in 50 Concerts” by Carter Alan
Reviewed: “The Decibel Diaries: A Journey Through Rock in 50 Concerts” by Carter Alan A famous DJ's concert diary wings us to pivotal moments in rock and roll, but the typos kill our buzz. Carter Alan, a long-time Boston deejay, has chronicled nearly a...
Reviewed: The Who live in Glasgow
Reviewed: The Who live in Glasgow With only 2 original members left, both in their 70s, can The Who put on a farewell show worth watching? The Who @ SSE Hydro Glasgow Scotland: April 7, 2017 We all have ‘em – that one friend who loves your favorite band almost as much...
Vic Chestnutt & Sam Phillips: New Releases
Vic Chestnutt & Sam Phillips: New Releases Sour on the singer-songwriter set? A pair of new releases bring the sweetness. Does the phrase ‘singer-songwriter’ conjure up visions of overly-sensitive, overly-prim young men sitting on steps yodeling about their...
Equanimity Examined: The Feelies – “In Between”
Equanimity Examined: The Feelies – “In Between” Tom Lawton gets philosophical over the 40 year old band's latest. RESOLVED: There is a direct inverse ratio for measuring the trajectory of a band’s success, versus the level of pleasure one gets from...
Bettie Serveert: Damaged Good
Bettie Serveert: Damaged Good 25 years in, the Dutch rockers are as vital as on their debut. We dissect the band's aural secret weapons. Okay, mature rockers, want to make yourself so sad that you’ll weep openly into your ultra-hoppy craft beer? Have a look at the...
Pretenders: Alone
Pretenders: Alone Sublime vocals, solid retro-style production, a surprising single, and the most annoying Pretenders song ever: Alone has it all. Remember that time I ordered a double cheeseburger in front of Chrissie Hynde? Of course you don’t because it never...
Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Illustrated History by Richie Unterberger
Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Illustrated History by Richie Unterberger Richie Unterberger's Fleetwood Mac bio convinces even a non-fan to "see things in a different way" It says a lot about Fleetwood Mac, a band I don’t particularly care for, that by the time it’s most...
Eytan Mirsky: Funny Money
Eytan Mirsky: Funny Money "More sugar than spice" Eytan Mirsky's delicious nice-guy-pop propels his 6th release Ultimately, I’m a rock and roll lunkhead, any critical acuity greatly swayed by something fast, loud and, y’know, cool. These days, with gobs and...
