By Steph Larsen   Real Estate’s Infinite Jangle Tour came to Boston at Royale supported by Marina Allen. Their new record Daniel dropped February of this year. The tour started March 1, and will span across 8 countries through the fall. Their set was a beautiful mix of favorites and new tunes. The crowd grooved along with the band and joyously danced and echoed back their catchy and classic choruses in unison like a group of best friends. Marina Allen and her band played a captivating and dreamy set to open the show.  Check out all of Steph’s photos from the show below.   ..read more

By Wendy Schiller Canadian powerhouse Dan Bejar brought the Saturday night vibe down to a heartbeat at Brighton Music Hall this weekend. Supported by David Carswell and openers Lightning Dust, the crowd swayed to mellow and hooky interludes from a vast assortment of albums. To witness Dan’s solo work is to be welcomed into a space between the edges of time. The world drifts into a watercolor of slow-moving parts. Folks melted into “A Painter in your Pocket” and “Don’t become the thing that you hated”, only to be released back into a buzzing city after their pause for breath. Check out all of ..read more

By Tanvi Shah Graphic by DZ Media Boston is not ready for City Winery’s “Poetry vs. Hip-Hop” live show happening on April 17th, hosted by Queen Sheba and Jamellow. Queen Sheba, the founder of Poetry vs. Hip-Hop,is not only a Grammy-nominated spoken word artist, but also an author. Jamellow even interviewed her through his channel MellowVzn about the series of poetry vs hip-hop events. Headlining the show, we have Amanda Shea, Najee Janey, and Corey Manning. Then we have the two teams of poets versus hip-hop artists (let the games begin). Currently the team names are “Team Poetry” and “Team H ..read more

By Wendy Schiller     Glass Beach reached the midpoint of their 2024 cross-country tour to a sold out ballroom in Somerville, MA, supported by Arcadia Grey and Fleece Kawasaki. It was a true celebration of the group’s culty internet following, with the room erupting in a nearly constant singalong, whether a track was off the new 2024 album Plastic Death or their first. The crowd dressed for the occasion with aplomb and welcomed this Boston debut with open arms.   Check out all of Wendy’s photos from the show below.      The post Glass Beach’s Safety Da ..read more

By Andrew McNally In a year that has already been brimming with great indie releases, space has to be made for newcomers Wooll. The Providence, RI natives are releasing their debut album Unwind today, and it’s chock full of pleasing indie earworms. The band consists of Corinne Roma on vocals and acoustic guitar, Tyler Rosenholm on electric guitar, Tyler Chauncey on bass and Derek Goulet on drums. The unit sounds tight and experienced far beyond their years. Part of this is due to the fact that Rosenholm, Chauncey and Goulet all played in former Boston stalwart Kid Mountain, a band that folded ..read more

By Wendy Schiller     Chicago-based and genre-spanning Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, known better as NNAMDÏ, opened a two band bill with classic songs across all of his albums, including Brat and Please Have a Seat. There is something suspenseful and powerfully moving about his live performances in the way he shifts from vulnerable to commanding, sometimes within the bars of the same song (no better example than “Sudafed,” about having a breakdown on the Chicago CTA). Hurray for The Riff Raff followed up with tracks from their most recent album The Past is Still Alive, bring ..read more

Photos & Review by Emily Gardner   It you haven’t heard of The Last Dinner Party yet, it’s time to listen up. You don’t want to be late to this one. The UK-based band seemingly popped out of nowhere, but their recently released debut album, Prelude to Ecstacy, is so polished and refreshing. The album is theatrical, powerful, and is fueled with emotion while still being full of some seriously danceable songs. Some tracks are reminiscent of legends like Queen and Fleetwood Mac while others feel like they fit right into the femme-pop world of Chappell Roan and Lana Del Rey. However, Th ..read more

Review by Andrew McNally Photos by Harry Gustafson       What a victory lap for the dads. It’s a miracle that last Friday’s mclusky show at the Sinclair even happened, everything considered. The reformed Welsh post-hardcore band celebrated twenty years of their classic sophomore album Mclusky Do Dallas, but American shows proved a challenge. The album is now twenty-two, with shows delayed by COVID and singer Andy “Falco” Falkous coming down with severe tinnitus (something this writer is all too familiar with). But the show did happen, and it was a downright blast. Providence gr ..read more

Photos and words by Wendy Schiller Commandeering the stage ahead of a British invasion, Daisy the Great filled MGM Music Hall at Fenway with energy and light. Playing a majority of songs from their 2022 sophomore album All You Need is Time, the band brought new energy to their breakout hit “The Record Player Song,” and twirled and shimmered to “Glitter” and “Time Machine” while they jammed on stage. Singer-songwriters Kelley Dugan and Mina Walker joked with the crowd in between tracks, musing whether their sound would change were they called “Daisy the Grape”. Altogether they were an energizi ..read more

Words and photos by Abby Stanicek On what is hopefully the last freezing night in Boston for the winter, Madi Diaz stops by The Sinclair on February 29th while touring her new album, Weird Faith. The audience possesses a wide age range, with a few members dressed in nods to Harry Styles after Diaz’s involvement in Styles’ beloved Love Band last year. To open the show, Olivia Barton enters the stage to perform a welcoming acoustic set where she frequently interacts with the eager crowd and even brings out Diaz to play a song they wrote together. After a brief shift in stage arrangement, the li ..read more