Lord Huron show review by Ben Brondsky Before I saw the band Lord Huron on February 4th, I was trying to describe them to my friends. It’s pretty hard to peg them down, I would tell my friends that they were kind of folk-y and were sort of like Mumford and Sons but rocked harder; which obviously didn’t make a lot of sense. If you were to listen to their debut album, Lonesome Dreams, you might hear a lot of influences. Definitely a bit of folk, but also rock, some Caribbean influences, Americana, and even a bit of electronic pieces…. click headline to Read More
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Listen to the interview with Aer here: If embedded soundcloud player does not work, click here. Aer Show Review by Ben Brondsky On Friday, January 31st I interviewed and saw Aer at the House of Blues. Started by David von Mering and Carter Schultz while both in high school together at Wayland High, just 30 minutes outside of Boston. The two have been able to blend a mix of rock, rap, and reggae and make it their own creation. They released their first mixtape, Water on the Moon, while seniors in high school in 2010. When they released their first… click headline to Read More
The Fleshy Fresh covered Boston Calling on September 7 and 8 for WTBU. Check out their interview with Royal Teeth below! And don’t forget to tune into The Fleshy Fresh on Monday nights from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m., only on WTBU.
What might have been forgotten in the wake of the insane amounts of jumping around to skuzzy synth-pop at Matt and Kim’s show at House of Blues was how freaking good the opener was. Openers rarely get credit, I said to myself in my post-show euphoric state. Therefore, I thought, Oberhofer had killed it so much that they had deserved their own review. Oberhofer is the Anthony Davis of opening bands: they’re obscenely young, full of promise, and possess the ability to jump really high for extended periods of time. Led by eccentric frontman Brad Oberhofer and his gang of… click headline to Read More
For more pictures of Matt & Kim, check out the WTBU gallery. I’m not afraid to admit that I had my doubts, walking into the House of Blues to see Brooklyn duo, Matt & Kim. I remember being a freshman in high school, playing the band’s first albums on repeat — obsessing over the infectious, edgy pop tune, Daylight. More recently, though, the band has gone a different route, veering away from the signature Matt & Kim sound, focusing more on produced, top-40 sounding tracks. While an interesting departure, I will admit that some of the tracks on the… click headline to Read More
Check out the WTBU gallery to look at more pictures of The Hush Sound! “Do What You Love, Take What You Earn, and Make it Work”: The Hush Sound discuss hiatus, decompression, and their reunion tour. Indie pop-rock band The Hush Sound formed in 2004 in Chicago, by female vocalist and pianist Greta Salpeter, guitarist and male vocalist Bob Morris, drummer Darren Wilson and former bassist Mike Leblanc, who was quickly replaced by current bassist Chris Faller. The band released their first studio album So Sudden in 2005, and garnered attention for their eclectic blend of piano and rock, beautiful… click headline to Read More
Check out the WTBU gallery to look at more pictures of The Hush Sound! I ventured over to Cambridge to see The Hush Sound perform at TT the Bear’s. The venue was intimate and welcoming, which was reminiscent of my favorite concert venue back at home (The Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York). Smaller venues are always better because they allow for more crowd interaction and the obvious- you get to be closer to the band you’re seeing perform. Destry and Tommy & The High Pilots both opened up for The Hush Sound. I’ll be honest here and say I had… click headline to Read More
I have been a fan of the Smashing Pumpkins for a very long time, though they have escaped my attention in recent years. From what I had heard, the band now operated as a front for Billy Corgan’s own solo projects ( to which I argue: when was it not?). Furthermore, a lot of the reviews I had read recently said that their sets consisted of almost exclusively new material, and that fans should expect a full run through of their latest album Oceania. Being the fickle fan that I am, I was only really familiar with their albums prior to Ava… click headline to Read More
I stood alone at the Paradise on Monday night, waiting in a relatively small crowd where the pot smoke smell was strong and the energy mellow. We waited through semi-hot mess Casket Girls, a sort of glamour-electro meets rock band, until the lights went out. Then a shaky videoscape of a cat-like creature on a forest path appeared before us… Pittsburgh’s psych-pop group Black Moth Super Rainbow has been busy since their first album, Falling Through a Field, came out in 2003. The band has put out nine other albums since then and, with each new track, they have taken… click headline to Read More
As a newcomer to Boston and a relatively unversed person in the non-mainstream music scene, the opportunity to see Grace Potter at the House of Blues on December 1 would have normally left me un-phased. I had never heard of Grace before and neither had many of my friends, so I wasn’t in a position to go running off to buy tickets to her show. When an opportunity to see the show for free with my aunt arose, however, I decided to take a chance and excitedly took the opportunity. Looking back on the experience, I’m so glad that I… click headline to Read More