Australian musician Ben Lee’s acoustic performance Wednesday, February 22 at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, Mass. was both an excellent and touching show. Backed up by backing vocalist, lead guitarist and keyboard player, Nicholas Jones, the two performed songs to no more than a couple dozen people, making it the most relaxed and intimate show I’d ever been to. Lee not only toke a number of song requests, but also interacted with the audience with the biggest of smiles, especially when he misplaced his guitar pick and I gave him mine. Even when a bit self-loathing, claiming one of his songs… click headline to Read More
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It’s hard not to immediately like an album you can hold in your hands and admire, physically. After picking up Hit the Lights’ newest album, Invicta, in vinyl form, I was immediately in love. The album cover, the size of a brand new vinyl release fans have waited on for three years, it made everything more exciting to have it in my hands a week before the scheduled release date. It might have been the euphoria continually rushing about from their epic and brilliant set at the Paradise in Boston, but even still, this album had been set up to… click headline to Read More
A lot of people are talking about Drake’s new-released album Take Care. I have to admit when Drake’s first-album Thank Me Later released in 2010 I wasn’t convinced a teen actor from Degrassi could rap. But honestly, there’s a reason why Drake has gotten recognition in the rap scene. Now, the Toronto actor-singer-rapper has just released his sophomore album with cameos by Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and Stevie Wonder. The long-awaited album, which leaked online before it was released, is finally here and Drake has come a long way from being “that kid from Degrassi.” In the song Marvin’s… click headline to Read More
I don’t usually listen to classical music in my free time, but after seeing Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thrile on The Colbert Report, there was no way I wasn’t going to buy their new album, The Goat Rodeo Sessions. Everyone should do the same. What is a goat rodeo, might you ask? It’s like a chaotic situation where order is beyond thought. But while there is no clear way to describe this new mélange of instruments, chaotic is the opposite. Say hello to a cello, bass, mandolin, violin, banjo, and a tint of female vocals, courtesy… click headline to Read More
By Ben Brondsky, intern for the Fleshy Fresh Do you ever think the BU staff intentionally coincide midterms with the week leading up to Halloween? It’s pretty smart; make sure the kids take all of their tests before they get too wild on Halloweekend. But, because of all the added stress students have to take it out somewhere. My way of relaxing was by going to three concerts in a week. Ra Ra Riot, Portugal. The Man, and New Found Glory all played in Boston within the given week. I saw Ra Ra Riot on Thursday, October 20th at the… click headline to Read More
By Kendra Long, DJ of Friends Don’t Let Friends Be Hipsters It started with Christa Gniadek. Well, no, not really, it started at WTBU that afternoon. Well, no, it actually started at WTBU a year and a half ago. The Migrant (he: lanky Danish type, them: bubbly Austin bohemian types) did an in-studio with Ali and I when we had that weird middle of the day slot on Thursday. A band of probably six fit in a studio fit for probably two. Their drummer tapped on a binder, if I recall. Then I get an email, saying Bjarke & Co… click headline to Read More
Contrary to their name, the folk-pop duo the Civil Wars are by no means divided. In fact, Joy Williams and John Paul White are hypnotically in sync, captivating a sold out Berklee Performance Center on Friday, October 28th. While it has been a busy year for Williams and White, they remain humbled by their sudden publicity. The duo met at a songwriting session three years ago and released a live recording for free online which received over 300,000 downloads. Not to mention, their first studio album “Barton Hollow” dropped this past February, earning them a spot on six shows of… click headline to Read More
Not many people I’ve spoken to want to go see the Footloose remake. However, what I’m more excited about is the motion picture soundtrack. It surprised me – it’s one of the best soundtrack’s I’ve heard in a while. In honor of the remake of Footloose, here are five reasons that this Highway 20 intern believes the soundtrack deserves a listen. 5. Country Music. For every one person that likes country music, there is one person who absolutely despises it. Most of the people that despise it seem to attend Boston University. However, for those of you that don’t like country music,… click headline to Read More
Many people (minus those that watch Disney religiously) don’t see Joe Jonas as a qualified musician. The Jonas Brothers, where Joe Jonas sang lead, were much of a joke to just about anyone that wasn’t between the ages of five and eleven. However, that was then, and this is now. Joe Jonas has grown up in a way not many people would expect, coming into his own style with Fastlife, an album many wouldn’t expect from a not-so-young face that was just a Disney kid for a while. I’ll admit that I don’t care much for Joe Jonas, but I… click headline to Read More
Do you remember when Blink 182’s last album came out? I sure do. Everyone thought it would be Blink’s last album ever; mass hysteria ensued. I was in Florida visiting my grandparents and I demanded that we go to the mall so I could buy the album. Since it was the first album I bought with the “explicit content” label and because my CD was a different color than everyone else’s back home I felt like a little bad ass buying it. You can imagine my thirteen-year-old-self rocking out with my CD player at an old person’s community. Ben Brondsky… click headline to Read More