Sound Off: Colbie Caillat “Try” Bares All
Well, her face does. Colbie Caillat’s “Try” takes on the beauty industrial complex. It encourages women to try accepting themselves as they are. At first, I was as swept up in the hype as every other...
View ArticlePraise Yeezus: Pop is a Religion
“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you...
View ArticleDatsik takes the HoB with GZA and heRobust
The Digital Assassins tour kicked off with a grunge-coated bang at the House of Blues in Boston on January 17th. The coalescence of trap house (heRobust), old school hip hop (GZA), and of course loads...
View ArticleDisclosure Live: Too Sexy for You
Disclosure’s Settle is one of the more highly regarded albums released this year, so when I got the chance to see the duo live I couldn’t say no. Settle is nominated for a 2014 Grammy and Disclosure...
View ArticleFeed Me’s Calamari Tuesday: A Song by Song Review
It’s not too often you come across a person like Jon Gooch in the EDM scene. Feed Me’s Calamari Tuesday. Media credit to Your EDM. I have probably listened to Calamari Tuesday all the way through...
View ArticleBand Buzz: Destruction Unit
Hailing from Tempe, Arizona, Destruction Unit is, to put it simply, a unique band with a unique sound. The group was formed by Ryan Rousseau thirteen years ago and has since expanded to five members...
View ArticleGallery: The Gaslight Anthem plays Boston
This past week, one of alternative-rock’s most popular acts The Gaslight Anthem brought their headlining tour in support of Get Hurt to Boston. The show was opened by Twopointeight, a punk/rock band...
View ArticleGallery: SKATERS at the Brighton Music Hall
Last Thursday evening, New York City’s SKATERS arrived in Boston in order to play a show opening for The Orwells at Brighton Music Hall. Despite only having been a band for a bit over two years, they...
View ArticlePhotos: Gerard Way plays Boston
Commonwealth Avenue and The Paradise Rock Club played host to Gerard Way and his band this past Sunday evening. In what was his first show in Boston since playing with former band My Chemical Romance,...
View ArticleKaty Perry’s Halftime Show Shocks and Silences
After watching Katy Perry’s halftime show at Super Bowl XLIX you are either shocked, silent or both. Perry came out on the stage on 40 foot tall, moving lion and opened up with 2013’s hit “Roar” then...
View ArticleRock Bassist Andy Fraser Dead at 62
The music world lost an icon when rock bassist Andy Fraser passed away on March 16 at the age of 62. Fraser, a native of London, was born with a wealth of musical talent. He began training in piano...
View ArticleCoachella Mama
Coachella Mama How To… The flight to Palm Springs was easy, the sun is gorgeous and we are totally walking in the Coachella Valley grasses, passing through the vendors, nodding absent mindedly to the...
View ArticleInterview: Marriages Get Seductive and Dangerous with “Salome”
Photo credit: Nick Fancher. Photo from consequenceofsound.com Labels are exhausting. What do you call a band that doesn’t crack jokes with the audience or swivel their hips? Normcore? Nu shoegaze?...
View ArticleBowers & Wilkins introduces a wireless Zeppelin
The most functional wireless speaker system yet from Bowers & Wilkins, the Zeppelin Wireless includes Airplay, Bluetooth aptX and Spotify Connect – meaning flawless sound is only a few taps away....
View ArticleThe Aristocrats: The Blast Interview
ISTANBUL — The Aristocrats is one of those bands that you really can’t say anything bad about. Formed by three virtuosos who mastered their instruments (and others) seemingly beyond normal human...
View ArticleEpica’s Isaac Delahaye — The Blast Interview
Epica is the biggest things going in the world Symphonic Metal. With singer Simone Simons and her beautiful voice backed by fiv amazingly talented guys, Epica brings total joy to metal audience....
View ArticleHow Adia Victoria Unstuck Herself From The South
The basement of the Lizard Lounge is a cozy space, caressed by soft red lights and the quiet din of folks enjoying drinks and one another’s company. Saturday night is always ripe with the chance to...
View ArticleA Weekend at Newport Folk Fest
Photos by Nick DiNatale This version corrects Patti Boyd to Patti Smith and clarifies that “several” members of Deer Tick performed. Since 1959, Fort Adams State Park has been the home of the Newport...
View ArticleThe Blast Interview: Children of Bodom brings Lake Bodom to Palladium
As I dive deeper into the sinful world of Heavy Metal, my inner demon grows stronger and fortunately North America witnessed some of the best tours of the past decade this year with Trivium, Arch...
View ArticleWatch: The Dirt Extended Trailer of the Motley Crue Biopic
After nearly two decades since its release in 2001, Mötley Crüe’s, New York Times bestselling autobiography, The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Bandwritten by Neil Strauss and...
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