Sweat, beer, body odor and sweat. By some strange luck my buddy and I managed to stand dead center at the stage for Mudhoney’s 70+ minute set and by the end of the night I had beer on my pant legs, someone else’s sweat on my shirt and I smelled of worse BO than when I entered. These are all signs that you went to a small club and had a hell of time, Avid Reader, so make note. This show was down and dirty which is true to form of Mudhoney.
Granted, the guys in the band are older
Macklemore @ MIT SpringFest 4/26/2013
by Louise April 30th, 2013 | Concert Review
2013's SpringFest at MIT featured Macklemore and Ryan Lewis as its main act. Unlike those for concerts in many years prior, this year's 3,750 tickets sold out (and in a heartbeat).
Doors opened at 6:30 PM for the 8 PM show, and plenty of faux-fur clad people had lined up early on to claim their standing-room in the front "rows". My friends and I made it inside the venue by around 8:20 PM. The opening act, Ra Ra Riot, was still performing. I thought they put on a good show. Their lead singer, Wes Miles, definitely knows how to use his falsetto. By
Doors opened at 6:30 PM for the 8 PM show, and plenty of faux-fur clad people had lined up early on to claim their standing-room in the front "rows". My friends and I made it inside the venue by around 8:20 PM. The opening act, Ra Ra Riot, was still performing. I thought they put on a good show. Their lead singer, Wes Miles, definitely knows how to use his falsetto. By
Muse, TD Garden, 4/12/13
by J Frazzetta April 18th, 2013 | Concert Review
This show had everything: smoke cannons, laser lights, dubstep and a huge floating pyramid/projection screen. In 2004 when I first encountered Muse live, their stage set up was three guys, a few fans and some spotlights; this was a show and not some small club. The boys had a job to do and in no short amount of time were able to key up the crowd and deliver the goods. Taking songs from their more recent set of albums and piecing them together to form a cohesive set, the night played out with seamless transitions. That doesn’t mean
Came Out to Watch You Play
by J Frazzetta April 15th, 2013 | Artist Review, Featured Artist
When Tool came back with their 1996 sophomore album Aenima I can recall hearing rock stations digging the heavy sounds and playing several of the tracks on air. I was 13 and I remember that my friends loved the album because of the excessive use of the F-word throughout -- that was enough for them. At one point someone let me borrow the album and I was pulled right into their world. Sometimes, Avid Reader, a song or piece of music just hits you like a ton of bricks, and this album spoke to me somehow. It would be
It’s Just Two Guys?
by J Frazzetta March 18th, 2013 | Artist Review, Featured Artist
Before we move along too far, Avid Reader, I wanted to share a story with you, and this is a good time to interject. It was late October 2006 when a buddy living in Worcester contacted me and asked if I wanted to meet him in Boston for a show. You should know that in my circle of friends, if someone has an extra ticket available I seem to be the first person that gets a phone call about the show. It turned out the band was the Black Keys; I didn’t know much about them since I'd glossed
