Tag: reviews
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Death Party // O’Brien’s Pub // May 05
By Wendy Back on the flash saddle to see two touring emo bands from California, Thanks! I Hate It and Sundressed hold it down at O’Brien’s with hometown anchors Death Party. Thanks! I Hate It brought some fun guitar-mounted LEDs and a bubble gun to the bar, adding to the vibes.
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The Wonder Years, Future Teens, and Oso Oso // TLA Philly // April 11
By Wendy For a band with a following as loyal as the Wonder Years, it’s easy to feel like a fair-weather fan most of the time. Shocking that they slipped through the genre cracks for this listener, when you consider that most of their lyrical fodder waxes prosaic about summers spent in Pennsylvania, and the…
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Patter // O’Brien’s Pub // September 30
It’s been a [necessary] hiatus folks; the end of summer festival season made me tired of my point and shoot. Recording and editing takes a while; things are coming together on season two of the pod! Selfishly, I hope you missed us. Here are some excerpts from a fabulous show at O’Brien’s Pub a little…
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Thoughts From Solid Sound
By N Calvino // Photos by Sam Mauri Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival is one of the greatest music festivals that America has to offer. Full stop. Enough has been put to paper on the history of the band’s biennial takeover of the Mass MoCA campus. It is – without fail – three days of music…
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Preview: Cloud Cult Alchemy Creek
By Wendy // Cloud Cult is possibly the most interesting indie band you’ve never heard of. Formed in 1995 by Minnesotan Craig Minowa, the band’s unique combination of hopeful lyrics, chamber acoustics, and performance art fit right in against projects like The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse and Broken Social Scene. It’s Minowa’s unflinching earnestness that…
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Noah Kahan // Fenway Park // July 18
By Wendy Every generation has their busker of choice, and I have to admit sleeping on Noah Kahan longer than intended. I recall hearing “Stick Season” go viral mid pandemic and thinking “yep, that sure will be a hit” and not paying any of it much further mind. Listen, I love a twangly troubadour as…