When Nick Murphy, bearded Australian artist formerly known as Chet Faker, rolled up to his post at the center of Paradise Rock Club in Boston, I immediately noticed his suit-jacket-over-white-tee […]
Melisma has been following Grammy-nominated producer TOKiMONSTA’s rise since interviewing her in 2014, after the release of her album Desiderium on her own label, Young Art Records. Then, in 2017, […]
If album covers are any signifier for a band’s sound, I delved into their discography expecting to hear sounds with a similarly unapologetic vividness. I was met with exactly this: brilliantly strong guitar riffs accompanied by stinging, fresh vocals in thoughtful arrangement. And when COIN’s four members stride confidently out onto a stage decorated solely with their band name and launch into opener “Growing Pains,” that brilliance is reflected out on the stage.
Over the past few years, more and more of the world has turned their eyes to young Jamila Woods, a poet and educator turned Neo-Soul luminary. She came to Brighton […]
If you, like most of our readers, grew up in an American city (or at least relatively close to one), to have your favourite indie artists eventually play at a […]
After listening to Sasami Ashworth’s (stylized as SASAMI) self-titled debut— a collection of dreamy shoegaze tracks with understated vocals— you’d be forgiven for thinking that a SASAMI show might be […]
Japanese Breakfast, the moniker/project of Philadelphia-based musician Michelle Zauner, is the first artist whose show I’ve been to more than once. The first time I saw her was in my […]
Mike Krol’s music is a brilliant mixture of classic rock, noisy garage rock, and punk. His latest record, Power Chords, is an ambitious combination of multiple subgenres beautifully blended together […]
by Michael Cambron On February 28th, New Zealand indie rockers continued their tour of the US with an energetic showing at Brighton Music Hall. Opening the show was Washington D.C. […]
by Michael Norton The stage was set for Julia Holter, coming off the release of her 2018 album, Aviary at Brighton Music Hall. The stage itself, almost cluttered with instruments, […]
