Posts by Andrew Bruss

Photos by Andrew Bruss of the  Foo Fighters at Fenway Park in Boston, MA on 7/19/15.   Fo  

There were no cellophane flowers of yellow and green when King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard came through the Boston area’s Middle East Nightclub, but they sure as hell laid their claim to Overlords of the burgeoning Psychedelic Throwback genre. While other Aussie-Psych acts like Tame Impala have taken to crafting songs with a mellow […]

Three hundred lucky souls experienced The Pixies return to their pre-fame stomping grounds to pay final respects to T.T the Bear’s Place, a tiny Boston-area club whose doors will close for good next month. TT’s has been a breeding ground for up and coming talent over the past 30 years, giving acts like Jane’s Addiction, […]

The third and final day of the 5th annual Governors Ball was by far the strongest. The weather was perfect, the schedule was exciting and all of the logistics were finally in synch. Young Guns: Sunday afternoon gave a prominent slot to two up and coming rock acts: Tame Impala and Royal Blood. The latter […]

Day two of Governors Ball hosted a less impressive lineup but was a more enjoyable day than its predecessor by a mile with added amenities and additional portapotties and less of a mainstream crowd that was there for Drake and Florence the Machine.  Bjork had the same time slot as Florence + The Machine had the […]

Day one of the fifth annual Governors Ball had an eclectic set of acts spread across four stages, but as with any festival, the music is just a part of the story. The kickoff of GB5 had its share of good, bad and ugly. The Good: Friday might have been the best day of programing […]

Glide’s Andrew Bruss is providing day to day coverage of Jam Cruise 13 as it makes its way around sea over the course of five days.  Here are the highlights and photos from day 4 aboard the ship. While Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid was sitting-in with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in the Divina’s […]

Glide’s Andrew Bruss is providing day to day coverage of Jam Cruise 13 as it makes its way around sea over the course of five days.  Here are the highlights and photos from day 3 aboard the ship. Dry Land: After a day and two nights on the seas, Day Three started out docked at […]

Glide’s Andrew Bruss is providing day to day coverage of Jam Cruise 13 as it makes its way around sea over the course of five days.  Here are the highlights and photos from day 2 aboard the ship. Vote Nikki Glaspie for Captain: This Berklee College of Music-trained drummer has kept the beat for artists […]

Glide’s Andrew Bruss will be providing on-going coverage of Jam Cruise 13 as it makes its way around sea over the course of five days. Without further ado, here are the highlights and photos from Day 1. Super groups: The theater in the ships bow hosted two of the hottest super groups of the year […]

The pairing of Ray LaMontagne and Jason Isabell couldn’t have made for a better bill and their performance on Boston’s waterfront was proof. It was the first event of the season for the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion (formerly Bank of America Pavilion, formerly Harbor Lights). The sound was a bit raw and some kinks in […]

Prince’s performance at Mohegan Sun was just as James Brown as it was Jimi Hendrix and if by some chance, someone in attendance doubted his status as one of the most freakishly talented musical minds alive, they left knowing sure well where the Purple One stands amongst the greats. What made Prince’s second of three […]

There’s something in the sound of Queens of the Stone Age that doesn’t feel quite right and it’s awesome. While their riff-heavy brand of desert-bred stoner rock has found its place in the mainstream, there’s something “off” about their tunes. During their performance at Boston’s University Agganis Arena, Frontman Josh Homme and co. vamped through […]

Puscifer’s Donkey Punch The Night offers a few unique tunes and a cover worth listening to once, but as a whole, the EP is the most lacking studio product Maynard James Keenan has put out in recent memory.

The first day of the inaugural Catalpa/NYC Music Festival kicked off with more logistical problems than could be counted but ended on a high note with a barn burning headline performance by The Black Keys.

Catalpa NYC is taking Randall’s Island captive this July with performances from artists ranging from The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, and Girl Talk, to Matisyahu and Umphrey’s Mcgee. The tri-state area is notorious for being a Bermuda triangle of sorts when it comes to music festivals as festivals in New York tend to disappear (All Points West anyone?). With this in mind, Glide caught up with the festivals promoter, Dave Foran, to discuss how the festival came to be, what he aims to accomplish, and how he hopes it will look in 2013.

No group is more responsible for the creation and popularization of Celtic punk than the Dropkick Murphys (no, not even Flogging Molly). To say Saint Patrick’s Day is a big date on their tour calendar is an understatement. St. Patty’s Day is to the Dropkicks what Halloween and New Years Eve are combined for most jambands.

2011 saw the release of Björk’s latest studio record, Biophilia, but the ten songs comprising the record were in many ways just the tip of the iceberg for the Biophilia project.

It is a little disturbing how many people with very serious problems wrote to the former (and future) Black Sabbath front-man regarding serious medical problems, and while he was always willing to put his two cents in, Ozzy told every single one of them to visit a real doctor. Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy isn’t going to change the way you live day to day, but it will provide you with plenty of entertaining anecdotes that just may prove to be applicable to your life.

His writing for The Daily Show and 30 Rock got the attention of NBC who cast him on Community alongside Chevy Chase and E! Entertainment’s Joel McHale. But I’m interviewing him before a sold out show at Boston’s House of Blues where he’ll be performing as Childish Gambino, a hip hop persona many have compared to both Kanye and Drake.