The Hives, Sweden’s most notorious exports since ABBA, descended upon Boston last night in support of their latest album, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons. With a rabid fanbase and a reputation for high-energy shows, expectations
Soul Coughing visited St. Paul’s Palace Theatre on 9/24/24, 11 shows into a reunion tour long desired by fans following 25 years of live inactivity. The 21-song setlist spanned the
It is shaping up to be a long weekend inside as most of the States is avoiding massive rain storms and treacherous conditions. Yes, it is storm season, and that
Sensational. Hair-raising. Breathtaking. Brilliant. Since bursting onto the scene in 2017, countless writers, bloggers, critics, etc. – yours truly included – have exhausted nearly every superlative available to try to
Followers of R.E.M., both casual and devoted, must’ve been shocked when encountering Monster (released 9/27/94) upon its original release thirty years ago. Far removed from 1991’s Out of Time and the very next year’s Automatic
The element of surprise is somewhat lost in modern music. Whether it’s due to predictable trends, record labels fearful of taking risks, or the temptation of oversharing on social media,
Overheard’s offbeat brand of indie rock is both tender and frenetic. Weaving together elements of folk with rock and grunge, their dynamic and melodic songs shift between delicate moments and
As a band in the mainstream for multiple decades, Green Day holds a particularly interesting place. They first broke out with the slacker punk intensity that spoke to a certain
There is an off-the-cuff nature to several of Walter Smith III’s album titles – “casual,” “return to casual,” and now this latest one – “Three of us are from Houston, and Reuben is not.” Yet,
When IDLES snuck in between the shadows and sauntered onto the stage at Boston’s Roadrunner on September 24th, the tension that filled the room made it clear that this would
