1. Bad Bad Hats “Midway” I was turned on to Minneapolis’ Bad Bad Hats thankfully by my friend Will Noon (from the band fun. / Straylight Run). What separates Bad Bad Hats from the other indie bands in the scene is Kerry Alexander’s larger-than-the-room vocals. This track, off their debut LP Psychic Reader, will be […]
Rebirth Brass Band has taken the streets of New Orleans, screen time on HBO’s “Treme” and a Grammy. On Wednesday, December 2, they took the stage at Fête Ballroom. When the crowd was asked by the band how many were hearing Rebirth for the first time, around a quarter of the room cheered. It seemed […]
On December 30, The White Panda will be appearing at Lupo’s for the sixth time. In anticipation of the show, I sat down with Tom Evans, aka Procrast, to talk about their latest album, their inspirations and what the future holds. Llewelyn Ross (Motif): You and your partner DJ Griffi (Dan Griffith) just put out […]
Okee dokee folks … This is my last column of 2015. This year really did fly by. Has anyone ever noticed that the older you get the faster time flies? Remember how summers seemed endless when you were a kid? Now, you blink and it’s over. I found that time passed much differently before I […]
Okee dokee folks … I had the opportunity to check out the Tedeschi-Trucks Band/Shawn Mullins show at the Providence Performing Arts Center this past Saturday night. Mullins opened the night with a solo acoustic set. The Georgia-born performer accompanied himself on guitar as he played songs from his recently released CD, My Stupid Heart and […]
With the help of the internet, it’s fairly convenient for the typical music fan to dive into different music scenes around the country just by search through a few genres and clicking on a couple of tags. For example, take Chicago’s garage rock community. Countless bands have come out of The Windy City over the […]
Everyone wants to talk about what’s happening in Nashville. But what about that other city in Tennessee? What about Memphis? With a long history of blues and soul music, The River City has been a hive for fantastic rock ‘n’ roll that’s still alive and well today. With a Motown vibe, hints of funk and […]
In Cloud Eye Control’s Half Life, performed at Columbus Theatre on November 21, images projected in front and behind an actor create the illusion that the woman, moving subtly on the stage, is being whipped through mountains or getting lost in the sea. She holds up her hand to have a flurry of dots fly […]
Here’s my Christmas gift to you: a rundown of some of the month’s most sizzling local EDM events! …Thank me later. First up, pull an all-nighter at Therapy (which DJ Osheen calls the best EDM venue in the Northeast) this Friday, December 4, for Glowjob, starring Turkish-born, Boston-based DJ Bamboora. Bamboora’s eclectic throwdown of various […]
Blackletter – Digital Vinyl Nobody is ever going to accuse Blackletter’s vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter Dave Laros of lacking ambition. The band’s debut release, Digital Vinyl, is a concept EP about a gunslinger’s descent into Hell. Concept albums have their pros and cons. The upside being the possibility for the album to tell an engaging story through great […]