There’s lots happening in Florida. But it’s usually a naked homeless guy running through the streets and biting a lady’s ear off, a woman getting into a car accident because she was shaving her privates while driving, or a backwoods hick throwing miscellaneous objects at cars driving by while he’s sitting on his porch. There’s also […]
It’s not every day you get to see a bunch of punks from New Jersey come to Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel and rock the joint, but The Gaslight Anthem did that on Fri, Feb 27. They were joined on tour with fellow New Jersians The Scandals & Canadians Northcote to create a high-octane experience audiences wouldn’t soon forget. A packed house […]
For over 20 years, the world has been amazed by a bunch of guys covered in blue paint and wearing black sweatsuits who like to make a lot of noise while putting on a one-of-a-kind performance art experience. You might have heard of them. They’re known as The Blue Man Group and they’ll be taking […]
VOTING is Closed For this Year. The list of nominees is out for the 2015 Motif Music Awards, celebrating the best in local music. Nominees are selected mathematically from the suggestions by over 75 local booking agents, labels, radio stations, and over a dozen of our music writers.You decide the winners. Voting closes at Midnight […]
For many Rhode Islanders, Slater Mill Museum in Pawtucket is a destination reserved for elementary school field trips, but a recent nighttime Labor History tour coupled with a concert by musician Work/Death marks an attempt to make the museum more accessible to adults. “The Japanese have a word, ‘karoshi,’ which translates roughly to something like […]
The locals are taking over Providence this month; venues are set up with the best local punk and hardcore bands the city has to offer. Firehouse and the guys from Brass N Ammo are pulling together a killer lineup for a nice Wed night show on March 11 with the locals in Barber Cop and […]
1. Fri, March 13: Sage Francis, Ceschi (CD release), Metermaids, Storm Davis; 8pm doors / 9pm show; $13 advance / $15 day of; All ages; The Met, 1005 Main St, Pawtucket. The hardest working man in hip-hop returns to The Met. The last year has seen Sage relentlessly touring (over 100 shows last year alone) and the release of his […]
Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey) The first time I experienced the rush of Lightning Bolt live was sometime in the late ’90s. I was talking to someone when Lightning Bolt, without any fanfare, launched a full-on assault. I could barely see through the crowd that was going apeshit huddled around the band playing […]
Okee dokee folks … When I was young, my first musical impressions came from what my parents played on the living room stereo. My father liked big band and 1950s music. I didn’t much like that stuff. My mother played the more popular and timely tunes. I specifically remember her playing the 45 “I’m Telling […]
If there’s one thing I learned from graduate school (and I mean curriculum-wise, not “finding myself”), it is the power of oral history as narrative. I was reminded of this genre as I interviewed Kevin Doyle, a lifelong Irish step dancer, a native Rhode Islander and the 2014 recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship — the highest […]