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Boston Calling Lineup To Include Tegan And Sara, Frank Turner, Brand New, & More

posted: January 28, 2014

Boston’s newest festival is returning for its third installment this Memorial Day weekend, and will be taking over the city once more for a three day extravaganza. From May 23-25, acts like Tegan and Sara,…
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Great Poets Whose Words Inspired Songs

posted: December 11, 2013

Tim Kinsella Tim Kinsella, the Chicago-based musician who accidentally helped invent what we know as emo while cutting his teeth in bands like Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, just released one of the more…
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Neuman's Own: Buddy Holly Comp Not Short of Star Power

posted: August 4, 2011

This year, two high-profile compilations of Buddy Holly cover songs will come out just months apart from one another, each to commemorate what would have been the Buddy Holly‘s 75th birthday this year. The first…
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

posted: May 19, 2011

Someday, we’ll get sick of The Lonely Island. That day is not today. Gaga is more powerful than Oprah?! Blasphemy! In WTF news: “Are Ke$ha and T-Pain an item?” We’re glad you’re okay and all…
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Wrapping up CMJ 2010

posted: October 26, 2010

Taxi rides from east to west side; uptown todowntown, overlapping forty- to one-hour set times in Brooklyn and Manhattan, droves lined up to see the next big thing, open bars and deeply-discounted beers”this was the…
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Backtracking Forward: Record Store Day

posted: April 15, 2010

Jesus has Christmas and Easter. The Great Pumpkin has Halloween. Even pancakes have their own dedicated day of celebration”so why not record stores? A group of like-minded vinyl enthusiasts felt the same way so they…
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