Concert Photo Post

These are a few photos from some recent shows I shot.

Cool Tara 5.3.16

Radiator Hospital 5.6.16

Pinegrove 5.6.16

GYMSHORTS 5.12.16

The Murlocs 5.12.16

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 5.12.16

Narrow/Arrow 5.17.16

Notches 5.17.16

You can see more concert photos on my flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/135381474@N03/

Hurry "Guided Meditation" Review

My review of Hurry's Guided Meditation is now up over at 36vultures. Hit the link and check it out!

http://36vultures.net/review/review-hurry-have-released-the-most-nostalgic-90s-pop-rock-record-with-guided-meditation

Radiohead "Burn The Witch" Track Review

It's finally happened. Radiohead has released the first single "Burn The Witch" off the new album, and it's amazing. After a sudden and almost overnight disappearance from social media, the band teased out a few videos earlier today and now we have arrived.

The song is foreboding, ominous, with orchestral elements, and it's accompanied by a new video. I hear elements of In Rainbows and Hail To The Thief which makes me very happy and if it's not already obvious to you, this record is going to be incredible.

Watch the video below.

Sneeze "Food" Track Review

Boston's Sneeze return with their first single since 2014's Wilt. Glory Kid will release a new six-song ep entitled Rot later this year but luckily enough we get a taste of what the band has been up to over the past year.

I've pressed the play button for "Food" like fifty times now. The only thing I can really say is that it's super catchy, it's riffy, and it rules. This is Sneeze in a more concise mature fashion. Great vocals, tight drumming, this cool bass driven part, and a sweet soaring echo-guitar part towards the end. A perfect way to get back into the world of Sneeze. If "Food" is the blueprint for what we can expect to hear on Rot then this record is definitely worth the wait.

Rot comes out on Glory Kid in September.

Pre-order the record or limited cassette here.

Stream "Food" below.



Sneeze will play:

May 14 at Red Alert Indoor Skatepark - Dover, NH
May 28 at Lilly Pad - Cambridge, MA
June 18 at Obriens - Allston, MA

Pity Sex "White Hot Moon" Review

I am now a contributing writer at 36vultures. My first piece is a review of Pity Sex "White Hot Moon."

Head over to the site to check it out!

I will be continuing to post on this site regularly as well as contributing over there. I will always post the links here.

Empty Houses "Falling Away" Track Review

As you can tell if this isn't your first time reading this blog, I'm all over the place, and this post is no exception. Empty Houses is made up of Adam Mercer and David Mackinder of the band Fireworks and singer Ali Shea, and the band plays beautiful upbeat Motown inspired songs that you honestly can't dislike, and if you can just leave now.

The band teased a 5 song ep last year and are currently about to release their first full length record, Daydream, on Sargent House in June. The band released the first track "Falling Away" off the record and it's wonderful. Ali Shea's voice is so beautiful and could easily be mistaken for that of a 60's era pop group singer. The music is upbeat and impossible to sit still to. Accompanied with claps, a bubbly guitar line, and tambourine. Mercer tells Noisey that the song, "deals with the realization that what you're looking for may not actually be what you want." For a theme that is pretty heavy, the song delivers on such a light, fun note. I honestly can't wait for this record.

Empty Houses will be hitting the road in June with Good Old War.


Daydream comes out June 10 on Sargent House.

Stream "Falling Away" below.

Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers Live at 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH 4/23/16. Show Review + Photos

Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers played an amazing and emotional show last night in Portsmouth, NH at 3S Artspace.  I am ashamed to say I didn't hear of Phoebe until I saw she was touring with Julien. Well lets just say I'm very happy that the two toured together not only because the show was incredible but because Phoebe is an amazingly talented artist. The two could have been sisters or close cousins, and are cut from the same cloth. Listening to their voices there are a lot of great similarities but enough differences in their approach and song writing to keep you fully invested in both equally.

Bridgers opened the show and played some songs alone before bringing out a friend on drums whose name escapes me (sorry dude but sweet drumming and your voice harmonized really well with Phoebe's). The singer songwriter, dressed all in black and sporting purple hair told of her and Baker's adventures in a cemetery and the Portsmouth salt flats before singing through a good chunk of folk and indie inspired sad songs including a cover of a song the punk band she's also in wrote. Songs like the single "Killer" off her debut 7" under the same name, which was put out by Ryan Adams' label Pax-Am, and "Georgia" were mesmerizing. Bridgers contains herself on stage with not a ton of moving around, and it's hard not to be completely sucked into her performance. I really look forward to more releases from her in the future, and at 20 years old I'm sure there will be a plethora of them.

Baker came out not to long after Bridgers ended her set and by that point the stragglers in the back of the room had all moved in. I saw Baker perform back in January in Boston and that show had a lot of energy in it. The crowd was more energetic. This show felt stripped down, but in a good way. It felt more personal and it appeared that Baker felt the same way. It was an emotional course for both her and the audience. Baker played through a slowed down, intimate version of "Blacktop" that was bursting with emotion. Songs like "Rejoice" and "Everybody Does" were explosive with Baker singing at the top of her lungs and getting lost in the performance. Two new songs were played with Baker being at her most vulnerable. Singing below the mic, and being visibly over-run with emotion, it was beautiful and inspiring.

Baker closed her set with the entire attending audience singing "Something" along with her and it was a moment to hold on to. The group became one with the artist we were all there to see. It's different then attending a punk show or even a large venue concert where everyone is belting out tunes. This was personal. A quiet choir singing together crammed in a small venue and leaving it all out there.

A quick break and Baker and Bridgers came out together to perform the Elliott Smith cover of "Ballad Of Big Nothing" she recorded for the Say Yes! Tribute album. A wonderful collaboration of two amazingly talented artists singing undoubtedly one of their biggest influences. A perfect ending to an incredible show. If you missed it, you missed it.

You can see more of my photos from the show here and here.

See Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers play tonight in Cambridge, MA at The Sinclair and check out one of the few remaining dates on their tour.

Get Julien Baker's Sprained Ankle from 6131 Records
Get Phoebe Bridgers Killer 7" from Pax-Am Records
Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith will be out 10/14 on American Laundromat