Jay-Z plays TD Garden on March 11 and Alicia Keys plays Agganis Arena on March 22
Another great month for one of the country’s best music scenes. This month offers concert occasions for every music fans. Lots of fun indie pop is coming through the city. Let them warm you up as winter slowly withdraws into spring. Two of New York’s biggest stars, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, come up to Boston this month, playing two of the city’s largest venues, the TD Garden and the Agganis Arena. Escape midterms for at least one concert this month. Hop on those tickets soon. Many of these shows will sell out. Some of them are already sold out, leaving you to beg for your friend’s extra ticket, take your chances with scalpers, or buy the higher priced tickets from a secondary seller.
The Allston bar brings in a great artist for the third night in a row in row in singer-songwriter Joe Pug. Joe Pug has garnered a following for himself by mailing free sampler CD’s to anyone who asks and making his EP available for download free on his website. He now tours in support of his first full-length, Messenger.
Best get ready for a whole month of good music. Don’t miss out on the shows within walking distance at Club Passim, Sanders Theatre, The Middle East, and T.T. the Bear’s. If you’re a festival fan, you’re going to enjoy this month with lots of summer fesitval jam band regulars making stops in Boston. Whatever you listen to, check out some music this month to warm yourself up.
Galactic embodies the melting pot culture of their hometown New Orleans. The band can’t easily be categorized as funk, jazz, jam rock, or hip hop. Rather, the band incorporates influences from those genres and others and creates a musical style so full of energy, you won’t be able to stop dancing.
One of this blogger’s very favorites, Bondy was formerly the frontman of grunge band, Verbena. Since their breakup, Bondy has shown his remarkable skill as an incredible folk singer-songwriter. If you’re into dark, beautiful folk, look no further.Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Qichen Zhang on January 21, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Noice shout out to the Zuckster for letting his alma mater slip into his network’s highest-rated comedy for the past two seasons. Tonight’s episode of 30 Rock not only gave Keith Powell some well-deserved lines but also included a truly gratuitous Cambridge reference. But we don’t want to commend Tina Fey’s oeuvre for merely dropping the H-bomb. Instead, we want to revel in the fact that the writers got the usually collar-popping, sometimes random, and always hilarious loftiness of Ivy pompousness dead on. During the episode, Liz (Fey) mentions that the show is going to Boston, Toofer (Powell), wearing a red Veritas tie and a tennis sweater, pipes up about his academic roots in the ‘burbs, only to be pwned by Jenna (Jane Krakowski)… sort of.
Toofer: “You know, I went to school in Boston. Well, not in Boston, but nearby. No, not Tufts–” Jenna: “Oh, shut up. It’s 14 degrees there.” Toofer: “… Harvard.”
Yeah, it's really that cold here.
Conan just peaced, Toofs. The pressure’s all on you.
Posted by Crystal Coser on December 19, 2009 at 1:56 pm
by Crystal Coser ‘12 December 2009 Issue
Ah, L’Espalier. The name alone sends a tingle down from my palate and fills me with a sense of deep-seated longing, but the “$$$$” listing tends to keep this food lust at bay. Fortunately, my mom was recently in town, and like all savvy college students, I knew how to maneuver myself into a fabulous meal.
Charged with anticipation, my mother and I strode to 774 Boylston and arrived at large metal doors. Past the entrance, we found ourselves greeted by a host in a miniature elevator foyer. We were directed to take the elevator up to the dining room. This was not just any old elevator – it was a glass elevator à la Willy Wonka. Talk about perfect prelude to my dining fantasies.
Immediately upon arrival, I was filled with a sense of sophisticated homey comfort that comes only with an exquisite interior designer. We arrived in a marble lobby adjacent to an area that very much resembled a family room, a magnum of Dom Perignon on ice and all. Well, more like family room of my dreams.
After having been seated at a wonderful window-side table overlooking Boylston, my mother and I eagerly awaited the bread service. It may seem frivolous to recount what can be a negligible preface to a meal, but at L’Espalier, every facet of the dining experience, including the bread, is exquisite. A tray of bread was brought to our table with warm Kalamata olive and sourdough, and was served with soft peaks of butter. I need to pause here for a second to talk about this butter. This wasn’t just any old mass-market variety- this was butter that would make Ina Garten and Paula Deen fall to their knees. We used the bread merely as a vehicle on which we could pile this soft, unimaginably creamy, rich, and salty primrose pleasure.
Residents say these “scary” beasts are keeping their children from sleeping in basements, turning their neighborhoods into a “Third World country” (really, they went there), and “spreading diseases” (we’re guessing they don’t mean parrot fever).
Officials, on the other hand, don’t think there’s actually any cause for concern… though they concede that there have been some “hot spots” lately. Guh-ross. What’s a rat “hot spot”? And more importantly, does it have free wifi?
Seeing as they recently caught 90 rats… NINETY RATS… in just one case of infestation, we’re sure you’re wondering: do we have anything to fear seeing as we live just under 4 miles away from this hot rodent mess?
Good news is that they usually travel just within 300 ft to scavenge for food, so we shouldn’t worry yet. Also, did you know they have belly buttons? And before you go “awwww” just think… their front teeth also grow 4½ to 5½ inches yearly but they wear them down by gnawing on everything in sight. Adorable, huh?
Posted by Graham Simpson on November 20, 2009 at 12:27 am
Brett Dennen with Forro in the Dark
A friend at a music festival, hearing Brett Dennen for the first time, remarked that he was “the hipsters’ answer to the bros’ Jack Johnson”. Indeed, the analogy between the two singer-songwriters makes sense. Dennen, like Johnson, is easy to listen to and hard to not like. Both sing light, guitar-focused songs in major keys, but achieve depth through their biting, soulful lyrics addressing issues of people, poverty, and society.
Dennen’s 2004 album, So Much More, was his first breakthrough on the music scene, reaching Number One on eMusic, but Dennen truly burst on the scene in 2008. He played at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Rothbury, Austin City Limits, and the Newport Folk Festival and toured with O.A.R. and then with Jason Mraz. His album, Hope for the Hopeless, achieved mainstream success, especially the single “Make You Crazy,” which was recorded with Nigerian star Femi Kuti and featured Mandy Moore in the music video. Recently, he re-released one of the songs from Hope for the Hopeless, “Heaven,” as a duet with Natalie Merchant.
Now, Dennen has continued exploring the possibilities of “world music” begun with his collaboration with Femi Kuti by recording an iTunes live session with the Brazilian band, Forro in the Dark. Forro in the Dark has previously worked with David Byrne, the Brazilian Girls, and Thom Yorke. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Sara Plana on November 12, 2009 at 12:06 am
ZOMG, DAN RADCLIFFE TOUCHED THIS.
For those of you who have yet to hear, Boston’s own Museum of Science is hosting the first East Coast exhibition of Harry Potter paraphernalia from now until February 21, 2010. Exactly how this classifies as “science” is still a source of debate, but who cares? IT’S HARRY POTTER. Don’t ask questions.
Naturally, The Voice, composed of several, devoted Harry Potter babies, just had to check it out. Find out more after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Sad you missed Girl Talk last night? You probably should be. It was probably great. This blogger is a little disappointed himself for skipping it.
But don’t stay sad for long. November is full of great music in the city. Click on the date for ticket info, the band name for band website, and the venue name for venue website.
Beautiful Grace Potter will be rocking the House of Blues on 11/19.
This supergroup is made up of Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes), M. Ward, and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James. Those three have been doing the occasional show or recording together for years, but finally have an album out and an official tour.
Lotus is a quntessential jamtronica band, meaning that they fuse live instrumental jam rock with the sounds of dance and electronica. This show is sure to be a party.
This week, HUPD had to deal with kids writing messages in Science Center boards and some individual acting like a kid leaving his toys out instead of putting them away. HUPD had another busy week of keeping Harvard under control.
Seriously, the Noice wants to hear the rest of the story about this first case of “suspicious activity.” It appears the Head of the Charles brought quite a few strange characters to town.
“Officer dispatched to a report of an individual dumping trash over the fence. Officer arrived and reports individual had dumped plastic toys over fence.”
With Freshman Parents’ Weekend looming in the near future, some of you might be looking for one final excursion out of Cambridge before Mom and Dad enthusiastically fill the role of the Proud Harvard Parent. As you’re currently scrambling to finish that paper, we understand that you might not have the time to look up awesomely fantastic omgz-that-was-so-amazing concerts. No worries, Harvard, we got your back.
This Thursday at 8pm, Playing for Change, “a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music” will be performing at Boston’s Orpheum Theater. Playing for Change has gained international fame with their YouTube slam dunk, “Stand by Me” which featured street musicians from across the world. In addition to “Stand by Me,” the group has produced several other videos including “One Love,” “Don’t Worry,” and “War, No More Trouble.” What’s amazing is that these videos were produced without the performers ever physically interacting. Not to be too melodramatic, but seriously man, this music is intense. What’s even more amazing though is the fact that on Thursday night we’ll be able to see international world class musicians only a few T-stops away. When you’re considering that performers, Titi Tsira and Louisa Mhlanga will be coming all the way from Guguutu, South Africa and Harare, Zimbabwe respectively the ride to Park Street just doesn’t seem that bad…
Check the clip to see how incredible Thursday night will be sure to be!
Posted by Bella Wang on October 9, 2009 at 3:57 pm
If you’re looking for the artsy equivalent of Five Dollar Footlongs (that is, if Subway were cuisine and not fast food), let me introduce a new and exciting concept into your money-grubbing yet cosmopolitan hearts: student rush tickets. Unlike Broadway tickets in Manhattan, most venues in Boston have a fair number of empty seats, especially on weeknights, and they’ll be more than happy to give you a nice, juicy discount as long as you appear at their box office one or two hours before the show and show them your Harvard ID. Read the rest of this entry »
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