Cat Mooney saw Passion Pit and Magic Magic live at the House of Blues last week... and lived to tell about it.
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post by Kim Liao / photos by Cate Vitagliano
Providence rockers Deer Tick opened for Jenny Lewis at the House of Blues last week, capturing the crowd’s attention from the start by testing their mics with “Happy Birthday” and the “Dan Man” song from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. They band aired well with Lewis’ act, capturing an intensity and rawness that set the tone perfectly for sometime Rilo Kiley frontwoman Lewis.
Grizzly Bear played live at Berklee Performance Center last Wednesday, and Bostonist was on hand to catch the action. It's taken us this long to recover from the greatness that was a quartet featuring beautiful voices in harmony eerily lit on a halfdark stage.
When did the Lemonheads write a song called “Big Gay Heart” and why was this Bostonist never informed? Hearing Evan Dando sing “I don't need you to suck my dick or to help me feel good about myself” to thousands of families lounging along the Charles at EarthFest last Saturday gave us the same awkward trying-to-crawl-out-of-my-skin feeling that most Ben Stiller films evoke. Luckily for the families, most of them were hardly paying attention. On the packed Hatch shell lawn, just upwards of sixty people stood near guardrail, actually watching the band.
Though The Brother Kite hails from the tiny state of Rhode Island, the band filled the Middle East Upstairs on Monday night with a big sound characterized by guitars, reverb, tambourine, drums, and the haunting voice of lead singer Patrick Boutwell. The band consists of Mark Howard on guitar, keyboard, and vocals; Matt Rozzero on drums and sampler; Andrea Downs on bass guitar; Jon Downs on guitar and vocals; and the aforementioned Boutwell on guitar and lead vocals. Though the band has a heavy guitar presence, plenty of other instruments balance them out, imbuing the songs with a sound that's both exuberant and sorrowful.
From the sound of it, you would have no idea that the Paradise was anywhere near Boston this past Thursday night. When Lucero took the stage, the club was transformed into a dingy bar in the middle of nowhere in the state of Tennessee, U.S. of A. With singer Ben Nichols playing ringmaster to the Southern punk symphony, he led a solid two-hour plus set that had the crowd swarming, fist pumping, and belting out lyrics as if it was the only thing they knew.
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