TIG Exclusive: Halfsour, indie-pop from the other side of the tracks
The folks at Seattle record label (and record store) Jigsaw Records bring us Tuesday Night Live - the debut album by Halfsour. The Boston trio’s…
Jose Gonzalez at the Museum of Fine Arts
{Ahoy there, Imaginary Ash here. When ace photographer Ion Sokhos asked me if he could cover Jose Gonzalez for TIG, I was all, hells yeah!…
The truth will catch you, just wait…
Boston foursome The Motion Sick have a keen ability to combine a dark, sinister side with glowing pop to create a slick sound that's equally…
Rilo Kiley at Avalon, Boston
K, first of all, let me explain that I am a Rilo Kiley expert. Erik Gonzalez introduced me to them circa 2002 by putting "Paint's…
Nikki Monninger, high five
Well. Though I didn't know I was going until this afternoon, I ended up at Silversun Pickups tonight, part of that WFNX band-o-rama I blogged…
Now this is the Boston I know and love
Ah yes, Boston. Home of the "Yankees Suck!" chant, the pizza throwing at Fenway and now, a brawl at a Boston Pops Symphony concert. Yes,…
Straight from the horse's mouth, Silversun Pickups to play FNX Best Music Poll in Boston
Just got this on MySpace. SSPU = WOO! Some of the other bands (esp. Cinematics) = MOO. But still the closest thing we've got here…
And the winner is…
If you've been keeping up with Betsy lately, you've heard about the WBCN Rock'n'Roll Rumble, which has just concluded here in Beantown Boston. AND THE…
Betsy Boston’s Guide to the 2007 WBCN Rock’n’Roll Rumble
Or, a quick and in no way complete sampler of independent music in BostonFor 29 years now, Boston’s WBCN (“The RAWK of Boston,” so they…
Wind-Up Canary
We live in a postmodern world. Nothing exists without the context of the reader and the writer. With that, I feel I must disclose a…