Music
From Boston Calling 2025: Saturday Sound Bites with All Time Low, Cage The Elephant, and The Black Crowes
Leaping from one side of the stage to the other, All Time Low allowed the music to carry them off the stage, thanking Boston for its support.
From Boston Calling 2025: Sunday Sound Bites with The 502s, Sublime, and Dave Matthews Band
Sublime’s set was chill yet compelling, showing that Nowell is doing right by his father’s legacy.
Friend of a Friend Concert Review: A Good Time For A Cloudy Day
If the audience hadn’t been won over by Friend of a Friend up to this point, the holdouts were certainly in the duo’s camp after their song "FTV" ended.
Japanese Breakfast Concert Review: From Melancholy to Euphoria
On May 7 at MGM Music Hall, Japanese Breakfast stopped in Boston on their U.S. tour, delivering existential angst to every sad woman in the city.
From Boston Calling 2025: Friday Sound Bites with Thee Sacred Souls, Sheryl Crow, and Megan Moroney
After the group had charmed Boston Calling with its chill yet lively energy, the crowd was happy to let Lane call them “Rose” under the rain.
From Boston Calling 2025: Headliner Luke Combs Shines Through the Downpour
Combs brought the South to Boston for an evening, transporting fans from a cold New England to the warm feeling of a friendly country bar.
Artist Profile: Kate E. Vandermel ’25 on Her Harvard Music Journey and Performing Internationally
For singer and performer Kate Vandermel ’25, a relationship with art is a love story fueled by curiosity, deepened through discipline, and defined by an unwavering commitment to chasing inspiration.
Gryffin Concert Review: A Night of Infectious Energy
In Gryffin's nearly hour and a half long performance, his dynamism never faltered, even for a split second.
‘Down to be wrong’ Single Review: HAIM’s Rock Anthem for the Summer
There’s a time for noodling saxophone solos and intertwining melodies, yet this latest track shows that the band finds its home in spirit, not substance.
2000s Alternative Rock Music and Teenage Angst: What We’re Missing Today
Perhaps the genre that relied so heavily on a very collective atmosphere was no longer necessary, though it doesn’t make the loss any less sad.
‘Luster’ Album Review: The Idea of Home Has Never Felt So Bittersweet
With tracks that emulate soft embraces, soothing conversations, and begrudging introspections, Somerville extends beyond the ordinary.
Artist Profile: Prazul is ‘Bringing the Saxophone Back’
Prazul makes music for himself and describes his need to create like a compulsion — not a hobby, interest, or want, but a need.
‘SABLE, fABLE’ Album Review: Bon Iver Chooses Peace in Myths and Reality
In “SABLE, fABLE,” Vernon reckons with the challenge of leaving the certainty and comfort of suffering, opening his sound to an affirmation of peace, love, and joy.
Role Model’s No Place Like Tour Review: There’s Truly No Place Like Boston
After a lost voice, cancelled show, and brief change of plans, Role Model took the stage at MGM Music Hall for the final stop of his world tour.
Lucy Dacus’ ‘Forever is a Feeling’ Concert Review: How to Feel Forever
When Lucy Dacus appeared on stage for her “Forever is a Feeling Tour,” it was easy to assume that the indie rock superstar was a trick of the light.
