Generationals: Show Preview (Middle East Downstairs: 04.23.2010)

Opening for The Apples in Stereo at the Middle East tonight is Generationals. Their 2009 debut Con Law is filled with beach-y guitars and vintage keyboards with a 60s psychedelic feel, plus a hint of synth-pop. Don’t ask how it works, just listen…

Twin Sister: Show Preview (Middle East Downstairs: 04.10.2010)

On April 10th self-loathing icons Xiu Xiu will be haunting the Middle East with their art-rock misery. However, the night won’t be all doom and gloom with Twin Sister opening…

Bear in Heaven: Show Preview (Middle East Downstairs: 04.08.2010)

Taking listeners on a wildly addictive journey through extraterrestrial, unexplored lands, Bear in Heaven’s seamless blend of psych rock and pop music results in a massive, pulsing sound that weaves together the triumphant, hedonistic, and great unknown…

Cymbals Eat Guitars: Show Preview (Middle East Downstairs: 04.08.2010)

Cymbals Eat Guitars’ perfect formula for a road-trip singalong is composed of unpredictable highs and lows, screams and wails, and insane guitar shredding. With an armful of hooks and an affinity for causing mischief in the produce aisle, the band will be translating their heartfelt songs to the Middle East Downstairs stage tonight in Cambridge…

Phantogram and Junk Culture – Great Scott – Feb 9, 2010

Great Scott filled up Tuesday with folks excited to see the second night of Together: The New England Electronic Music Festival.  The stellar bill did not disappoint.

Buzzing ambient electronic noise and a collage of psychedelic patterns took over as the silhouette of Junk Culture appeared on stage.  Junk Culture’s sole member, Deepak Mantena, took the [...]