Archive for the ‘Artist Feature’ Category
Forest Fires: Show Preview (Armory Cafe: 04.29.2010)
The music of Christopher Pappas’ Forest Fires feels like the unpredictable yet comforting waves of a melancholic sea crashing against the shore…
Vending Machetes: Show Preview (OBriens: 04.22.2010)
Vending Machetes only have one song available right now, but it is enough to make them one of our Foundwaves Boston Weekly Picks. Stream “Ask Better Questions” below and check them out tonight at O’Brien’s…
The Low Anthem: Show Preview (Paradise: 04.20.2010)
The Low Anthem’s album Oh my God, Charlie Darwin, is less a collection of tracks and musical singles, and more of a collective memory lost in Arizona sunsets and Kansas country air…
A Weather: Show Preview (PA’s Lounge: 04.19.2010)
Soft as feathers and graceful as winter’s first snow, A Weather possess a sound of great depth, mystery, and nostalgia. Using hushed, caressing vocals, gentle drums, and interplay between acoustic and electric guitars, the Portland quartet’s sophomore album Everyday Balloons delivers the same intimacy as whispered secrets under a warm blanket…
Leopold and His Fiction – Live Video Premiere
Foundwaves reeled over the grittily poetic rock of Leopold and His Fiction a couple weeks back in this concert preview of their show at PA’s lounge. If you missed the SF-based band’s Somerville stop (or want to relive it), you can see some video from that night of the band performing “Golden Friends” off their upcoming album, as well as “Ain’t No Surprise”, below (courtesy Extraneous Noise)…
MiniBoone: Show Preview (OBriens: 04.17.2010)
MiniBoone is at war with the ordinary. They attack with a barrage of heavy guitars, lingering distortion, and stutter step beats. Harmonious group vocals reign in the bedlam, keeping the music just to this side of controlled chaos with a sound that slices through the mundane…
Magic Man: Show Preview (Great Scott: 04.14.2010)
Despite their relative youth as a band, musical duo Alex Caplow and Steve Lee bring inspiring ripeness to their soft, synth-pop anthems as Magic Man…

