Archive for the ‘Concert Recaps’ Category
Archeology: Concert Recap and Photos (Tommy Doyle’s: 08.06.2010)
As high heels and boat shoes flirted on the floor by the bar, the barefoot feet of Archeology took their positions on The Loft, Tommy Doyle’s live music stage. The canned music faded out, but the din of the bar crowd barely receded when the band bravely launched into a four-part a cappella version of Neil Young’s “Harvest.” Back by the bar, drinks clinked, numbers exchanged, and deals were made; their agents, a mixture of Harvard Square professionals and tourists, were largely oblivious to the itinerant men on stage…
Marina And The Diamonds: Concert Recap and Photos
As her backing band improvised a disco synth jam, a slow clap from the audience beckoned Marina’s return from one of several wardrobe changes. As if in answer, a smirking Marina hopped back onto stage decked out in bedazzled dollar-sign glasses and a varsity letterman jacket…
We Barbarians: Concert Recap and Photos (Middle East Downstairs: 08.05.2010)
Even after a truly aerobic 10-song set, We Barbarians’ lead singer David Quon remained gracious, squatting at the edge of the Middle East Downstairs’ stage to shake outstretched hands. At the sold-out show on Thursday, August 5th, We Barbarians treated every phrase, song, and juncture with devotion and care…
Maps and Atlases: Recap, Photos, and Video
Dave Davison plops onto his knees to tune his guitar, putting him at eye level with a cluster pressed against the protective perimeter of speakers. “Who do you like, the Cubs or the Sox?” an eager onlooker half shouts at Davison, the impressively bearded frontman of Chicago-based Maps & Atlases. “Well, that’s a good question,” he responds…
Cloud Nothings: Concert Recap and Photos (Great Scott: 06.22.2010)
Judging by appearances, one might have expected a juvenile showing from Cloud Nothings when they hit Great Scott in June. As they set up, the band tossed around a stuffed cat named Santa Paws, and 18 year-old lead singer Dylan Baldi fiddled with it in his x-marked hands…
Vary Lumar: Concert Recap and Video
Vary Lumar has a secret identity. Listen to the Boston quartet’s 2009 EP, Plasticolor Coma, and they’re the intense, quiet, and slightly eccentric guy in the coffee shop, rough edges glimpsed but soon submerged. But live at Great Scott, it was mostly action hero time — amped up, unabashed rock rough and tumble…
Bomba Estereo: Concert Recap and Photos (Middle East Downstairs: 08.01.2010)
When Bomba Estereo hit the stage at Middle East Downstairs, lead singer Liliana “Li” Saumet plunged headfirst into the group’s electronically-layered Colombian beats…

