Jonah Parzen-Johnson has an innate ability to make the baritone sax sound like bagpipes, and maybe that’s why I cried. Mostly I cried because Jonah tells radiant stories with his saxophone and analog synth, working the brass and pedals to recreate the framework which surrounds his album Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow: Parzen-Johnson wanted […]
Jonah Parzen-Johnson excels in his own brand of “lofi experimental folk music for solo baritone saxophone and analog synthesizer,” a gorgeous and insidious blend that just gets under your skin in all the right ways. Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow is Jonah’s first full-length album, and it hones in on the dark side of […]
Big Quiz Thing is BACK with a Special Edition of their trivia extravaganza–it’s a May the 4th Star Wars celebration! I talk with emcee Noah Tarnow about Big Star Wars Quiz Thing, the upcoming return of Big Family Quiz Thing, the Machete Order, and the comfortable Toronto Pearson International Airport. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/202516850″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” […]
Suno Deko, Mitski, and Hundred Waters wove a tapestry of atmosphere Saturday night–eclectic, punky, and entrancing, it was all a dream that you didn’t want to wake up from. The Sinclair was not short on ambience in any capacity. One-man outfit Suno Deko, hailing from Atlanta, captured his loops one by one, patiently re-recording when […]
Despite yet another blizzard looming over Boston, fans of Brooke Fraser and her Los Angeles-based opener Dark Waves braved sub-freezing temps and filed into The Sinclair on Saturday night. Those who arrived early had the privilege of hearing Dark Waves cover Usher’s “Love in This Club.” Millennials will appreciate the band’s embrace of the 90’s […]
The Big Family Quiz Thing stopped by for the first time at Cambridge’s OBERON, hosting an afternoon of live trivia fun—plus snacks!—for folks of all ages. Noah Tarnow and Wes Hazard played host and sidekick for the event, which evoked the multimedia-filled and goofy fun of the best kids’ game show Where in the World is […]
It’s gonna be a long week with these snow days! If you’ve got a bad case of cabin fever, The Big Family Quiz Thing will be the perfect way to get out of the house and workout your brain with fun team-trivia for the whole big family thing this Saturday. The Big Quiz Thing draws a […]
Wild Child played to a packed house at The Sinclair on Wednesday night, a week into their 2015 Winter Tour. The Austin, TX band was joined by NYC trio Pearl and the Beard and local duo You Won’t for a show filled with so much warmth and fun on a brisk January evening.
On Sunday, December 14, the Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery & More played host to the first annual Handies, something analogous to the Boston Music Awards where Dave Virr took home every single trophy (a tin foil hand). But more importantly, it was a great night showcasing some of the best and most interesting local artists Boston has to […]
Cambridge, MA and NEW YORK – September 15, 2014 – Harmonix, the world leader in music gaming and one of the most successful independent game developers of all time, has entered into a partnership agreement with Tilting Point to develop and market mobile music games together. Harmonix has begun development on the first title to be […]
