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TeaParty first met Keegan DeWitt before his opening set for Boston’s hometown folksters Annie and the Beekeepers. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Keegan got his start scoring numerous films created with friend Aaron Katz and honing his live solo act by touring with his sister’s band (and Get Your Green On billmates), Roman Candle. Now [...]
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For this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TeaParty Boston is excited to announce that we are teaming up with Nashville’s Electric Western Records, American Songwriter Magazine and Pirate! Media to present Get Your Green On: A Music + Technology Showcase on March 17th.
An Austin showcase may seem a bit outside of our [...]
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The imagery of waves is one of the strongest in music, from the way sound is visualized on a longitudinal wave, to how a crowd seems to bounce and ripple when a song really hits it’s stride. Ocean waves are cyclical, crashing in and roiling back out. Truly good albums–the kind that only get better with every listen regardless of when they were recorded–find a way to envelope a listener in waves from the speaker, eliciting a new response every time.
So, it is only appropriate that Boston bandmates Tim Ryan, Andre Obin and Tucker Dawson are called Endless Wave.
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Whoever said quality pop music is dead, well, for the most part, is right. But on February 20th at a sold-out Café 939, we witnessed a clear exception. Dear Havanah, a trio of Mike Blong, Colin Healy, and Dan Htoo-Levine hit Boston with a set of songs reminiscent of Matchbox 20 or Train with the [...]
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RJD2 first gained notoriety for crafting songs full of subtle details and samples from unexpected sources such as Led Zeppelin, Yes, Elliot Smith, and Syl Johnson. After two mostly instrumental full-lengths of these sample-based offerings, RJ changed gears significantly. On his next album, The Third Hand, he took on the role of indie rock singer-songwriter, moving away from the hip hop production on which he built his fan base. This abrupt change of style proved to be a divisive move, garnering him serious praise in some circles, and heavy criticism in others.
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When you show up at the door of the Whitehaus, you won’t find anyone there to X your hands or see your ID, you won’t find anyone there looking to charge you a 7 dollar convenience fee and, if it wasn’t already obvious, you won’t find Barack Obama. But you might find someone like Morgan Shaker who, despite never meeting you before, will let you in, offer you a beer, and start chatting with you about bands and upcoming events that he and his buddies are planning.
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Now officially three decades into his career, Chuck Prophet maintains his punkishly defiant swagger. His bullshit-free demeanor has only been fortified by the confidence that comes along with 30 years of playing his up-tempo, Southern California take on 60’s- and 70’s-era guitar-driven rock and roll in studios stocked with veritable legends.

