Cambridge’s Leisure are a pop band, though not in the over-produced, over-compressed sense that might come to mind. Instead, Leisure look back to when pop was great, innovative music. Their sound blends the dramatic flair of icons like David Bowie or Queen with a definite musical root in early 90s Britpop. You [...]

“In 2008 we bought a 1986 Chevy Beauville, named it Pope Bishop the Second, released our third record, grabbed a monkey puppet for a mascot, and hit the road for a six week tour of the States…”

Back on the eve of Halloween, we had a chance to catch an eye-opening set by Allston’s masked madmen (and women), Mighty Tiny. Local instrumental post-rockers Caspian were headlining, and the Middle East Upstairs was packed to near capacity with dozens of fans dressed in costume. Mighty Tiny got on stage decked out in turn-of-the-century Vaudevillian attire, complete with masks straight out of comedia dell’arte, creating a definitive air of mystery. A causal concert-goer might assume this was a special get up for Halloween, but elaborate costuming is just one of the many elements of the unique theatrics of Mighty Tiny’s performance.

The first time we saw Ad Frank in action was onstage at Boston Band Crush’s One Night Band this past summer: Frank, along with various varsity members of Boston indie rock, played one of our favorite sets of the night as a member of Awesome Chariot.  The band, visibly amused and enjoying themselves as the [...]

Thursday morning, Jessie, Gab and I will pack up the car, book it down to Brooklyn, drop off our bags at the loft in Williamsburg that we’ll be crashing at and promptly cross the bridge with cameras and laptop in hand(s) to document the CMJ Music Marathon through Sunday evening.  Though we’re falling all over [...]

With venues closing and becoming more restrictive in their hometowns outside of Massachusetts, Rish, Adam, Jesse, and Matt all found themselves drawn to the feeling of community that the Boston music scene provides.  In the few years that this four-piece has been together, they have gained some serious momentum, receiving praise for their dynamic live [...]

The title pretty much says it all.   This weekend is long for a reason and it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Columbus totally screwed up trying to find India and wound up with us instead.  With Boston bands headlining shows in Cambridge, Allston and Somerville on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, [...]

The Beatings have been around the block for sure: Since forming over ten years ago, Eldridge, Erin, Tony, Dennis and most recently acquired member Greg have been bouncing ideas off each other, getting songs down on tape and playing their music from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again.  Though based in [...]

Rarely at TeaParty Boston do we have the opportunity to document a band’s formation and its subsequent first shows, but that’s exactly the case with The Future Everybody.  After watching them deliver a set drippin’ with pop sugar and nerd rock sweat Upstairs at the Middle East back in August, one thing became very clear: [...]

Shoney’s reputation as a lunatic/enigmatic frontman preceded him: Though we’ve never had the chance to catch Shoney Lamar and the Equal Rights in person before meeting them backstage at Cafe 939 about a month ago, we’ve heard their music and have learned through word of mouth that they put on a show that few on [...]