It’s tough to fully emphasize the impact that The Feelies have had on modern music. Though the majority of their material was released in the 1980’s, the band’s surprising 2008 reunion has led to a new evaluation of their catalog (which is being remastered and reissued) and recast a light onto this legendary New Jersey band.

The last time I saw Ted Leo in concert, he was bleeding after inadvertently smashing his forehead into his microphone. “You’re bleeding!” someone in the audience cried out after an intense version of “Ballad of the Sin Eater.” Leo wiped his forehead, said “Oh… thanks,” and then proceeded to play two more songs, closing out his encore, unfazed. It is that level of of drive and intense devotion that fans have come to expect from the live show of Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, and at their most recent swing through Boston, none were disappointed.

Crossing the Williamsburg Bridge is an action required of those looking to observe Pitchfork favorites and college radio standard-makers in their natural habitat of Brooklyn.  Here in Boston, walking over the Longfellow or Mass Ave bridges will land you smack in the heart of Boston’s indie rock headquarters at the intersection of Brookline Street and [...]

There is something so infectious about the music of White Rabbits. Their songs seem to creep into the crevices of the brain and fester. Ever since the their 2007 release, Fort Nightly, I have been waiting with bated breath for their next album. 2009’s, It’s Frightening, delivers an evolved White Rabbits. The album provides a complex simplicity with a dark sophistication that makes any indie rock lover’s heart thump with pure bliss, and hey, it’s hard to have a bad album when Spoon’s Britt Daniel is producing it.