Happy March! We are now officially into “Seriously?! It’s still snowing?!” territory. You’ve already forgotten all your New Years resolutions and eaten all of that Valentine’s Day candy you bought for yourself, but it’s still not quite Spring time yet (damn groundhog). Don’t worry, we’ve put together a list of thing to do in the meantime.

Let’s think about what you really want to do this New Year’s Eve: Watch the ball drop on TV with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest? Freeze your butt off outside waiting for fireworks at First Night? No, you want to rock, and while there are plenty of fantastic events to choose from, none will have as much feel-good fun as spending the night with Jason Anderson & The Best at P.A.’s Lounge.

Among the labyrinths of traffic and Madonna statues in Union Square, Sherman Market is easy to miss. There’s no sign, just a couple of 8.5 x 11 printouts taped to the windows. We walked right past it the first time, and you will too.

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 [...]

City-wide, thrift junkies are abuzz over the opening of the latest Buffalo Exchange in Davis Sq. The Somerville store is the first New England location for the national consignment heavyweight and the chain’s reputation of quality, stylish pieces at discounted prices holds up well in the two-story Elm St. outpost.

The leaves are changing, the kids are back in town, and everyone’s trading in their iced coffee for the real thing as fall has hit full force in Boston.  For the last month of this short-lived summer, Gab, Jessie and I spent at least a night a week at the Lizard Lounge and it’s smaller, [...]

If you live anywhere in the Union Square/Inman Square/Porter/Davis/Harvard/Central area, chances are you’ve seen a flyer or two plastered in store windows and on various telephone poles promoting the residency of The Rex Complex at Precinct.  These posters, which have featured such bizarre images as drummer Jeremy Gustin and lead vocalist/xylophone/jug playing maven Rex Hussman [...]

Before I properly introduce him I think I need to qualify my own stance and let the reader know that I, Hilary Hughes, am an unabashedly, embarrassingly huge fan of the Boston blues/rock/soul/big-haired/high-voiced/folk powerhouse that is Jesse Dee.

Back in June, I found myself sitting underneath the vast ceiling of the Armory Center of the Arts in Somerville completely and utterly intoxicated with the swells and soaring of Nicole Nelson and Dwight Richter’s voices.  As Dwight and Nicole played to the sounds of each other’s resounding heartbeats during the first Somerville Jazz & [...]

The first time I saw Lake Street Dive perform was in the murky days of early spring this year and, due to the sardine can-like conditions of the crowded room at the Lizard Lounge that night, I was forced to spend the show peeking my head out from behind one of the concrete reinforcement pillars in the basement bar. Normally, I would’ve been pissed: I’m small enough in stature that most people can push me around in order to get a better look at those performing on Lizard’s well-worn oriental-carpeted stage, but I was too busy gawking at bassist Bridget Kearney and drummer Michael Calabrese as they owned downbeats and tripped over complex rhythms to care, as I could see them fine if I leaned to the left just so from behind my pillar post.