Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) will release his first solo album in four years, United Nations of Sound, on March 22 via Razor & Tie Records.  Ashcroft will [...]

Boston‘s own Dropkick Murphys are set to release their seventh full-length studio album entitled Going Out In Style on March 1st. The record will be released on the [...]

Bagpipes play prevalently in Irish music (moreso in Scottish tuneage but I show my haggis-eatin’ bias). And the drone of the pipes comes through traditionally [...]

At this point, Teenage Fanclub must feel pretty comfortable seeming out of place and sounding outside of time, though never out of tune. They’ve been [...]

The FUs, DYS, Jerry’s Kids, Gang Green, and Slapshot are all bands to which the oft-overused term “legendary” is fitting. Along with cohorts SSD, The Proletariat, The Freeze, and a select few others, these bands built the Boston hardcore/punk scene in the ’80s. While virtually all of these bands broke up decades ago, their spirit and their sound has endured, creating a lasting legacy.

There’s about a million limited edition special releases coming out tomorrow (many of which will be sold out before you finish your second cup of [...]

There’s no doubting that with the times we’re in, everyone is feeling a little more blue collar than they may be used to. But there’s [...]

The Street Dogs, it is somewhat of an understatement to say, are from Boston. Mike McColgan’s name was already indelibly linked with the city, as [...]

It’s September 8, 1998. I’m less than two weeks into my freshman year of college, and already I’m bored and alienated, the world around me [...]

Photos from Neva Dinova’s set at TT the Bear’s Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts in March of 2004.

Originally published in Boston Heights issue #1 Bankrupt? Gum disease? Bad credit? If this is you…you need to see Darkbuster. And so read an early [...]

Originally published in Boston Heights issue #1 Spring is upon us. You seal up your jumpers in a cardboard box and cut your dungarees off [...]

Originally published in Boston Heights issue #1 Once again, Dropkick Murphys played a sold out St. Pat’s weekend at the Avalon. Coming off a tour [...]

Originally published in Boston Heights issue #1 Hang On Mike — you have a hit on your hands. I have to admit I was skeptical [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #10 Dennis Lehane is widely gaining recognition as one of the country’s finest authors. After a series of five books [...]