Music
YardFest 2012: A Look at the Acts Coming Our Way
While some Indie music enthusiasts have voiced their excitement over this year's YardFest performers, Das Racist and The Cataracs, most students have responded with a "Wait...who?" Don't be that person trying to sing along to songs you've never heard. Flyby is here to give you a taste of Yardfest's lineup before the April 15 concert rolls around.
Preview: Blind Boys of Alabama
Carter lived in Boston for much of his life and looks forward to returning for the group’s upcoming concert.
Taking Video Game Music to a New Level
The New England-based Video Game Orchestra hopes to bring repute to video game music.
Ladysmith Bring a Unique Style to Sanders
While their concert at Sanders Theatre meandered at the beginning and was repetitive at times, the group’s infectious gusto and enthusiasm turned the show into a raucous and entertaining delight.
Spalding Releases Overambitious and Sprawling Concept Album
Although the album displays Spalding’s strong musicianship and composition, it lacks cohesiveness and emotional depth, and this Jill of all stylistic trades masters none.
Typical Excellence
By the end of the night, MUTEMATH had ignited an initially listless crowd and asserted its expertise in fusing blues into earth-tone alternative rock.
Black Keys Display Muscle and Finesse
Auerbach knows his way around an electric guitar, and stellar musicianship like this powered the Keys’ Mar. 7 show at TD Garden.
Formerly Cheery, The Shins Turn Morose On Strong Latest
“Port of Morrow” demands attention right from the album’s opening notes—robotic bleeps interspersed with pulsing keyboards and soaring synths.
Heavy Germanic All-Nighter Playlist
Sorry folks, Spring Break is over. Luckily, the Arts Board is here to help. Successful execution of an all-nighter requires mastery of the myriad emotional states that stress and exhaustion produce—grief, anger, narcissism, joy, transcendence. After careful research, Arts has found that the best tools for dealing with stress are copious volumes of coffee and music from the German classical repertoire. Enjoy.
