May 2, 2009 1 Comment
LOWELL — The line of teenage girls and chaperoning parents around Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass. Tuesday was a quarter of a mile long. Anyone walking to the end of it is a witness to every color in the neon rainbow “" on t-shirts, shoelaces, and even sections of hair. What could possibly have all [...]
April 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
What happens when you mix a saucy female fiddle player from Ohio, a bearded rocker from Massachusetts and an intense adoration for Tenacious D? You end up with folk-rock duo honeyhoney featuring Suzanne Santo on violin and lead vocals and guitarist and co-singer Ben Jaffe. Honeyhoney recently spent a couple minutes with Blast before their [...]
April 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
It’s 4:30 p.m when Rocco DeLuca strolls into the Paradise Lounge and claims that he has just woken up. He adjusts the fedora resting precariously on his head and takes a seat across the table in the empty booth. The Boston stop is one of the many headlining shows, with folk rockers HoneyHoney as tour [...]
April 27, 2009 7 Comments
We The Kings crew members get in confrontation with Philadelphia police.
April 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
“Adult Nights” has received glowing reviews from everyone from SPIN to Rolling Stone and Billboard, but Wild Light co-frontman Timothy Kyle says there are some things that people haven’t talked about when it comes to the record.
Feb. 4, 2009 1 Comment
Some have gone so far as to credit Owen as being “The Inventor of the Chicago Indie Scene”, but when Kinsella talked to Blast he said the accolade was far from the truth. In fact, he suggested “The Passenger of Chicago Public Transportation” or “The Consumer of Chicago Style Pizza” are more appropriate titles.
Feb. 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Annie Lennox, former lead singer of 80′s super group the Eurythmics, is releasing her first retrospective album on February 17th – “The Annie Lennox Collection.” The release is a deluxe CD also available with a limited edition DVD containing all the biggest hits from the past 15 years of her solo career. The CD also [...]
Jan. 15, 2009 1 Comment
Despite how you might feel about Fall Out Boy, there is no denying they have a tendency to be infectious. Now their fourth album, “Folie A Deux,” is out in stores and the first just-as-catchy single “I Don’t Care” is already hitting the airwaves. Whether this latest record will go down in history as the biggest sell out of the generation or punk-emo martyrs for the masses has yet to be determined, but try and find someone who doesn’t know the words to one of their songs. Just try.
Dec. 12, 2008 Leave a Comment
Though many may not have taken away a trophy Sunday night at the 21st annual Boston Music Awards, it was clear there were no losers. The focus and goal of the ceremony was to highlight and celebrate the music scene of the greater Boston area and anyone who helped support it was treated like a winner.
