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Fall Out Boy: From then ’til now

Megan Vick
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.
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Loquat spills its “Secrets”

Kristin Baver
Tour stories from San Francisco based indie-pop group Loquat sound a lot more like a haphazard family vacation with a tight budget than a trip to perform in cities around the U.S. [...]
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The Academy Is… definitely here

Megan Vick
It's a packed floor, hundreds of sweaty bodies pressed together to get as close to the stage as possible. The lights go down and the screaming begins as the band takes the stage. When the lights go back up, William Beckett is standing martyr-like with a cheeky grin on his face before he starts crooning to the crowd. There's a pound to the drums by "The Butcher" and the sea of people begins to move, singing every word as guitarists Mike Carden and Michael Guy Chislet strum the initial chords to electrify the air.
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Typing to their own beat

Vivian Lee
While other music groups may opt for little-known folk instruments or vintage Baroque violins, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (BTO) adds a distinctive flavor to the colorful Boston soundscape with the use of m...
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The Presets tear up the dancefloor

Elizabeth Raftery
Australian electronic duo The Presets deliver one clear message on their aptly-titled latest album, "Apocalypso" -- It may be doomsday, but at least people are dancing. The sophomore effort from Julian Hamil...
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Uh Huh Her: Opposites Attract

Elizabeth Raftery
NEW YORK -- It's an unusually chilly afternoon when I interview Camila Grey and Leisha Hailey, collectively known as electro-pop duo Uh Huh Her, in the lounge of their midtown Manhattan hotel. Since there's no driving or playing on the schedule, their tour manager explains, it's the first true "day off" the ladies have had in weeks. But you'd never know it. [...]
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Chad Perrone, music after Averi

Dana Brown
It's not easy to talk about Chad Perrone without recalling his seven-year membership in one of Boston's favorite unsigned bands, Averi. Nor is it right to overlook his dramatic exit that shocked both Perrone an...
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Party of Five: Indie rockers Eisley keep it all in the Family

Elizabeth Raftery
One might assume that the members of indie quintet Eisley are given a hero's welcome when they return to their suburban hometown of Tyler, Texas between touring. After all, the group (four siblings and their cousin) has toured with the likes of Coldplay and Snow Patrol, earned critical acclaim for their sophomore effort, last year's "Combinations," and had a song from the record featured on MTV juggernaut "The Hills" - all while most of them were still in or barely out of their teens. Well, not so much, according to singer/guitarist Sherri DuPree, who chatted with Blast from a recent tour stop in Hoboken, N.J. [...]
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Great Northern

Elizabeth Raftery
Rachel Stolte, one third of L.A.-based trio Great Northern, has no misgivings about her band "selling out" or losing their proverbial "indie cred." On the contrary, Stolte displays a refreshing enthusiasm a...
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Kaki King’s dream world

Elizabeth Raftery
Some people may find the sight of diminutive songwriter Kaki King lugging around a guitar case a bit incongruous. And unfortunately, they're often not shy about pointing it out. "I walk through the airport w...
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The diva of the violin

Kristin Baver
Ditching a tenured seat in the Houston Symphony to pursue a dream as a recording artist terrified Christine Wu. But on the cusp of 30, she knew it was the only way to go. "All or nothing," Wu said in a recen...
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A band called Cassavettes

Daniel Peleschuk
Concert review, May 25: "By the end of their set, the band had finished something which they had only 40 minutes earlier created: an almost illegally entertaining local show that shed a glimmer of massive future potential."
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The Fire and Reason

Julie Balise
Bella Saona is a self-proclaimed Mozart fanatic. "His music is so happy and then dark: suddenly you're in another world. That's what I love about Mozart," she said. "He'll bring you to two wo...