Getting to Know

Liz Raftery’s monthly music interview

The Blast Interview: Big Gigantic

Big Gigantic, the Colorado-based electronic duo, is coming to UMass Amherst tonight as part of its Touch the Sky tour. The livetronica group is teaming up with EDM powerhouses like Skrillex, Paper Diamond and M...

The Blast Interview: Rudimental

After traveling from Mansfield, Mass. and performing with Ed Sheeran, the guys of Rudimental got a chance to rest on their tour bus outside NAGA, a nightclub in Cambridge. The band was gearing up for a DJ set, ...

David & Olivia bring Americana to SXSW

As the annual South By Southwest festival continues, Americana duo David & Olivia will be making their 2nd debut at the esteemed weeklong gathering of tech, music, and film. The duo released their first rec...

The Blast Interview: Lacuna Coil

Italian metal band Lacuna Coil is about to release their new studio album: Broken Crown Halo. Blast's Sinan Pehlivanoglu met with singers Andrea Ferro and Christina Scabbia before one of their shows in the Revo...

Pitbull introduces us to Girl Group G.R.L.

This week, Mr. Wideworld released his new single "Wild Wild Love" on RCA Records, featuring the rising act, G.R.L.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOpXHunq6U The single itself is nothing incredible; it d...
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Dead Meadow: The Blast Interview

Not too long ago, Amina Ly reviewed the Dead Meadow's new album. Despite the rescheduling of the show due to a snow storm, Dead Meadow played the Sinclair  on Feb. 13 and there was no hesitation in the audience...
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Break Science: the Blast Interview

Break Science's Borahm Lee and Adam Deitch, Media credit to indymojo.com You may not be too familiar with the names Adam Deitch and Borahm Lee, but these two musicians have put their stamp all over the musi...

PVRIS: The Blast Interview

Between playing the Vans Warped Tour, releasing an EP and recording a full-length album, PVRIS (pronounced Paris) has had a whirlwind 2013. Lynn Gunnelfsen, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Lowell trio...

Band Buzz: The D-Line

With yet another snowstorm on the way and icy winds making everyone in New England shudder, summer has never seemed farther away. Luckily for anyone craving some laid-back and sunny vibes, Boston’s own The D-Li...
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Julianna Barwick: The Blast Interview

This past August, Brooklyn-based artist Julianna Barwick released her third studio album, Nepenthe. Barwick, a singer-songwriter by trade, has a very unique style to her music; it’s sometimes haunting, sometime...