The music venue is our sonic temple.
We spend hundreds of hours a year in beer-soaked ballrooms, packed stadium shows, and hallowed indie venues.
We do it for the chance to hear that one artist, that one song, or even that one bar of music that reminds us why we do all this.
Join us.
By Christian Lewis
Seeing a band you love perform an album you adore can be a challenge. On the one hand, it’s difficult to objectively critique a performance of, well… your favorite album of all time. On the other, when that album is ingrained in a lifetime of listening, any difference between recorded songs and the performance of those songs tends to stand out.
Read MoreBy Jeremy Sartori
This is the 5th year of Boston Calling which has quickly become New England’s premiere rock fest. It’s also the first year my wife and I decided attend.
Read MoreBy Wyndham Lewis
Sometime between our 3PM interview and the moment he took the stage Jon Linaberry transformed into The Bones of JR Jones.
Read MoreBy Wyndham Lewis
James Weir stands sentry at the front of the small Middle East Upstairs stage in Cambridge, MA, essentially playing weathervane to the relative cool of Mikey Wells and the more spastic Jason Balla who trade lead and backing vocals during the more-than hour-long Ne-Hi set.
Read MoreBy Christian Lewis
Was I looking forward to Jay Som’s show at Baby’s All Right? Sure. I guess. Maybe. The Bay Area’s latest indie rock darling, Melina Duterte, has been widely lauded for her full-length debut LP, Everybody Works, which she recorded solo and posted to Bandcamp before Polyvinyl caught wind and gave it a formal release.
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