THE CONCERT CHRONICLES
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Hard Summer 2025
Hard Summer this year was absolutely no joke. Between the relentless heart and the shoulder-to shoulder crowd at the Green stage, it…
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Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin, and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness present: Three Pianos (show review)
Photo credit: Lupe Bustos “Well, this is a dream come true,” Andrew McMahon said, choking back emotion as the initial notes of…
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Katy Perry turns TD Garden into a pop spectacle eight years in the making
It had been exactly eight years since Katy Perry last played Boston, a fact she gleefully pointed out at TD Garden on…
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Excision shook the earth itself at Fiddlers Green 8.1.2025
Excision performance live at Fiddler’s Green in Denver, Colorado
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It feels like a comeback, even if Ripe never left
Back Cove Festival might be brand new, but when Ripe took the stage, it didn’t feel like a debut. It felt like…
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The Cosmic Selector Tour: A night with Lord Huron at Boston’s MGM Music Hall
Lord Huron‘s 2025 “Cosmic Selector Tour” brought a night of multimedia enchantment to Boston’s MGM Music Hall on the back side of…
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Teddy Swims Presents: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour (show review)
Sometimes music really is the best therapy, and on August 3, 2025, Teddy Swims proved just that, bringing catharsis to a sold-out…
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Saturday on the bay: An unfolding dream at Great South Bay Music Festival
Friday crept like molasses. I sat in yet another finance meeting beneath the flicker of fluorescent lights, barely pretending to engage as…
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Charlotte Lawrence: chaos and charm at Sonia
Not every show needs to be sold out to feel like an event. Wednesday night at Sonia in Cambridge, Charlotte Lawrence played…
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Do you love Guster? Mountain Goats and Guster transform Pier 17 in New York City into an alternative rock sanctuary
Pier 17 became a chapel of memory and melody this past Monday evening, as Guster and the Mountain Goats transformed Manhattan’s skyline…