Posts tagged "Great Scott Boston"

The Viewfinder: The Front Bottoms’ “Maps”

Alt-rock for the Facebook generation, The Front Bottoms live in an alternate universe where blink 182’s self-titled album that mixed pop punk with The Cure was a critical and commercial success. If you haven’t heard this duo yet, you’re soon going to find yourself in the minority. On “Maps”, they have a single that’s definitely going to put them on the “map” (Sorry, I had to!). It’s catchy and fun thanks to the beats laid down by Matt Uychich on drums and guitarist/vocalist […]

Patrick Leaves This Fan Stump-ed on His Boston Solo Outing

I don’t really have a problem with artists who were once part of a group or band attempting to establish their own identity. That said, I can’t think of an artist I’ve seen in concert (who was once part of a band) going out of their way to not perform said band’s songs. Robert Plant performed Led Zeppelin songs. Ben Folds played Ben Folds Five songs. Then again, neither of these guys was attempting to make the full-on genre switch […]