For Mark Joseph, it’s about more than just the music. The local rocker has built up quite a following after years of performing and recording with several bands–he uses the podium this gives him in support of a variety of social justice causes. On Sunday night, January 15, Joseph’s band The

The Mother Hips wind down their weekend (with performances at the Great American Music Hall on 12/16 & 12/17) with an acoustic holiday matinee at Slim’s! This year marks The Mother Hips 23rd anniversary as a band, and their six-year celebration of their own rock festival, Hipic, held in Big

Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto-punk garage rock band from Boston. The band contained notable drummer David Robinson, who later joined Talking Heads and the Cars. But, that’s probably not where you’d recognize him first. It was a key part in the Farrelly Brothers’ 1998 film There’s Something About

  The version of Deerhoof you hear on The Magic is a most punch-drunk proposition. Everyone showed up in the mood to sing. Satomi, Greg, John and Ed dream up alchemies of punk, pop, glam, hair metal, doo-wop, hip hop, and R&B, late-night car rides, long days, attitude and spandex.

  Though Yuck has been a band for less than a decade, the London-based garage-pop outfit has already managed to cram what feels like a lifetime of Behind The Music-worthy experiences into their backstory. Recorded in London over the course of several months at the band’s own pace, Stranger Things

Close your eyes and imagine your second kiss. Forget the first one, that nervous smooch fueled by hormones and peer pressure, and fast forward to the one where you get it right. Maybe it was an intense make-out to slow jams on the Homecoming dance floor, or in the backseat

  Universal Themes is the seventh full length album by often misunderstood brooding crooner Mark Kozelek who still performs under the Sun Kil Moon moniker.The album received some of Kozelek’s best reviews including a 9 out of 10 in Uncut Magazine and an A- at Consequence Of Sound. In 2015 Mark also released a

  Hailing from Athens, GA., of Montreal have carved their own niche – establishing themselves as a band that thrills fans with compelling live performances, delights critics with their constant innovations, and continually showcases their musical evolution by drawing from a different set of influences for each album. Primary songwriter