Email Author Shawn Bosler

2010 Stories by Shawn Bosler

• Crowbar

  published November 24, 2010

  Cajun sludge? Swamp metal? Call Crowbar's blend what you like, but throw some horns in respect for these NOLA legends. Bearded, barrel-chested... More >>

• OBITS

  published November 3, 2010

  Hey, kids! Anybody remember the post-hardcore tsunami known as Drive Like Jehu or their latter incarnation, the angular, garage-rocked Hot Snakes?... More >>

• Maserati+Psychic Paramount

  published November 3, 2010

  Maserati and Psychic Paramount explore two sides of the kraut rock legacy. Maserati is a thinking man's dance band with looped guitars that ride... More >>

• Black Mountain+the Black Angels

  published October 27, 2010

  Canadian psych-rockers Black Mountain have a doom-y choogle that sounds like it descended from the Appalachians. Their latest CD, Wilderness... More >>

• Antony & the Johnsons

  published October 20, 2010

  Fans of the soul-baring songbird Antony Hagarty and his chamber group the Johnsons must not miss their sole North American gig of 2010 featuring... More >>

• 'CMJ: Flavorpill & Pop Mondial Showcase Presents Lower Dens'

  published October 13, 2010

  If fans of neo-folkie Jana Hunter ever wondered what she would sound like playing rock music, your question is answered. Jana and friends take the... More >>

• Titan

  published October 13, 2010

  Psyche-rockers Titan dose you with the hard stuff. For every '70s prog-rock-fawning passage they goose you with--Deep Purple-esque keyboards... More >>

• Rogue Wave+Midlake

  published September 22, 2010

  The Wave's head honcho Zach Rogue is a pretty smart dude. He had a handle on catchy singer/songwriter workmanship but, in order to stand apart... More >>

• Marnie Stern

  published September 22, 2010

  Stern is a fireball of a guitarist. Excelling at the finger-tapping style made famous by Eddie Van Halen (and in the indie-rock world, Mary... More >>

• Samara Lubelski

  published September 15, 2010

  Lubelski has been consistently releasing some of the most refined and hypnotizing sounds from the local psych folk scene--dig her modern classical... More >>

• Merzbow+MV Carbon

  published September 15, 2010

  This week, you have two chances for an aurally-induced lobotomy from Japan's godfather of noise, Merzbow, a/k/a Masami Akita. Tonight finds the... More >>

• Nachtmystium+Zoroaster+the Atlas Moth+Dark Castle

  published September 8, 2010

  Tonight's headliners Nachtmystium may have a black metal pedigree, but their psychedelic witches brew has toiled to make their new work,... More >>

• 'The Hidden Musical Treasures of Romania'

  published September 8, 2010

  Tonight's event is part of the New York World Festival: Music Around the Black Sea. Music from the Baltics is known for its cross-pollination,... More >>

• Black Mountain

  published August 18, 2010

  Canadian psych-rockers Black Mountain may be best known for their Black Sabbath-like choogle, the folky rootsy-ness that sounds descended from the... More >>

• 'The Blackened Music Series Presents Boris+Torche'

  published July 27, 2010

  Known for their innovative wallops, Japan's doom-y dreamweavers Boris are nine kinds of heavy. Past works have explored MC5-like squall,... More >>

• Coliseum

  published July 6, 2010

  According to Coliseum, the band used to sound like "skeletons riding motorcycles"—fast, hard, street-fighting music that was equal parts... More >>

• Crystal Stilts

  published May 11, 2010

  Through a gravity-suspending fog of reverb, moody weird-o garage-pop rockers Crystal Stilts maintain contact to terra firma via four-chord... More >>

• Beach House

  published May 4, 2010

  It's always raining at mopey songwriters Beach House's waterfront Shangri-La. But a few clouds and sprinkles can't squelch the fluidity, beauty,... More >>

• Converge

  published May 4, 2010

  Woah, who would've guessed that after a slew of face-peeling releases, each better than the last, Converge had yet even bigger, badder, and even... More >>

• Rodrigo y Gabriela

  published April 27, 2010

  This Dublin-based coed acoustic guitar duo consists of Mexican metalheads who excel at Latin-flavored classical guitar. They still proudly declare... More >>

• The Willowz

  published April 27, 2010

  Those who miss that garage-rock revivalist sound (hello: White Stripes, Dirt Bombs, Von Bondies, the Datsuns), will assuredly find the Willowz'... More >>

• Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina

  published April 20, 2010

  Brokaw is the guitar magi turned singer-songwriter with a resumè too long to list—you may know him best from his Ennio... More >>

• Dead Meadow+Imaad Wasif

  published April 20, 2010

  Be careful not to spill the bong water on your beanbag when doing that slow-mo hippy-dance, swirly air-guitar thang to D.C. psych-rockers Dead... More >>

• Red Sparowes

  published April 13, 2010

  The goofuhlee-spelled Red Sparowes includes members of Isis, Angel Hair, and Pleasure Forever. Excelling at the meandering post-rock/metal... More >>

• Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

  published April 13, 2010

  The inspirational Guinea survivalists return with their reggaefied take on West African sounds. Those fortunate enough to see the documentary... More >>