Summer 1968 was a transitional time for Van Morrison. Recently departed from his garage rock band Them and unsatisfied with the release of his debut solo album Blowin’ Your Mind, he was determined to move his music from the peppy pop of "Brown Eyed Girl" to someplace deeper. He was briefly living in the Boston…

Another covers album is to be releasedPhoto of LEMONHEADS and Evan DANDO; Posed portrait of Evan Dando (c), Gram Parsons t-shirt The Lemonheads have announced their return with a new album dropping in February 2019. ‘Varshons II’ is the follow-up to the Boston band’s 2009 covers album, ‘Varshons’...

A series of summer baseball stadium concerts in Chicago, IL and Boston, MA by Pearl Jam

Evan Dando started the Boston fuzz-pop band the Lemonheads in 1986, and they went on to make some serious alt-rock radio hits in the '90s. They broke up in 1997 and got back together in 2005, but it's been a long time since we heard anything from the Lemonheads. In 2012, Ryan Adams said that…

Liz Phair has been on tour as of late, supporting her recent Girly-Sound To Guyville box set and the 20th anniversary of Whitechocolatespaceegg. Last night at Phair's show in at the Royale in Boston, she brought out Juliana Hatfield and Sadie Dupuis (whose band, Speedy Ortiz, has been opening the tour) to sing Olivia Newton-John's…