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Mandy Lee of MisterWives performs Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Boston Calling entices pop stars and indie fans alike

Steve Friedman October 1, 2015

  It was 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, and audience members were being swallowed by a uniform group of 20-somethings, their elbows trapped in a wave of bright flannels and baseball caps, knees driving...

REVIEW: Boston Calling starts off slow, ends with bang

REVIEW: Boston Calling starts off slow, ends with bang

Steve Friedman September 28, 2015

[mediagrid cat="22205"] This weekend’s Boston Calling music festival opened with something of a whimper. Just after 6 p.m. Friday, as dusk began to set in, South African singer-songwriter Gregory Alan...

Boston Calling will be held in City Hall Plaza from Sept. 25 through Sept. 27. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DFP FILE PHOTO

INTERVIEW: Boston Calling organizer on literally setting the stage

J.D. Capelouto September 24, 2015

Friday evening, thousands of city residents and college students will flood Boston City Hall Plaza as folk singer Gregory Alan Isakov kicks off the performances of this fall’s edition of Boston Calling,...

Algiers, an experimental band of “displaced southerners.” PHOTO COURTESY MATADOR RECORDS

INTERVIEW: Algiers guitarist Lee Tesche on their experimental, revolutionary sound

Ross Hsu September 15, 2015

In a world as inundated with hip-hop and rap as it is with racial injustice, Algiers has come barreling onto the scene as a direct alternative to their peers. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “the Death...

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