by Michael Cimaomo | Mar 21, 2013 | Northeast Underground
Sometimes a late-winter snow is a welcome respite. As a soothing comedown from the post-St. Patrick’s Day festivities or a restorative break from the post-SXSW music overload, Winter Storm Ukko has done a service today by allowing at least this writer a day of...
by Michael Cimaomo | Mar 27, 2013 | Northeast Underground
With all the “hoop-la” (see what I did there?) surrounding the start of this year’s March Madness tournament, another facet of the third month of the year has flown decidedly under the radar. Dubbed, “The Month of Metal,” March is also...
by Michael Cimaomo | Apr 8, 2013 | Northeast Underground
As a founding member of one of hip-hop’s most eclectic groups, the Wu-Tang Clan, rapper Gary Grice (aka GZA, or The Genius) has made a career out of pushing at the boundaries of modern music, and of challenging audiences’ preconceived notions about what is...
by Michael Cimaomo | Apr 17, 2013 | Northeast Underground
Shortly before the lights went down inside the Calvin Theatre in Northampton Friday, as the majority of audience members for the night’s Amanda Palmer show were still making the way to their seats, the strains of the song “No Surprises” by the...
by Michael Cimaomo | Apr 30, 2013 | Northeast Underground
Over 48 hours have passed since Monday’s tragic bombing in Boston, and musical tributes to both the city and victims of the incident are starting to pile up. During Tuesday night’s game in Yankee Stadium, even the Bronx Bombers, whose rivalrous history...