The Underground Sound of Emerson College
Sidney Gish greeted me backstage in the Paramount theater, perched alone on a chair in a dressing room that dwarfed her. On and off stage, she is a self-contained unit of musical energy, a one-woman band with a loop pedal and an ear for the perfect layered sound.
On Wednesday, April 6, WECB Live hosted Jobie, Jo & The Average, and Sidney Gish at the Paramount Theatre.
At the age of 63, Joan Jett continues to know just how to wow a crowd, and has most certainly not lost her knack for performing rock and roll. While the years of wearing herself out on stage with dances and leaps may be at an end, the musician continues to bring her heart and soul to her shows.
Following the success of her breakout album Heard it in a Past Life (2019), Maggie Rogers returns with a renewed sense of self in her single “That’s Where I Am.”
Ain’t no party like a Milk Crate party because a Milk Crate party don’t stop! The Milk Crate Staff steals the aux to play their favorite songs to boogie to that don’t usually get played at parties. Tune in Fridays from 1-2 EST to the Staff Pix radio show.
Jo & The Average, a band composed of Emerson and Berklee students, has blossomed into the local scene with a slate of performances recently, including an opening set (happening tomorrow, April 6!) for Sidney Gish, hosted by WECB Live!.
While not sonically dissimilar from their previous work, Destroyer’s thirteenth studio album shakes things up by pulling the spotlight off mastermind Dan Bejar and letting the music speak for itself.
The Milk Crate staff’s favorite recent releases, presented with blurbs worthy of a promotional sticker on a jewel case. Tune in Fridays from 1-2 EST to the Staff Pix radio show.
Raina tells me that “For five people to be so on and so excited, and understand the music, and have that connection as friends where we hang out all the time, it’s just a really special thing. They’re all really, really beautiful people.”