Year in Review
2008’s Most Expensive Concerts
Recession, schmeschmession. Here are the top 10 priciest, bank-busting concert tickets of 2008, according to average re-sale ticket price from Ticketmaster Entertainment:
1. Madonna : $378
2. Elton John : $306
3. The Eagles : $279
4. AC/DC : $263
5. Tina Turner : $263
6. Celine Dion : $240
7. Bruce Springsteen : $235
8. Coldplay : $217
9. Neil Diamond : [...]
The Best Local Music in 2008
2008 was a year for local music for me. I was up on my common knowledge of southern New England music beforehand, but I didn’t completely dive into the scene until this year. Certainly, I’m still missing a lot of knowledge on the subject; we have a thriving music scene with a ton of bands, [...]
10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2009
Hey there. First thing, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Now onto the juicy stuff. I’ve painstakingly compiled a list of bands who have announced upcoming albums due in the next 365 days, and I picked the ten with the most hype and that I’m most pumped for. A few are long overdue, and some others are, well, [...]
Best New Artists of 2008
So, top five lists can be tricky—you don’t have to read High Fidelity to know that. Nonetheless, I decided to attempt to compile a list of the top five new artists to emerge over the past year. Long story short, I failed. Turns out there was just too much good music this year to limit [...]
The Best of Everything from 2008
Writing and coding for this website this year has provided me with a lot of time to listen to music. As a sort-of celebration of the years end, I’ve decided to summarize the best of, well, everything from this year! What follows is my top favorite songs, albums, EPs, concerts, and bands – the best [...]
Crazy Odyssey of the Year: Lightning Bolt Strikes Back at Home
For years, my musical radar has relatively been limited to radio, commercials, and people forcing me to listen to music. This wasn’t all bad, but my so-called indie cred got tarnished easier than Disney channel celeb reputations. When I got here, I branched out and started listening to the Providence local scene—and it blew out [...]
Year In Review: Local Music
It’s been a good year for local music, eh? Here are a couple of my personal highlights:
If I had to pick one local band I found out about this year to give a shout out for, it’d have to be The Viennagram. These guys, who recently opened for Girl Talk at Lupo’s, have to be [...]
DJ Favorites of 2008
The DJs here at WBRU all got together earlier this week to fight it out over what was the best music in 2008. curses were shouted, fists were thrown, and death threats were issued, but by the end of it all, we’d simply decided to let everyone have their say. So check out the list [...]
