Jun 13 2011

This is Not a Playlist

Ok so I’m kind of jumping on the bandwagon. Everyone over here at Tastemakers (read: Alyssa and Katie) have been giving you their picks for summer driving playlists. I typically drive a lot in summer and music selection is very important, but I actually hate playlists. I never make any of my own. Jumping around from artist to artist is something I do when I’m bored and can’t find anything… continue reading

Fun.

For the Fun. of It

The three-man-band, Fun., may include members from three different groups, but they have a sound all their own.  Consisting of Nate Ruess (The Format), Andrew Dost (Anathallo), and Jack Antonoff (Steel Train), Fun. made a stop at Northeastern University to play from their highly anticipated first album Aim and Ignite.  Not only did they perform an intimate yet energetic show in afterHours, Nate and Andrew were able to sit down… continue reading

meals

Lunchrooms

What if the music industry was broken down into a high school lunchroom?  Where would everyone sit?  What would the cliques be?  We at Tastemakers sat down and mapped out our guide to the Music Lunchroom! The Hard Groove Table- John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, Medeski Martin and Wood, Soulive, and Lettuce. With the exception of Lettuce, the Berklee born funk super group, they’ve all been on Blue Note Records at… continue reading