Scott McLennan

Festival Review: Tattoo the Earth Festival — A Heavy Metal Underground Reunion, and the Old Guys Delivered

August 30, 2022
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For all of the music’s fury, protest, anguish, and raw brutality, Tattoo the Earth was a lovefest.

Rock Album Review: Marcus King’s “Young Blood” — A Manic Joy Ride

August 27, 2022
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There’s little doubt at this point regarding the 26-year-old guitarist’s talent for pulling multiple influences into one cohesive, original sound.

Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Four, “Farewell”

August 21, 2022
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“Farewell” is the shortest album in the series, but it is perhaps the most provocative in the way it calmly muses, philosophically, on the form that togetherness can take – as it exists and as it dissolves.

Rock Preview: Gov’t Mule — Very Much on the Move

August 7, 2022
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“One of the positives to come out of this whole [pandemic lockdown] experience is that everyone found out what is important in their lives. Those of us who love music realized just how special it is.”

Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Three, “The Fall”

July 25, 2022
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“Episode III. The Fall” is the most thematically focused installment in the four-part I Am the Moon saga so far.

Concert Review: Puscifer in Boston — Out of This World

June 30, 2022
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Puscifer pulled off a great show of rock ’n’ roll farce, and that is saying something considering that the daily news feels ever more like scripted buffoonery.

Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Two, “Ascension”

June 27, 2022
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The high quality of the material presented thus far justifies Tedeschi Trucks Band’s decision to release these songs in small batches over the course of three months.

Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in Cambridge

June 25, 2022
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The brilliant set was a celebratory exploration of Molly Tuttle’s bluegrass roots, albeit with a fresh perspective.

Music Feature: Neighbor Comes into Its Own

June 14, 2022
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The band Neighbor isn’t reinventing the wheel, but it’s not getting steamrolled by it either.

Rock Album Review: Cave In’s “Heavy Pendulum” — Covering the Battlefield from Both Sides

May 20, 2022
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Cave In’s new album is more than a return to form — it is a surging breakthrough.

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