Ari Sommer
Wrote 68 posts and photographed 43 shows, 2007–2011.
2008 29
Concerts
- Nicole Atkins and the Sea
T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, February 15, 2008 - The Bravery + Switches + Your Vegas
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, February 18, 2008 - The Other Side of the Bear Acoustic Series
T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, February 24, 2008 - Men + Hey Willpower
Great Scott, Allston, March 3, 2008 - The Mountain Goats + The Moaners
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 14, 2008 - The Mountain Goats + The Moaners
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, March 15, 2008 - Loney Dear
Red 7, SXSW 2009 - Yoni Wolf
Red 7, SXSW 2009 - Beach House + Papercuts + Nat Baldwin
Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, March 31, 2008 - The Camp + Apathy
Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, April 12, 2008 - Wakey!Wakey!
Mercury Lounge, New York, June 14, 2008 - Feist + Juana Molina
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, July 9, 2008 - Crooked Still
Bowery Ballroom, New York, July 16, 2008 - Wolf Parade
Terminal 5, New York, July 31, 2008 - Wakey!Wakey! + Atomictom
T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, August 26, 2008 - Sunset Rubdown + Bear Hands
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, September 15, 2008 - The Dandy Warhols + Darker My Love + The Upsidedown
Wilbur Theatre, Boston, September 16, 2008 - Wakey!Wakey!
T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, September 17, 2008 - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Wilbur Theatre, Boston, September 25, 2008 - Pendulum
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, October 1, 2008 - Avi & Celia
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, October 3, 2008 - Undisputed Heavyweights + Wakey!Wakey!
Bowery Ballroom, New York, October 14, 2008
Fifty-word reviews
- Shannon McArdle – Summer of the Whore
Fifty-word review, November 7, 2008 - Takka Takka – Migration
Fifty-word review, November 7, 2008 - Jay Brannan – goddamned
Fifty-word review, November 7, 2008 - Pendulum – In Silico
Fifty-word review, November 7, 2008 - Ida – My Fair, My Dark EP
Fifty-word review, November 17, 2008
2009 48
Concerts
- Sarah Rabdau and Self-Employed Assassins + Wakey!Wakey!
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, January 23, 2009 - Heartless Bastards + Hoot and Hellmouth
Great Scott, Allston, February 3, 2009 - Los Campesinos! + Titus Andronicus
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, February 13, 2009 - M. Ward
Somerville Theatre, Somerville, February 18, 2009 - And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Bowery Ballroom, New York, February 28, 2009 - Nicole Atkins and the Sea
City Winery, New York, March 12, 2009 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Red 7, SXSW 2009 - The Thermals
Red 7, SXSW 2009 - Loch Lomond
Club Deville, SXSW 2009 - Vivian Girls
Red 7, SXSW 2009 - Fol Chen
Red 7, SXSW 2009 - Those Darlins
Club Deville, SXSW 2009 - Horse Feathers
Jovita's, SXSW 2009 - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Yard Dog, SXSW 2009 - Gentleman Jesse and His Men
The Longbranch Inn, SXSW 2009 - Those Darlins
Hotel San Jose, SXSW 2009 - The Hold Steady
Club Deville, SXSW 2009 - The Thermals
Club Deville, SXSW 2009 - Gentleman Reg
Home Slice Pizza, SXSW 2009 - Thao Nguyen
Waterloo Park, SXSW 2009 - The Love Language
Home Slice Pizza, SXSW 2009 - Vivian Girls
Waterloo Park, SXSW 2009 - The Thermals
Waterloo Park, SXSW 2009 - M. Ward
Halcyon, SXSW 2009 - Will Scheff
Halcyon, SXSW 2009 - Morrissey + The Courteeners
House of Blues, Boston, March 29, 2009 - The Thermals
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, May 7, 2009 - Wakey!Wakey!
T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, May 9, 2009 - BLK JKS
TT the Bear's, Cambridge, October 7, 2009
Fifty-word reviews
- Or, The Whale – Light Poles and Pines
Fifty-word review, January 13, 2009 - Sarah Rabdau and Self-Employed Assassins – Self-Titled
Fifty-word review, January 21, 2009 - And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – The Century of Self
Fifty-word review, February 11, 2009 - Defibulators – Corn Money
Fifty-word review, March 3, 2009 - Gigantic Hand – permanent skin
Fifty-word review, March 4, 2009
Video picks
- Heartless Bastards on Letterman
Video pick, February 11, 2009 - Peter Bjorn & John - Nothing to Worry About video
Video pick, April 3, 2009 - The National + Jean-Luc Godard
Video pick, June 18, 2009 - Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins - Autumn Spills
Video pick, June 23, 2009 - Elizabeth & the Catapult - Taller Children
Video pick, June 25, 2009 - Melpo Mene cover MGMT
Video pick, July 20, 2009 - Metric on Letterman
Video pick, July 25, 2009 - The Bravery - "Hatefuck": Freud's Wet Dream
Video pick, October 2, 2009
News
- Video evidence of internet free-association, from U2 to Metallica, sort of
News, March 11, 2009 - Preview: Wild Light headline Great Scott, tour with the Killers
News, April 3, 2009 - Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
News, August 10, 2009 - El Perro Del Mar + Peter Bjorn & John = Tour
News, September 26, 2009 - Metric slakes our thirst for more
News, October 28, 2009 - Boston Ticket Giveaway! Metric at the HOB!
News, November 19, 2009
