{"id":2318,"date":"2016-04-26T11:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T15:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2016-04-26T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:52:41","slug":"jen-when-one-door-opens-the-opener-comes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2016\/04\/26\/jen-when-one-door-opens-the-opener-comes-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen: When One Door Opens, The Opener Comes In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently, I was on the phone with my mom and she asked me what I was doing this weekend. I told her I was going to a concert and her response was \u201canother one?! Haven\u2019t you been to enough concerts this month?\u201d Now, I don\u2019t go to a ton of concerts, but I do go to enough to make my parents and friends wonder if I do anything else with my free time. I love going to concerts in Boston. I\u2019m from a place where the only concerts are basically Dave Matthews Band and Rascal Flatts (not that there is anything wrong with those bands, it\u2019s just those are basically the only ones that come to where I\u2019m from) (and sometimes it\u2019s exhausting). I\u2019m fortunate to go to school in a city where a bunch of my favorite bands and artists play. One of my favorite parts about going to a concert (besides getting there an hour early to get in the front, and then eventually getting hearing loss the day after) is seeing the opener before the main act! I think that any indicator of a great concert is if there is a great opener. Not only do you get to jam out to a band you may never had heard of before, but you also may find your next favorite band! So, enough beating around the bush, here are a few of my favorite openers from concerts I\u2019ve seen here in Boston!<\/p>\n

Young Rival (opened for Born Ruffians, 10\/29\/2015): I knew this band was going to be great as soon as they walked on stage in gold glitter blazers. They were the second opener for Born Ruffians at The Sinclair in October. They have a pretty chill vibe that\u2019s perfect to listen to if you just want to mellow out and hang with friends.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Listen To: That\u2019s Chemistry ( on Spotify )<\/p>\n

Jamie N Commons (opened for Catfish and the Bottlemen, 10\/16\/2015): This was one of the first times where I knew the opener before I went to the concert. The reason why is because one of their songs was in the trailer for the new Coen Bros. movie Hail Casesar! This bluesy\/folk-rock band gives off a gritty vibe that makes it hard for you not to jam to their songs. You probably have also heard their song \u201cJungle\u201d in the Pitch Perfect 2 trailer. They also had another one of their songs in The Walking Dead!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Listen To: Rumble N Sway ( on Spotify )<\/p>\n

Tess and Dave (opened for Father John Misty, 4\/22\/16 ): Okay, this couple is my newest obsession. This couple, who are in the band for Father John Misty, also have a very chill vibe. They gave me a chill space alien couple vibe. They probably had one of the best performances I\u2019ve seen by an opener. I don\u2019t even know what I loved more! Was it because the had synchronized dances? Was it because the lead the audience in a sing-a-long to one of their songs, which is about a Subaru? Was it their rainbow lights? Please please please listen to them!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Listen To: Social Chess ( on Bandcamp\u00a0https:\/\/tessdave.bandcamp.com\/releases<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Some More Bands ( Quickfire! )<\/p>\n

Milo Greene ( listen to White Lies, on Spotify )<\/p>\n

Dirty Bangs \u00a0( listen to Pleasures, on Bandcamp\u00a0https:\/\/dirtybangs.bandcamp.com\/album\/standards-4<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Cherry Glazzer (listen to Had Ten Dollaz , on Spotify)<\/p>\n

Night Terrors of 1927 ( listen to When You Were Mine, on Spotify)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Recently, I was on the phone with my mom and she asked me what I was doing this weekend. I told her I was going to a concert and her response was \u201canother one?! Haven\u2019t you been to enough concerts this month?\u201d Now, I don\u2019t go to a ton of concerts, but I do … Continue reading Jen: When One Door Opens, The Opener Comes In<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44410],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}