Wonk Sesh

Watermelon

April 23, 2015

It’s been a minute since Lesionread blessed us with another Wonk Sesh clip. The green-screened series, which we co-present with LR’s alter ego, Shawn Lewis, features live performances from normally left-of-the-dial touring and/or local acts. For the latest Wonk Sesh, Lewis filmed Province noise duo, Watermelon, in the absolutely freezing attic of the Hive this past winter. The session was briefly mentioned in a Gothamist article  from earlier this year which made the city go straight bonkers. If you have fallen a bit behind on any of the Wonk Sesh series, make sure to catch up here. In further Lesionread news, the pop artist recently performed a three-song set at Baltimore’s WJHU studio. The performance, which features live takes of “Perfect,” “Open,” and personal favorite, “Neutron Bomb” The clip, which Lewis thankfully wonkified as well, can be viewed below. Lastly, if you want to catch a different type of Lesionread set,[...]

Fake Species

December 5, 2014

Its been a minute since we had a new Wonk Sesh installment on our hands. The co-presented series from the blog and abstract performer Lesionread held its latest filming back at the end of October at Dreamland with Cleveland’s tribal rockers, Fake Species. The show was a blast. You can watch the bonkers video, the 4th in the still young series, below if you couldn’t make it. If you missed any of our past seshes, then check out the archives featuring performances former fellow left-of-the-dial acts like Lord Nathaniel and Couples Counseling here.

Lord Nathaniel

August 6, 2014

This past Sunday over on Baynes, Boston’s experimental,electronic musician, Lord Nathaniel, set up shop in the West Side attic for the latest installment of our co-presented Wonk Sesh series. Filmed as always by electro wunderkind Lesionread, the hypnotic performance came complete with an accompanying choreographer (she is on tour with Lord Nathaniel) leading the audience through various improvised moves during the set. Watch the full clip from Lord Nathaniel’s Wonk Sesh below and for past installments, head over to Lesionread’s YouTube page.

Couples Counseling & PARI∀H

June 17, 2014

We here at buffaBLOG have teamed up with local videographer Lesionread to present a new video series titled Wonk Sesh. The series is set to capture live performances from some off-beat, possibly off-the-radar acts that come through our city in hopes of placing them onto your radar. The debut videos in the Wonk Sesh series were both filmed at the Northrup House on Sunday, June 8th and features Boston electro-pop artist Couples Counseling, along with tour mates PARI∀H. Keep an eye out for future “seshes” on the blog, or follow Lesionread’s Youtube page. Check out the Wonk Sesh videos from Couples Counseling and PARI∀H below.