You may recognize Chicago rapper Towkio from the cover of this week’s RedEye, but if you’re not the kind of Bostonian that routinely checks out the alt weeklies of other metropolitan cities, you might’ve mixed the rising talent out of Chance the Rapper’s SaveMoney crew.
Boston’s meteoric rise as a music festival destination continues with Converse’s announcement of a new five-day mini-festival being hosted at the intimate 525-person venue, The Sinclair in Harvard Square. Oh, and it’s completely free.
The Converse Rubber Tracks series, which has hosted free shows at the venue before, has snagged acts that could easily fill a venue three times its size including The Replacements, Passion Pit, Dinosaur Jr., Slayer and Descendents in celebration of their new world headquarters in the city. The series will run from April 27 through May 1. More
