Hot sounds meet cool breezes on the waterfront. The Institute of Contemporary Art presents a new series of Friday-night concerts and DJ sets on Boston Harbor, featuring a dynamic lineup of musical talents, pop-up restaurants, refreshing cocktails, and more.
Hooray for Earth emerged in Boston in 2005, finding a following before relocating to New York. Widely praised, their full-length debut True Loves accomplishes the unlikely trick, exemplified by 1990s bands like Depeche Mode and Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, of infusing synth pop with just enough darkness to undercut its sweetness but retain a victorious, infectious optimism.