Helen — The Original Faces
Liz Harris’s soprano is angelic, but by no means delicate. If the distortion-induced haze and cascading bass lines of Helen’s The Original…
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Sarah Moylan
Raw Pony — Demo Tape
What would The Shirelles have sounded like if they were angrier and had a penchant for shredding (and access to a distortion…
Bath Salts — LSD
The intersection of pop and garage and punk can be a dangerous place: for evidence, look up the mid-2000’s pop-punk bands whose…
Younghusband — “Better Times”
You’ve got to hand it to the UK for giving the world some of its more memorable proper nouns. While Boston has…
The Foetals — “Fine”
Can you really have too much sunny, lo-fi indie-pop? The answer (at least in this author’s opinion) is a resounding “no!”, especially…
The Britanys – “It’s What It Is”
When has enough time passed that it’s appropriate to reminisce about an era of music, to create music in tribute of it,…
Fullbloods — “New Generation”
As a country with two coasts, it’s all too easy to forget that there’s a lot going on in the middle, too….
Ducktails — “Surreal Exposure”
The first comment on the YouTube stream for the Ducktails’ track, “Surreal Exposure” states: “Mac DeMarco is like musical clickbait… If he’s…
Colleen — I’m Kin
“I’m Kin” is the best new Imogen Heap song that, well, isn’t by Imogen Heap. In fact, it’s the latest track from…
Crunchy — DUOP
If you never thought you’d be able to describe a music video as a “skeletal Windows 95 screensaver-gone-drug trip,” you might need…
AUSMUTEANTS — ECHO BEACH
As you sweat yourself to sleep on a steamy Boston evening in July, perhaps the following will comfort you: It’s winter in…
The Lentils — “The Bed Is The Killer”
Those of you still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the past season’s brutal winter might want to think twice before watching…
