14 thoughts from a grain of sand on the beach, in 2014
Mysterious list here. They (the voice of the grain) have chosen the anonymous route, but I bet some out there could guess…
End of Year Lists
MY YEAR-END TOP SEVEN // SARAH MOYLAN
Here are seven great things that were born, happened, or just existed in 2014. Somerville. Though I landed in Somerville purely by…
TOP 5 VINYL REISSUES OF 2014 by Nick Williams
Current resident of Lower Allston, NICK WILLIAMS has long traveled the roads of New England ever searching for the rare artist who possesses only…
11 RECORDS YOU CAN GET NOW by Angela Sawyer
ANGELA SAWYER is simply the best. Better than all the rest. She runs the holy place known as WEIRDO RECORDS and performs…
Dan Shea’s Long Past Due Favorite (Non-Boston/New England) Records of 2013
Dan Shea was born in Dorchester, and grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts in Weymouth, MA (the same town Seige…
Year in Review according to Nice Guys
Nice Guys are a bunch of garage-rocking punks keeping Allston cool with their sweet demeanor and infectious love of all things 420…
Ten-ish Things From 2013 by Jerry Macdonald
Jerry Macdonald is one of my favorite humans. He is a recording engineer, working under the moniker of ODD FELLOWS RECORDING, and…
Collins’ Favs 2013 – Local
Chris Collins is a music editor for the Boston Hassle website, and coordinates a wide swathe of the Hassle organization’s other myriad…
Top Ten Best Album Art I Saw in 2013 by Zoard Tyeklar
Above portrait of Zoard by his wife and fellow illustrator Erica Tyeklar Wells Zoard Tyeklar is a Somerville-based visual artist. He’s done…
10 ‘Did You Miss These?’ Albums of 2013 by Kris Thompson
Kris Thompson has worn a path through the local scene’s back lawn with time spent in BOBB TRIMBLE’S FLYING SPIDERS, THE PREFAB…
Sam Potrykus’ Most Listened To Records Of 2013
Sam Potrykus is a co-founder of Boston Hassle and creator and executive editor of the Boston Compass newspaper. Sam also lives and…
Some Top LPs from 2013 Culled from Bands I’ve Seen Live, Played with, or...
FLYWHEEL is an amazing and long running art & performance space located in Easthampton, MA. If you have been a part of…
