Introducing CLUB INDGO with “Are You in the Room”
New England’s burgeoning music scene is due in large part to congeries of Massachusetts collectives and groups that help push it forward….
Fresh Stream
ALBUM REVIEW: Pickaxe by Fracture Type
On the right night, if you walk out from North Quincy Station, past the “brutalist McDonalds,” following the funk towards Wollaston Beach,…
“Feel the Burn: Q and A with LAVAGXRL”
If you find yourself kicking around Cambridge or Somerville and land in a moment when your ears catch a song in the…
Kleo: “My Baby” (feat. ProSwervez, Ill Addicts & HaleyJadeEast)
Kleo rarely shies away from developing stories with an all-encompassing lens. His 2021 EP 1000 Years of Grief, for example, captured the historical…
Altin Gün Melts Minds at the Sinclair
Isaac Newton came out of quarantine with calculus. Altin Gün came out of quarantine with two radiant new albums. I know which…
New Singles from Maeko, Dev Lemons – Promoting Indie Music on TikTok
Tiktok is both a gift and a curse—learn how artists are using the platform to their advantage.
A Short Talk with Paperlady
In the basements of Boston, Paper Lady is cooking up their own blend of ethereal rock and noisy freak folk. A Paper…
Bat House – “Twenty Mule Team”
Bat House’s Twenty Mule Team is original and dreamy, yet gritty and distorted, creating an album that is bound to have any…
The best BabyTron NBA references
The congenial relationship between basketball and rap has been well-documented in the past. Ever since the New York Knicks shoutout in “Rapper’s…
Carrie Furniss – ‘Bitter and Sweet’
Carrie Furniss’s Bitter and Sweet is aptly described as “bedroom pop”; there is a charming, homemade quality to these spare, synth-based soundscapes….
There’s no quitting for Weakened Friends
On the cover of Weakened Friends’ 2021 album, Quitter, a mascot mopes off a field, utterly defeated. But the Portland, Maine-based band…
Single Review: “Angelica,” Wet Leg’s Party Pooper Anthem
Should I stay or should I go? This classic question (most notably posed by The Clash), continues to plague people everywhere—perhaps most…
