Fairytale – EP
NYC hardcore four-piece Fairytale released their self-titled EP early this year via Desolate Records. In just four tracks (under ten minutes total)…
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An oom-pah for the apocalypse: Fangwhorl’s “Year of the Rat 2020”
Year of the Rat 2020. The year of the rat was 2020. Confined to small spaces, frenetic and uncertain with feelings that…
Hassle interviews Flight or Visibility: “I think we need to make sure they do...
Photo by Echo Harris Boston-based Flight or Visibility released the video for their track, “My Name (is Joanna). The track is an…
Future Teens – Deliberately Alive
Future Teens captures the struggles and successes of entering adulthood in their new EP, Deliberatively Alive. The Boston-based band is composed of…
Birthday Ass waxes appropriate on hopeful-yet-anxiety-ridden “Sunlit Toes”
Berklee-to-Brooklyn art-rockers have released the second single from their upcoming album, Head of the Household. “Sunlit Toes” feels coherent in an…
CAEV – It Is What It Is
Boston native CAEV carries an elasticity in his voice that very few possess in music. His presence can transcend your speakers and…
Hospital Bracelet – South Loop Summer
refreshing queerpunk from the Chicagoland environs
FORKS – MERCY DEMO
The boys from Forks are deliberately evasive when speaking personally, refusing to mention who they are and where they’re from (although it’s…
Goratory – Sour Grapes
“Wouldn’t you think that a species of this kind would adapt to the climate of a permeating grime?”
Chrissy B – “More than Anyone”
When Berklee student Chrissy Bernard came face-to-face with the halting effects of COVID-19 while recording her new single, “More than Anyone,” she…
FRESH SINGLES: Boy Harsher Remixes Perfume Genius + More
These music reviews originally appeared in the January Boston Hassle Donor Newsletter
Dead Rituals Release “Live In Brooklyn” Video
Despite the chaos of the pandemic, Naples, Italy-based Dead Rituals has still managed to be prolific, dropping a new EP and a…
