Faun and a Pan Flute — Traffic (2015 tour EP)
When I first approached the music of Atlanta, Georgia-based ensemble Faun and a Pan Flute, it was with a skewed perception of…
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Rabit — Baptizm
Grime has been making a big splash in the past year or so. The raucous, staccato style of urban dance music has…
GAS CHAMBER — STAINED HAND
SPHC have continued to step up their game, releasing some of the finest records in the various realms of punk and hardcore…
THE BUDOS BAND, ELETRIC CITIZEN@ MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
It’s funk, it’s afrobeat, it’s soul, it’s much more than that! It’s the fucking Budos! The very talented THE BUDOS BAND turns…
TAPES – “REPOSE”
The video for REPOSE, off Stockholm band TAPE’s latest album CASINO, is a sleepy reflection of the song’s decidedly delicate sound. Gentle…
ROUGH FRANCIS, DEATH TO TYRANTS, BIG MESS, BLACK NORSE @ THE RED DOOR
Guys, NH can be cool, too. Or at least Ryan Harrison (half of Black Norse/part of Rick Rude) is making a successful…
JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA – SONGS OF FORGIVENESS
Super-prolific ambient/experimental artist and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (Tarentel, The Holy See, Sea Zombies, The Alps, Raum, the Root Strata label, etc) has released…
CAROLINE PARK, BETH MCDONALD, MATT SAMOLIS @ AVIARY GALLERY, JAMAICA PLAIN
Yeah, bands are awesome — but there’s something so vivid and daring about instrumentalists who venture out on their own. Tonight, three…
WORLD CUP – s/t EP
The debut EP from Boston artist WORLD CUP lives up to the exoticism and sophistication of the splendid sporting event now being…
LEEDZ EDUTAINMENT: MADLIB, LUSHLIFE, RETROSPEK, LIGHT-FOOT, FELLY @ MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
Throughout the past decade, beatmaking obliterated the lines between hip hop, jazz, soul, electronica (whatever that means to you), and any genre…
SUJO – REPENT
Ryan Huber –Dartmouth MA artist and founder of Inam Records— has worked under the names Sujo, Olekranon, and Vopat to cover his…
THE MACROTONES, BIG MEAN SOUND MACHINE @ MILKY WAY LOUNGE
In the year 1977, Parliament famously demanded, “We want the funk! / Give up the funk!” Since then, a worldwide army of…
