The Cradle – The Glare of Success
THE CRADLE are one of NYC’s greater experimental exports of the last bunch of years. I don’t know when I first became…
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“They Sell Doomsday” a Year Later: Interview with Ryan Power
I first heard Ryan Power’s music around November of last year. His “They Sell Doomsday” record had just come out and I…
Went There: LEYA @ Deep Thoughts May 15th
It was 9:30 and there was no sight of them yet. I thought the thunderstorm that had taken out most of the…
Went There: Waking Windows, Winooski, VT May 4-6th
A Heady Summer Festival in Scenic Winooski, VT
Erica Eso – 129 Dreamless GMG
Birthing Hips – Urge To Merge
The latest Birthing Hips Record enters you into the crumpled internet world
Ryan Power – They Sell Doomsday
Don’t let the slick production fool you. The jazz guitar, the witty lyrics, the percussive a cappella ‘bum bum bum,’ ‘da dum…
Kalbells – Ten Flowers
Define art-pop: Smart, clever, pop music with a poetic, theoretical nature, influenced by high and low culture. Art-pop: Kalmia Traver, aka Kalbells…
2016 FAV RELEASES of BOSTON & NEW ENGLAND
In no particular order. Listened to all of these records LOTS in 2016. So many records. So many wonderful New England made…
Max Eilbacher – Schizophrenia as Architecture
On Schizophrenia as Architecture, Max Eilbacher moves around almost incomprehensibly, meticulously spreading out sounds and adjusting temperaments. Max, a member of Baltimore’s…
Palace of Winds to Blade of Love
An Interview with Travis LaPlante of Battle Trance
My Favorite Non-Boston/New England Albums of 2014
DAN SHEA is the Director of the 501(c)(3) non-profit BRAIN Arts Org and fills many roles in helping run its many projects (this website,…
