THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT WOULD LAST FOREVER
An enigmatic Year Ender by an enigmatic guy, who I and we love, Zach Phillips, about an enigmatic artist that we love, Cooper B Handy. Super duper. - DS
osr tapes
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…
R Hundro – 007 Town
007 TOWN, Colin White’s second release under the name R Hundro, in the final OSR Tapes batches, is a difficult one to…
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…
chris defalco’s (Belated) BEST OF 2016
2016 was a year where I didn’t do much but listen to 98.9 Nash Icon, Steely Dan, and The Rita… But in…
My favorite records NOT from Boston or New England from 2016
Here are my favorite records NOT from Boston or New England from 2016 that I was lucky enough to come across among…
Zach Phillips shares an end of year poem
Zach Phillips is an extremely talented and strange musician, having made music solo and in ensembles such as Blanche Blanche Blanche, CE…
Listening Woman – Getting Mystic
I feel much in the same way about this new LISTENING WOMAN (brainchild of THE Katie McShane) release as I do about…
Year Ender: Zach Phillips
“Imagine artists for whom every hope for the future of art has been purged in the apotheosis of the economy; artists sick…
Zach Phillips — “Is That Hole A Share Portal?” (dir. Joey Pizza Slice)
A delightfully harrowing song based descent into the land of offline, off beat pop with ZACH PHILLIPS. He is aided here (taking…
Martyr Group — Self-Titled (OSR #29)
Named after a 1983 Philip Taaffe collage (see: the featured image that was used with “gracious permission” by the artist for the…
WILL MAYO’S TOPS OF 2014
Photo by Bill T Miller Will Mayo is a tall and impressive figure in the Boston underground, both literaly and figuratively. This…
