FRANKIE COSMOS – DONUTES
In the wake of Frankie Cosmos’ successful studio release “Zentropy”, the quiet and intimate set of demos on Donutes is like a…
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THE SHARPEST – SPLIT 12”
Every place has it’s suite of sounds. Out in Amherst, for instance, there’s a strong math rock community. Two years back, THE…
KAL MARKS, RICK RUDE , NOTCHES @ THE RED DOOR (PORTSMOUTH, NH)
“Searing hot” is the handle for this show – get out to The Red Door and funnel these hot sounds into your…
REAL ESTATE & PURE X @ SINCLAIR (NIGHT 2)
Tonight’s the night for starry-eyed slowdancing in the city as New Jersey jangly bliss-pop masters Real Estate are joined by Austin’s similarly…
AI ASO – “DATE”
Ai Aso makes swaying (sometimes lounge-jazzy) psych pop in both English and her native Japanese. Exceedingly hypnotizing, her songs and her singing…
FUTURE DAYS – “ROTARY PHONE”
Jeez, where do these kids get the time? Future Days is one form of that incestuous, protean mass of creativity that also…
JACUZZI BOYS — S/T
There are certain things in life that you know you’ll pretty much always like, regardless of the variation. Mac ‘n Cheese comes…
BRAVE ELEPHANT, THE TAXONOMISTS, VITAL SIGN @ O’BRIEN’S
Finish off the week with a bang and head on over to O’Brien’s Pub in Allston. BRAVE ELEPHANT use the stage as…
SWEARIN’ – SURFING STRANGE
Katie and Allison Crutchfield are undeniably the current queens of punk pop – a title that has been a long time coming,…
DANIELLE STEELE, JOE DEGEORGE, HARMOOS, WE CAN ALL BE SORRY, COUPLES COUNSELING @ MONA’S...
DANIELLE STEELE is a folk singer songwriter from Tallahassee who croons with a sense of realism to her prose. JOE DEGEORGE takes…
SLOWDIM, COURTERS, SAM FRANKLIN @ VIDEO UNDERGROUND
Until recently, it was a sad, sad fact that Video Underground was set to cease its show activity in the near future…
BILL BAIRD – “I’VE WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE TO DISAPPEAR / DIAMOND EYEPATCH SEE...
Despite its prog-baiting length and sonic density, the centerpiece of Bill Baird’s newest cassette is a concentrated pop distillate with endearing bouts…
