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#HotTakes | Week of 04.16.2018

#HotTakes | Week of 04.16.2018

Published April 20, 2018 By Ryan Doyon

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Nothing Compares 2 U // Prince Runaway // Carry Illinois Back Yards // TENTS Don’t Feel Like Dancing // The Sidekicks Upcoming Boston Area Show: Thursday, May 24 @ Great Scott Superficial // Tommy Down It’s Not Just Me // Let’s Eat Grandma Upcoming Boston Area Show: Monday, September 10 @ Great Scott Cash For Gold // Cut Worms Upcoming Boston Area Show: Sunday, May 20 @ Brighton Music Hall Bad Behavior // Will Dailey Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York // The Tallest Man…

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Photos + Review | Newport Folk Presents: Colter Wall + Jade Bird @ The Sinclair

Photos + Review | Newport Folk Presents: Colter Wall + Jade Bird @ The Sinclair

Published April 18, 2018 By Steve Benoit

There’s a certain somber delight that comes with attending a performance by Colter Wall. While the subject of the songs you’re singing along to may range from being harassed by police, to infidelity and revenge homicide, to driving your motorcycle off a mountainside, there’s a comforting feeling that even in your loneliest hour, you’re never alone and there’s always another day ahead of you. Wall, an early-twenties Canadian Cowboy whose moody, husky baritone and classic songcraft have drawn the attention of music fans from Natuashish to Nashville, rolled into Cambridge this past Sunday to croon in front of a sold-out…

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Song of the Week | Soleima – Pacify Me

Song of the Week | Soleima – Pacify Me

Published April 18, 2018 By Ryan Doyon

Photo Credit: Dennis Morton The WFMO X Music Savage Show “Song of the Week” spotlight shines on Denmark for the second time and is focused once again on the brilliant musician Sarah Mariegaard, aka Soliema. Her fantastic new EP, Bulldog, was released on April 6th via Big Beat Records and I have selected the first track, “Pacify Me,” as the latest song for you all to turn up loud, grab your friends, and get your dance on! If you are not yet familiar with one of my favorite artists from her first “Song of the Week” honors for the track, “Low…

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Photos | Caroline Rose + Henry Jamison @ Great Scott

Photos | Caroline Rose + Henry Jamison @ Great Scott

Published April 15, 2018 By Steve Benoit

Few things can draw people together in the way that an off-the-chain musical performance can. And that, my friends, is precisely what Caroline Rose and her cohorts are delivering on a nightly basis: an insanely entertaining, diverse, high-energy eargasm of a show. Touring behind her latest release (and Music Savage #AOTY nominee,) LONER, Rose and her band of merry mischief makers (including a handless Elmo and Chelsea the faceless, animatronic cat) are ripping up sold out shows across this great land of ours. The sold out show at Great Scott was no exception. Working their way through almost the whole…

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#HotTakes | Week of 04.09.2018

#HotTakes | Week of 04.09.2018

Published April 13, 2018 By Ryan Doyon

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Night Time // Superorganism Upcoming Boston area show: Tuesday, September 11 @ The Sinclair Chevrolet Van // The Nude Party Sierra Blanca // Matthew Logan Vasquez Meltdown // Public Access T.V. CINNAMON // Scott Matthews last words // isaac gracie So Real // Black Pistol Fire Our Friend Bobby // Donovan Woods It’s Called: Freefall // Rainbow Kitten Surprise Mornin’s Gonna Come // Brent Cobb Think It Over // Wild Child Loversity // Sam Lewis PYNK // Janelle Monáe

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Song of the Week | Floco Torres – Hold Up

Song of the Week | Floco Torres – Hold Up

Published April 12, 2018 By Ryan Doyon

The new WMFO X Music Savage Show “Song of the Week” spotlight shines brightly on the incredible new single from Floco Torres titled, “Hold Up,” which will be on his new full-length album due out later this year. This is the second time we have focused on the Akron-based musician for good reason. Torres is a hard-working, hard-hitting musician who recently relocated to Akron, Ohio where he works for the local arts and culture magazine, The Devil Strip, while continuing to cement his place in hip-hop history. The single, “Hold Up,” is a lyrically masterful ass-whoopin’ on the two-faced people in the industry who offer…

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#HotTakes | Week of 04.02.2018

#HotTakes | Week of 04.02.2018

Published April 6, 2018 By Steve Benoit

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. America’s Open Roads // Cicada Rhythm Upcoming Boston area show: Tuesday, June 19 @ Atwood’s Tavern Steampowered Blues // Phil Cook Ages Ago // Forth Wanderers I Can Change // Lake Street Dive Upcoming Boston area show: Friday, May 4 @ The Sinclair The Animals // Ladytron ? Impossible // The Weather Station Don’t Mean to Pry // Horse Feathers Tailor Made // The Lemon Twigs All The Liars // Avi Jacob Children of the Civil War // Tyler Lyle Keep Movin’ // Goodnight, Texas New record…

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Mixtape | March 2018

Mixtape | March 2018

Published April 3, 2018 By Kyle Mitchell

The month of March is over, and it’s time for the world to bloom a bit. This month was especially difficult to keep the total tracks to 40. Editing down, we’ve got great new stuff from Natalie Prass, to Erin Rae, Ry Cooder, Hiss Golden Messengerand so much more. I’m so so stoked on this mixtape and I hope you like it as much as I do. As always, let us know what we’ve missed (if anything), and please do enjoy.

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Song of the Week | Aubrey Haddard – I Should Know Better

Song of the Week | Aubrey Haddard – I Should Know Better

Published April 3, 2018 By Ryan Doyon

The new WFMO X Music Savage Show “Song of the Week” spotlight is focused on the impressive debut single, “I Should Know Better,” from local singer-songwriter Aubrey Haddard. The Boston-based musician is putting the finishing touches on her upcoming debut, full-length album, Blue Part, slated to be released this summer 2018. You may be saying to yourself “Hey I recognize her” and if you spend your time frequenting area venues like Atwood’s Tavern, Lizard Lounge, & Thunder Road (and you should be!) you most certainly do. On any given night she is either fronting Boston’s 8-piece soul/funk band The New…

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#HotTakes | Week of 03.26.2018

#HotTakes | Week of 03.26.2018

Published March 30, 2018 By Ryan Doyon

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Can’t Cut Loose // Erin Rae Hummingbird // Traveller Upcoming Boston area show: Monday, May 7 @ Great Scott Stars Align // Belly Upcoming Boston area show: Saturday, May 26 @ Boston Calling Music Festival To Rise You Gotta Fall // Nicki Bluhm Upcoming Boston area show: Friday, June 22 @ The Sinclair The Prodigal Son // Ry Cooder Upcoming Boston area show: Thursday, June 7 @ Wilbur Theater Sisters // Natalie Prass Tin Armor // Noble Dust Upcoming Boston area show: Tuesday, April 3 @ Club…

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