J Mascis
J Mascis released a brand new album a few months back, titled Several Shades of Why. The original single from this album finally got a video treatment above. I’ve really enjoyed Several Shades of Why, and fans of Mascis & Dino Jr. will certainly like it as well. Buy
City and Colour
City and Colour – Northern Wind by VagrantRecords City & Colour’s much anticipated third album, Little Hell, will be out June 7th. New song, “Northern Wind” is an absolutely haunting and stunning. The instantly intimate song sprawls over 4 minutes of reverbed vocals over a simple and warm acoustic guitar.
kingsley flood
Kingsley Flood – I Don’t Wanna Go Home NPR got the honors of releasing Boston’s Kingsley Flood’s brand new single, I Don’t Wanna Go Home. This song shows them stretching the genre of Americana with blues, horns & rock elements Kingsley Flood and redefining everything you’ve
Emerging America Festival
Hey Boston, this weekend the Emerging America Festival is in action in our fair city. The American Repertory Theater, Huntington Theatre Company and Institute of Contemporary art have joined up to bring us this festival filled with creative & imaginative events. There are some really interesting events planned, and I
david vandervelde
More Than You Can Feel Wave Country David Vandervelde hits the stage tonight here in Boston, and it promises to be a great night of music. If you’ve been following Vandervelde at all, which you should, he’s put out two fantastic albums, The Moonstation House Band and Waiting
Yarn Owl
Yarn Owl – Go In a sea of shimmering folk music with the likes of Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, MMJ or John Vanderslice, Yarn Owl a PNW band, glimmers and shines much like these predecessors. Yarn Owl has released a beautiful sounding album in ‘Montaña y Caballo’. Their jangly guitars
Girl Talk
Girl Talk w/Jim Jones – Believe In Magic While on tour Girl Talk and Dipset’s Jim Jones got together in New York to record an original track with a beat sampled from Honey Cone’s “Want Ads” and Jones freestyling over it. What they have is this fantastic track
Satellite Stories
Satellite Stories – Helsinki Art Scene Fans of the high energy likes of Phoenix, or Two Door Cinema Club will be very interested to hear Satellite Stories, an unsigned Finnish band that makes some really fun music that will get you out of the chair, dance your face off and leave
Wolf Gang
Check out the making video of Wolf Gang’s Suego Faults, an album I’m very much looking forward to getting my hands on. I’ve been following small morsels of fantastic music from Wolf Gang for a long while now, and next month we should all have our hands
Manchester Orchestra
“Simple Math” Album Stream by Manchester Orchestra Manchester Orchestra is one fantastic rock & roll band and they bring their superior talents to the House of Blues tonight for a co-headlining show with Cage the Elephant. This headlining tour comes on the heels of their album release for Simple Math
Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne – Mr Blue Sky (ELO Cover) Mayer Hawthorne, is releasing his six-track Impressions covers EP online this week. It includes this fantastic version of ELO’s Mr. Blue Sky. He recorded this cover of ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” “… live, in one take, in a tiny makeshift tent, at
The Rosebuds
The Rosebuds – Woods Check out the tasty new Rosebuds track ‘Woods’ a song from their upcoming album, Loud Planes Fly Low, out June 7th on Merge Records. Its reminding me a lot of some Twilight Singers stuff, not quite as dark but the pulsing piano rhythms and explosive chorus’ leave