hot takes
#HotTakes | Week of 05.04.26
Featuring: Low Cut Connie, Alela Diane, Father John Misty, Kurt Vile, of Montreal, Deer Tick, The Womack Sisters, Kamran Khan, Fantastic Negrito, Heidi Curtis, Ben Chapman
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#Photos | Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover + Lady Lamb @ Somerville Theatre
There was a kind of excited energy in the room Sunday night that you don’t always feel anymore outside of a few intimate venues. The Somerville Theatre had a current of anticipation running through it as everyone awaited their chance to hear Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover&
Mixtape | April 2026
The First Saturday There's a specific day that happens every April. You don't plan for it, it just shows up. You wake up and the window's already open and the air smells different and somewhere between the first cup of coffee and putting your
#HotTakes | Week of 04.27.26
Featuring: Dana and Alden ft. Mei Semones, Hiss Golden Messenger, Arc Iris (ft. WILLOW), Luluc, Death Cab for Cutie, Crow and Gazelle, Fai Laci, Mon Rovîa, Adeem the Artist
#HotTakes | Week of 04.20.26
Featuring: Spencer Cullum, This Is Lorelei. ft. Waxahatchee, Golden Everything, Ellen Froese, Big Guy & The Very Large Men, Fruit Bats, Mock Media, Library Card, The Deslondes, Tyler Lyle, The Midnight, Arlo Parks, Effie Zilch
#HotTakes | Week of 04.13.26
Featuring: Shakey Graves, Andrew Sa, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Carly King, Jaco Jaco, Kevin Morby, Hunter Morris / Mountain of Youth, Spacemoth, Prima Queen, Broken Social Scene, Stephen Sanchez, GREY & GREENE
#HotTakes | Week of 04.06.26
Featuring: Pond, Olive Klug, Alex Amen, Kurt Vile, Biribá Union, Cactus Lee, The Huntress and Holder of Hands, Emory Duncan, Hayes Carll & Corb Lund, Deer Tick, CS Cleaners, Fantastic Cat, Josiah and the Bonnevilles
#HotTakes | Week of 03.30.26
Featuring: Elizabeth and the Catapult, India Ramey, Nic Panken, Alela Diane, Mr. Dinkles, Luisa Wilson, Devon Gilfillian, Jack White
Mixtape | March 2026
Every month I try to make something that moves. Not a mood board. Not background noise. Something with a shape to it — a beginning that means something, a middle that earns your patience, and an ending that feels like it was always where we were headed. March came together around
#HotTakes | Week of 03.23.26
Featuring: Hiss Golden Messenger, Big Harp, Yttling Jazz & Bobby Gillespie, Alela Diane, Fruit Bats, The California Honeydrops, The Deslondes
#HotTakes | Week of 03.16.26
Featuring: Tove Styrke, KELS, Death Cab for Cutie, Lee Lewis, Fantastic Cat, MT Jones, Charlotte Cornfield, Crow and Gazelle, Blood Sucking Maniacs, Bonnie Montgomery & Melissa Carper, Willie Nelson, Kiki Cavazos, deary, Donovan Woods, Alan Gogoll, Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Photos | Buffalo Traffic Jam + Sons of Habit @ The Sinclair
This was one of those nights where it was obvious the band had already outgrown the room.