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#HotTakes | Week of 02.07.22

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Ready or Not // Shakey Graves (ft. Sierra Ferrell) Glass Half Full Of Tears // Brad Stank Who Put You Up To This? // Sunflower Bean Car You Drive // Jonah Tolchin Perfect World // Wings of Desire Nirwana Surf // Hugs of the Sky Rule The World // Skott The Actor // alt-J Good Day // Seratones Porta // Sharon Van Etten Meant For Livin’ // Mondo Cozmo Sort Of Stranger // The Greeting Committee and Briston Maroney Is It Over // The Cactus Blossoms Bright…

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#HotTakes | Week of 10.11.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Chills // Banji Never Know // Sam Evian Virginia Beach // Hamilton Leithauser & Kevin Morby Breathing // Spencer LaJoye Crutch // Band of Horses Rips Me Up // Fruit Bats Modern Woman // Erin Rae Reno // Eades Baby Don’t Cry // Sunflower Bean RESCUE // firekid Killing Time // Pokey LaFarge Black Hole Song (I Miss You) // Mackin Carroll GET LOST // The Collection Cause of a Scene // Jake Wesley Rogers Help Me Remember // Hayes Carll Beautiful Life // Michael Kiwanuka What…

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#HotTakes | Week of 10.29.2018

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Prime Number // Bitch Falcon Last Lion of Albion // Neko Case Upcoming Boston Area Show: Thursday, January 24th @ Royale Come For Me // Sunflower Bean Frank // ARGH KiD Sinking Ship // Cake Comeback Kid // Sharon Van Etten Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, February 8th @ Royale Mr. FROSTY MAN // Sufjan Stevens Issa // Hiss Golden Messenger Love Has All Been Done Before // Jade Bird L*** Is A Bad Word // Kiiara Boys // Henry Jamison Snakes Of The World Today //…

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Cleaning out the SXSW notebook

SXSW is weird. Early on Thursday night, I went to go see Sunflower Bean again (my second time in two days, their 4th show of the day) at Stubb’s. Opening the lineup was Loretta Lynn and her stately 7-piece band. Loretta Lynn wants you to know two things: she is the Coalminer’s Daughter, and she does not like playing festival sets. The audience turnover between sets was near total, but Stubb’s is that rarest of venues that can both hold a huge crowd, and funnel a smaller crowd in front of the stage so cozily that no one feels cheated.…

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