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kingsley flood
Photo by Dave Green Photography [W]hen a band like Boston’s Kingsley Flood only has a few years under their belt, and still collects accolades like they have been creating music together for a Springsteen amount of years, you have yourself something pretty special. The latest album, Battles, is
Zambonis
[H]ockey and rock n’ roll go together like fist-a-cuffs and 5-minute majors and no other band combines the best of both worlds better than Bridgeport, Connecticut’s The Zambonis. Formed in 1991, when the Pittsburgh Penguins hoisted the Stanley Cup with Mario Lemieux, after defenceman/guitarist/singer Dave Schneider
People on Fire
[S]omerville, MA band People on Fire are celebrating the release of their new EP, 2, by throwing a party at Club Bohemia (Downstairs at The Cantab) in Cambridge tonight for what is sure to be a rollicking good time. The talented 4-piece have been at it since 2009 and
Eager City Patient Country
photo credit to David Wright Photography http://www.davidwrightphoto.com/ [T]he moment you press play on the new full-length Larcenist album Eager City, Patient Country a welcoming feeling sets in and takes hold. It’s the familiar sound of everyday life, and the stories of regular folks like you
Nataly Dawn
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQ1-OFkonU[/youtube] [P]omplamoose singer-songwriter Nataly Dawn is set to release her latest solo album, How I Knew Her, Feburary 12 on Nonesuch Records. This Kickstarter funded project will be her debut release with the label and highlights her talent at introspective, autobiographical
Andrew Bird
[P]art two of our Newport Folk Festival wishlist as compiled by the Music Savage gang. With winter coming down hard on us New Englanders we eagerly anticipate the music extravaganza this July and countdown the days until all our favorite bands converge on Rhode Island for one glorious weekend.
Jimbo Mathus
[J]imbo Mathus is the sound of the South. The Mississippi native creates music that makes even us Northerners feel as though we were born with Bayou blood coursing through our veins. White Buffalo, his second album with his band The Tri-State Coalition, is a masterful collection of stories deeply
The Lone Bellow
You Never Need Nobody [G]eorgia native Zach Williams began songwriting in 2005 during a time of family crisis and learned to play guitar to help put his emotional outpouring to song. Unknown to Williams at the time he was creating the music that would eventually become the groundwork for
In Hau
[H]ave you ever had a dream where you find yourself floating through the night sky, swirling around the clouds, lost somewhere between dread and repose? Linus Lutti evokes just that feeling throughout his latest Little Children EP titled In Hau, an extremely beautiful 5 song collection of haunting melody
Just Make It Stop
[H]ow do you celebrate your 20th anniversary and 10th album in grand fashion you ask? Well if you are Duluth, MN trio Low the answer is quite simple, you ask Jeff Tweedy of Wilco to produce and record the new record in his Chicago studio. The first single to
The Lone Bellow
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Id-sNOhL0I[/youtube] [I]f The Lone Bellow is any indication of the year in music that awaits us in 2013 then we are off to a very fine start. The Brooklyn trio are set to release their self-titled debut album January 22, on
In The Valley Below
[G]ive me a slow rolling beat, intertwined female/male vocals singing hushed, lovelorn verses, add a piano for extra layers, and hit me with a surprise guitar riff as the song glides to a finish and I’m happy. Los Angeles duo In The Valley Below have managed to