Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. St. Augustine // Briston Maroney Putting On Airs (4-Track Demo) // Erin Rae Hurry On Home // Sleater-Kinney Upcoming Boston Area Show: Tuesday, October 29th @ House of Blues Can’t Tell Me No // Summer Cannibals Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, August 16th @ Once Ballroom Best Girl // Miss June Leipzig // Penelope Isles Forever // Famous Sweet Grass // Jenn Grant Get Out and Get It // Devon Gilfillian Something To Tell You // 2012 Bid Adieu Love Yourself // Sufjan Stevens
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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 //…
Leave a CommentSongs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Mornin’s Gonna Come // Brent Cobb Upcoming Boston area show: Saturday, June 30 @ Xfinity Center Cold Sweat // Church of the Cosmic Skull Armchair Expert // The Woods No Means No // Ezza Rose People’s Champ // Arkells Cryin’ My Eyes Out // Shannon Shaw Upcoming Boston area show: Monday, November 5 @ The Sinclair Run // Ella Grace Furious // Jade Bird Upcoming Boston area show: Thursday, September 27 @ Brighton Music Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfgfUFZI3Gc&feature=youtu.be Say It To Me Naked // The Shivers Lately // Wet…
Leave a CommentPress Play October was a spooky good month for new music, and I’m psyched for the broad range of music that we’ve got on this playlist. Everything from power pop jams to jangly americana to lo-fi ambling indie rock. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. As always if there’s something I missed, please leave a comment and tell me what it is.
Leave a CommentThe little festival that could is flexing into a festival that has and will continue to impress, at least that’s what Friday proved at Boston Calling. Hours before the gates opened on opening night, plans for next year had been released: a solo Spring edition, sprawling across the Harvard athletic complex in Allston, and with a film festival curated by Natalie Portman. The rigidity imposed on Boston Calling by the brick plaza and city restrictions has often made the festival feel tame- as if Disney hosted the proceedings. So it was fitting that this swan song for the Government Center location would feature a grandiose pop…
2 CommentsPhotos by Colin McLaughlin [I]n these last days before we all laugh at how the world didn’t end, it helps to have a place you can go that helps you to see there is also a lighter side to popular enthusiasm. Talking about Christmas songs, and the warm feelings that they bring to the unScrooge-like among us. Enter the patron saint of (experimental) indie folk, Sufjan Stevens who gives more to the altar of holiday cheer than most small townships and who decided that this was the year to take his new 5 CD holiday set “Silver and Gold” out on…
5 CommentsIt’s near impossible to pick one top album with the massive amount of music I listened to this year but I thought I’d try to at least give you an idea of what you should grab this year before we start anew. 20 thru 16; 15 thru 11; 10 thru 6 5. Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt As well as sharing a birthdate with me, Kristian Mattson shared with us a fantastic album in the Wild Hunt. His acoustic folk blend and his trademark raspy voice made this an absolute favorite of mine. His words are sincere…
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