hot takes
#HotTakes | Week of 09.07.26
Featuring: Cooper Kenward, Frank Mastra, Ratboys, Sports Team, Valerie June, The War On Drugs, The Lumineers, Margo Cilker
The War on Drugs
#HotTakes | Week of 07.19.21
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Right On Time // Brandi Carlile Don’t Look Down // Eleanor Buckland Holy Mountain // JW Francis Reach Out // Hembree It’s Nice to Be Nice // Colleen Green Electric // Matthew E. White Living Proof // The War On Drugs We’
#HotTakes | Week of 08.21.17
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Mercedes // Ayo River Houses // The Duke Spirit Pain // The War on Drugs Upcoming Boston Area Show: Saturday, September 23 @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion Lost Cause // Black Pistol Fire Upcoming Boston Area Show: Tuesday, October 17 @ The Sinclair
Aloe Blacc
Mixtape | July 2017
Press Play! Summer is in full force, July has been a great month to us. We’ve got the reemergence of Wolf Parade!! new song from St. Vincent, records from Arcade Fire and Toro y Moi, and tons of stuff in between. There’s a little bit of everything in
Alvvays
Mixtape | June 2017
Halfway through the year, and still on a roll with such great, fresh music coming out each month. This month’s mixtape is super exciting as always, there’s a great variety of music that I’m excited about. High on my list is Son Little’s Blue Magic, which
Alyeska
Mixtape | April 2017
Another fantastic month of new music, and it was quite a feat just to get this down to 40 songs. Let us know what we missed, or what you like in the comments below.
Field Report
2014 | Courtney's 5 Favorite Albums of 2014
James Vincent McMorrow, Post Tropical Last winter, James Vincent McMorrow released his sophomore album, a beautiful collection of songs about light and dark, warmth and cold and the stagnancy that sticks in between. Compared to McMorrow’s first album, the sound is quite different. Early in the Morning, released in
Field Report
2014 | Kyle's Record Recommends Part 2
It’s the end of the year and it’s time to wrap up everything we loved, and this year I’d like to make this a buyers recommendation for records this year. At this point in my life, these are all records I think you should drop $20 on
The War on Drugs
Review | The War on Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Listen to The War on Drugs’ latest album, Lost In the Dream, and you’ll be hooked in less than one minute, guaranteed. An absolutely gorgeous, ambitious and sprawling album, Lost In the Dream is the band’s best work. Full of atmospheric drum beats and synths, it’s an
Black Joe Lewis
What We Missed 2011
I would like to think I do a pretty good job of covering as much music as possible, and given the chance to digest a ton of music its obvious that I’ll miss some of the fantastic releases that a year has. These are some of them that are