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#HotTakes | Week of 10.04.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Your Love’s Working Me to the Bone // Phillip-Michael Scales Not Ready Yet // Jamie McDell Where is Everyone? // Lunar Vacation The Last Dance // St. Paul & The Broken Bones Amateur // L.A. PEACH L.A. PEACH · Amateur Working for the Knife // Mitski Change // Big Thief The Light Saw Me // Jason Boland & The Stragglers I Can Feel Your Pain // Robert Finley white summer // la loye la loye · white summer Atlantis // Noah Gundersen (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) She Did…

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#HotTakes | Week of 07.12.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. What It’s Worth // Sam Himself by the way // pizzagirl pizzagirl · by the way Empty Hands // Stephen Chopek Don’t Start Now (Dua Lipa Cover) // The Heavy Hours Just for Kids // Ben Kweller By the Jasmine // Tré Burt Slow Down // Alisa Amador Looking For Love // Lisa Crawley Days n Nights // Mimikat Mimikat · Days n Nights rom com 2004 // Soccer Mommy Upcoming Boston Area Show: Wednesday, September 22nd @ Paradise Rock Club Nocturne Child // Daniel Romano’s Outfit…

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#HotTakes | Week of 07.05.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Firefly // Lucija 18 Cigarettes // Ducks Ltd. Fume // Peach Baby I Won’t Let You Down // Curtis Harding Rae Street // Courtney Barnett Upcoming Boston Area Show: Tuesday, February 8th @ Boch Center Wang Theatre Half a Heart Keychain // Riddy Arman Tango // Rodrigo Amarante Sugar Man // Black Pumas Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around // Molly Tuttle (ft. Nathaniel Rateliff) I Need Your Love // Charley Crockett Western Skies // Lexie Roth (ft. Willy Mason) What’s Coming To Me // Dorothy

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#HotTakes | Week of 05.31.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. The Feeling // Stella and the Very Messed Mirror // Sigrid Bloodhounds (Bad News Babe) // Star Moles Watson (Pt. 1) // The Arthur Brothers The Arthur Brothers · Watson (Pt. 1) Feel of It // School of X Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner) // Hiss Golden Messenger Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, December 3rd @ The Sinclair Candy // Nik Brinkman Quittin // Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves? Momentary // Jake Wesley Rogers Throwin’ Away Your Love // Lukas Nelson & Promise of…

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#HotTakes | Week of 05.10.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Worry With You // Sleater-Kinney Off the Rails // Wallice Beginnings and Ends // K.C. Jones Yeah // Havana Swim Club Pow // The Go! Team Everybody Talks // Rowan Witchoo // Durand Jones & The Indications Northern Lights // Claire George Shenandoah Shakedown // John R. Miller Get In Your Head (Malkovich Ya) // Dirty Nice Oh My Country // Willy Mason Motorbike // Leon Bridges Any Man of Mine // Bahamas You’re Lucky She’s Lonely (featuring Colter Wall) // Summer Dean Long Live The King…

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#HotTakes | Week of 03.29.21

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Youth On A Spit // Willy Mason The Moon // Morcheeba Who’s Having The Greatest Time? // Low Island Unsmart Lady // Dry Cleaning Circles // The Brother Brothers All Is Fine // Johanna Samuels Country Boy // Robert Finley The Great Divide (Flipped) // The Shins Juniper Jones // David Wax Museum Feeling We Used to Know // Travis Linville Under the Leaves // Ryanhood ryanhoodmusic · Under the Leaves Fruits of My Labor // Waxahatchee The Melting Of The Sun // St. Vincent The Way…

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#HotTakes | Week of 06.22.2020

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Botomboki // Luvanga Undead God Of War // Tré Burt Hillside // The Brummies Fell In Love With The City // Another Sky Alapathy // Fenne Lily Body Memory // Jess Cornelius How Bout It // Delta Spirit Waste Your Life, Be An Artist // Jacob Smigel Greed // Tash Sultana Green Rocky Road // Bonny Light Horseman My Name // Skott Fake Empire (The National Cover) // Molly Tuttle The Protagonist // Gooseberry Take It Off // Willy Mason I’m So Happy I Cry // Fantastic…

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Photos + Review | First Aid Kit + Willy Mason @ The Paradise

Photos by Boston Concert Photography [T]here was a beautiful blend of dazzling voices on the Paradise stage last Sunday night and those lucky enough to have scored a ticket to the sold-out show were treated to quite a harmonious evening. Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit were days away from releasing their third album, Stay Gold, and played a number of fantastic new songs, while Massachusetts’ very own Willy Mason hushed the rowdy all-ages crowd with an opening set that delivered a heartfelt message of hope and redemption. It’s hard to believe that Johanna and Klara Söderberg released their debut album, The Big Black…

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2013 | Steve’s Top 12 (?) Albums of the Year

[W]elp, it’s that time of the year again — time to try and stack rank the albums I’ve spent my life with over the past year. Weighing intangible against intangible and doing my best to pick which one comes out on top! In some ways, this annual ritual makes me feel like I’m trying to pick a favorite kid. Actually, doing that might be easier. I keed, I keed. No DSS calls please. Below are my top albums for the year and even one bonus suggestion which I was lucky enough to get a preview of during 2013, but that…

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