Video Premiere: “I Love You I Love You” by LuxDeluxe Beth Hutchings April 15, 2016 Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere Take 70s inspired rock, mash it with stoically performed public antics, and you’d get the latest fabulously bizarre music video from Northampton-based LuxDeluxe for their song, “I Love You I Love...
Burning Down The House: Sofar Sounds Beth Hutchings February 24, 2016 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews 2/3/16 - Zumix Bars. Theaters. Basements. Lawns. Clubs. There are a lot of venues in which you can enjoy live music, but none have the same mission as ZUMIX, the latest location for Sofar Sounds’...
Song Premiere: “Want You” – Florio Beth Hutchings February 1, 2016 Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere “Late at night, in a dark room, with your earbuds in; something great can happen when it’s just you and the music.” It’s that intimate relationship between a listener and a song that Boston-based...
Local Spotlight: Yohannes (Formerly Royale the Band) Beth Hutchings October 15, 2015 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature "Like Spoon, if Spoon smoked happier weed." So read the description for Yohannes, a Boston indie-rock band, on the Facebook event page for one of their Spring house shows. "Honestly, that's one of the best...
9Passionate and Powerful Songs For The Restless: 21 Pilots & Finish Ticket Beth Hutchings September 27, 2015 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews 9/12/15 - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion “Babies...all of them,” the 20-something girl a few seats away whispered in horror, surveying the crowd. Clutching her beer tight to her chest, she seemed almost...
9.1Rising Star Pop With A Soul: Ryn Weaver Beth Hutchings August 20, 2015 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews 7/28/15 - The Sinclair "Relationships can be so superficial nowadays. We all look at the pictures we post to Instagram and go, ‘Wow, look at how many friends I have... but none of that’s real.'” Ryn...
Grey Skies and a 1965 Surprise: Newport Folk Festival (Day 3) Beth Hutchings July 30, 2015 Concert Reviews, Featured, Festivals, Reviews 7/26/15, Fort Adams, Newport, RI Fifty Years after Dylan went electric within the Newport Folk Festival grounds, a plethora of talent gathered to celebrate the iconic moments, as well as carve out their own...
7.6Refreshing and Sweet One Happy Family: Family of The Year Beth Hutchings July 13, 2015 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews 6/25/15-House of Blues Family of the Year is like a mojito: bubbly, fun and downright refreshing. Hailing from sunny LA, the indie-pop crew brought their musical cocktail to the House of Blues to...
7.9 Album Review: Manni Festo – Abstract Islands Beth Hutchings July 2, 2015 Album Reviews, Beantown Beats, Featured, Reviews "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't." Coming in right at the start of the intro, the infamous Alice...
Local Spotlight: Amy & The Engine Beth Hutchings March 18, 2015 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature "They're my engine. They propel me forward and make everything possible," singer-songwriter Amy Allen said of her supporting band. Bright and bubbly, Allen has an infectious warmth that makes it clear why...
