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Still Woozy at The Sinclair

Elastic Dance Moves: Still Woozy

Jon Simmons
January 28, 2019
Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews
Still Woozy nails the dance moves, but needs more music.   1/22/19 - The Sinclair On a Tuesday night at The Sinclair, a sold-out crowd trickled in to see Jonathan Something, a three-person band, play the...
Rock City album art by The Maxims

Album Premiere: Rock City by The Maxims

Jon Simmons
November 5, 2018
Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere
Some albums invite you into a time capsule; others strap you in the cockpit and press light speed ahead. Rock City, The Maxims' debut full-length album, kicks down the garage door and enters a 1970s punk...

Song Premiere: “Always Wasted” by The Drunk Monkeys

Jon Simmons
May 22, 2018
Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere
Formed in early 2014, The Drunk Monkeys are out to subvert expectations. “Always Wasted,” the title of the single from their debut eponymous album (out May 29), might conjure up imagery of wild,...

Song Premiere: “House Party” by Floyd Fuji

Jon Simmons
March 29, 2018
Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere
"A house party from hell would be one where a bunch of people come in and don't dance. Someone plays ‘Bodak Yellow,’ twice. Everyone stands against the wall and they don't move around. It's crowded and...

Album Premiere: Glory the Night by Atlas Lab

Jon Simmons
July 10, 2017
Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere
The refrain of "Glory Be" from Atlas Lab's new album, Glory the Night, goes, "Glory be the fast food / glory be the rest stops / glory be the pavement / glory the night." The repetition is more than just...
COIN at The Sinclair

Keyboard Defibrillation: COIN

Jon Simmons
May 8, 2017
Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews
 Frontman Chase Lawrence was electrifying. Everyone else—not so much. 5/3/17 – The Sinclair A synth base droned, the crowd yowled, and lights flickered across a looming gravestone prop whose...
Bully by Alec Hutson

Song Premiere: “Bully” by Alec Hutson

Jon Simmons
April 17, 2017
Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere
If you visit the Holocaust memorial in Boston, you may notice a poem engraved into a black marble slab. It’s written by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller: First they came for the Socialists, and I...

Boston’s Best Local Albums of 2016

Jon Simmons
January 18, 2017
Featured, Local Spotlight
The time for year-end lists has passed, but it's not too late to call attention to the albums our staff selected as 2016's best local releases. From funk to homegrown folk flavors, we were impressed by...
8Pivot!?

Damn, It’s Lit: Saba

Jon Simmons
November 8, 2016
Beantown Beats, Columns, Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews
11/4/16 – The Middle East - Upstairs If you know Saba, you probably know him because of ties to Chance the Rapper. Saba, a 22-year-old rapper from the west side of Chicago, grew up trading bars with...
Biscuits & Gravy - Young Love Album Art
7.5Skintight Funk

Album Review: Young Love by Biscuits & Gravy

Jon Simmons
October 4, 2016
Album Reviews, Featured, Local Spotlight, Reviews
Sometimes, you just wanna dance to some funky pop songs about sexual tension. With their sophomore album, Young Love, Biscuits & Gravy secure their spot as Boston’s horniest pop-funk balladeers. The...
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