Premiere: “Catacombs” by Honeysuckle Knar Bedian September 22, 2017 Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere By now, most of our readers are familiar with Holly McGarry, Chris Bloniarz, and Benjamin Burns, the local artists who together form folk trio Honeysuckle. The band won over the hearts of NPR listeners,...
Ticket Giveaway: Max Frost (10/12) Kat Muraviyova September 21, 2017 Featured, Giveaway Austin’s Max Frost literally became a success overnight. At the 2013 South by Southwest festival, Frost’s laptop and hard drive were stolen. The hard drive contained all of his recorded work. In his...
Ball in the Basement: Ryan Montbleau and The Ballroom Thieves Meaghan O'Brien September 20, 2017 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews Ryan Montbleau and The Ballroom Thieves pair together like wine and good cheese, exhibiting the range of their folk vocabulary. 8/29/17 – Spotify Boston As a double bill, Ryan Montbleau and The Ballroom...
Ticket Giveaway: Polyrhythmics (9/23) Kat Muraviyova September 18, 2017 Featured, Giveaway Seattle-based jazz group Polyrhythmics is coming to Red Room at Cafe 939 on Saturday, September 23rd at 8 PM. We have two ticket up for grabs! Their new album Caldera, named after “the smoldering crater...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 9/11/17 Caitlin Pohl September 11, 2017 Columns, Events, Featured, News, Weekly Wrap-Up Welcome back to the Weekly Wrap-Up! Here you can find all the best tidbits of local music news, all wrapped up like the neatly packed moving boxes that lined the streets these past few weeks. We...
Premiere: Diptych by split/halves Anna Marketti September 6, 2017 Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere Two’s the lucky number for split/haves—from their name to the title of their newest release, and the number of songs on their EP, Diptych, which features two short but satisfying songs. Vocalist Trevor...
Album Review: Interventions 1-5 by Nicholas P. Quigley Will Sullivan September 6, 2017 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Nicholas Quigley presents a gallery of sounds meant to intrude upon your daily routine. Nicholas Quigley’s Interventions 1-5 is neither a typical classical album nor pop album. Rather, it occupies a space...
Ticket Giveaway: Festival at the Farm (9/16 – 9/17) Kat Muraviyova September 5, 2017 Featured, Giveaway Festival at the Farm is a music festival that serves as an escape from the city life of Boston to a simpler, almost pastoral setting in Canton, MA on Prowse Farm. The festival features bands such as...
Premiere: “Make Me A Statue” by Yohannes Knar Bedian August 30, 2017 Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere Given recent current events, statues are more top of mind than usual. And though local indie rockers Yohannes wrote “Make Me A Statue” before Charlottesville and the song's monologue lyrics aren’t...
Ticket Giveaway: Fatai (9/6) Kat Muraviyova August 30, 2017 Featured, Giveaway Melbourne-born indie singer Fatai is coming to Red Room at Cafe 939 on Wednesday, September 6th at 8 PM. We have two tickets up for grabs! Fatai entered the scene after winning the first season of “The...
