Album Review: Stain Your Tongue by Houndsteeth Kristen Sallaberry July 16, 2019 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Stain Your Tongue, Houndsteeth’s debut album, is a sinuous and sincere exploration of the self. While this 27-minute project deals with darker themes—stagnation, isolation and anxiety—shrill vocals and...
A Heart to Break: Kim Petras Jared Steinberg July 1, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews Unapologetic pop star Kim Petras gave a glittered Sinclair audience infectious electro-pop dance beats and soaring vocals about boys, clothes, cars, and drugs on her sold-out headlining “Broken” Tour....
Concert Gallery: Little Simz Owen Markham June 28, 2019 Concert Photo Galleries, Featured, Reviews London-based hip-hop artist Little Simz brought her smooth lyricism and flow to a Boston crowd, who met her with the enthusiasm of a local artist. 06/25/19 - Great...
Hipstory Presents: Boston Answering Jared Steinberg June 20, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Festivals, Reviews Local music takes a stand at Boston Answering, a one-night hip hop-centric artist showcase for Boston residents and a shot across the bow at Boston Calling. 5/25/19 - The Strand Theatre When you walk into...
Album Review: Reagan Esther Myer by Rebecca Kopycinski Tadhg Larabee June 20, 2019 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Only one part of an ambitious and immersive world, Reagan Esther Myer delivers incisive social commentary through a retro-futuristic synth-pop sound. Reagan Esther Myer is part concept album, part prophecy,...
Album Review: Like Waves by Erika Hansen Nicole Collins June 17, 2019 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Erika Hansen's latest, near-theatrical EP moves through various genres and textures while still holding together a concise, effective statement. The cover of Erika Hansen’s latest EP, Like Waves,...
Album Review: TRANSIT by TEGA David Paradela June 10, 2019 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews TEGA sounds almost unrecognizable in this short collection of heavily-produced electronic music. He manages to push all the right experimental boundaries in a surprising, but excellent, sophomore effort. For...
Album Review: Softest Destroyer by Carol Anna Marketti June 4, 2019 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Minor keys unlock haunting, sprawling melodies on Carol’s debut EP. Still fresh to the Boston scene, Carol’s debut EP, Softest Destroyer, comes a year after the release of her single, “Lilies.”...
Psychedelic Lightness and Breathability: Olden Yolk Mary Menzemer June 4, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews Olden Yolk breezed into Cambridge in support of their newest LP, Living Theatre, leaving behind traces of an atmospheric calm. 5/17/19 - Lilypad Olden Yolk’s music is difficult to describe with adjectives;...
Boston Calling 2019: Sunday Alexis den Boggende May 31, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Festivals, Reviews A thick, unforgiving heat wave rolled through Boston Calling on Sunday, but that didn't stop festival goers as they packed in close to hear the sets of indie rockers like Snail Mail and Rolling Blackouts...