Local Spotlight: Golf Weapons Alexis den Boggende April 1, 2019On a mild Tuesday evening in a congenial apartment in Somerville, three friends are crowded in a kitchen. The room...
Premiere: Maggie Willow by Hawthorn Kat Muraviyova March 6, 2019ll life on Earth descended from a group of organisms called LUCA: the last universal common ancestor. LUCA reminds us...
Local Spotlight: Tory Silver Alexis den Boggende February 19, 2019icture this: a modern-day Janis Joplin with gritty rhythms reminiscent of Jimmy Page; the type of music that would suit...
Local Spotlight: The Burning Lights Alexis den Boggende January 22, 2019If anybody embodies the quote from Almost Famous, “What do you love about music? Everything,” it’s Steve Knecht, the spirited...
EP Review: Hand-Drawn Hearts by American Ink Mary Menzemer November 7, 2018American Ink doles out a heady amount of pop-punk with a garage rock twist to deliver reminiscences on adolescence and...
Album Review: Shake Me Up by Jill McCracken Mario Esquivel October 23, 2018Honest explorations of love, heartbreak, and self discovery hide behind Jill McCracken’s catchy Motown-inspired pop tunes. Soul drips from Jill...
Album Review: [OKAY MAYBE A LITTLE] (fragments of the present kaleidoscope) by Cole Blouin N. Malte Collins October 22, 2018Cole Blouin’s newest EP croons, samples, and stumbles its way along to create a weird, yet lovable, piece of music. Cole Blouin,...
Premiere: Our Warm Red Light by Gentle Temper Jessica Pavia October 1, 2018Gentle Temper’s new album Our Warm Red Light sticks to a heart of folk while experimenting with heavier sounds and themes,...
Video Premiere: “Chose” by DeAndre Jared Steinberg August 31, 2018Difficult breakups are a typical topic of choice for songwriters, but DeAndre leaves listeners’ ears ringing with the longing shouts of...
Album Review: Body by TEGA David Paradela August 9, 2018The debut LP from Berklee-educated singer Colby Ewatuya explores the relationship between his physical illness and learning to be comfortable...