Best of Boston Music: The Top Local Songs of 2018 Meaghan O'Brien January 29, 2019 Featured, Local Spotlight 1 Comment Something good DID happen in 2018: these artists gifted us with some heart-lifting, gut-punching, incredible music. From Sidney Gish, who exploded this year, to Anjimile's exploration of the trans experience,...
You Will Be Humming My Last Words: The Ballroom Thieves Amie O'Hearn January 12, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews The Ballroom Thieves deliver emotional performance at the Royale and return to their Boston roots to close out a pivotal year. 12/29/18 - Royale Boston The audience was singing loudly to “Home For The...
Album Review: Paper Crown by The Ballroom Thieves Alexis den Boggende December 10, 2018 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews The Ballroom Thieves conjure themes of nomadic melancholy and bouts of heartbreak in their haunting new EP. The Ballroom Thieves’ most recent EP, Paper Crown, could be the soundtrack of a gritty Peaky...
Under the Covers with The Ballroom Thieves Amie O'Hearn November 26, 2018 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight If the saying, “when I ask you to listen to a song, I am trying to tell you everything I mean to say” is true, then an artist covering another’s song is the ultimate form of flattery. Enter The...
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...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 4/24/17 Caitlin Pohl April 27, 2017 Columns, Featured, Weekly Wrap-Up Welcome back to the Weekly Wrap-up, where we sift through the week’s news and pick out the best little tidbits, like picking out the chocolate chips in a bag of trail mix! Bent Knee releases video for...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 3/1/17 Amie O'Hearn March 1, 2017 Featured, News, Weekly Wrap-Up Welcome to the Weekly Wrap Up. This week’s edition is brought late to you because I was enjoying the spring weather and having a dance party in my kitchen to all of the new music that Boston artists are...
Premiere: Bad Habits by Jenna Lotti Anna Marketti October 18, 2016 Featured, Local Spotlight, Premiere With the likes of Rachel Price, Calin Peters, and Anna Fox Rochinski, there’s no shortage of retro, soulful female voices in Boston. Jenna Lotti is no exception. Lotti’s music is bluesy and robust, but...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 6/12/16 Araz Havan June 14, 2016 Columns, Featured, News, Weekly Wrap-Up It's been a difficult and heartbreaking weekend in the news. For those of you who will be attending the Aeronaut Neighborhood Nights Allston, put on by local music scene supporters and brewery Aeronaut,...
Weekly Wrap-Up: 3/27/16 Will Sullivan March 28, 2016 Columns, Featured, Uncategorized, Weekly Wrap-Up We now enter the last week of March, which means April is right around the corner. And with April comes Opening Day, Fenway Park, and the beginning of the baseball season. The crack of the bat, the roar of the...
