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Weekly Wrap-Up: 10/19/2015

Will Sullivan
While gleefully watching Tom Brady dismantle the Colts’ defense (who’s deflated now, you rapscallions?), I bring to you October’s second installment of the weekly wrap-up! I promise, no more football references from this point on. Rare Occasions Releases New Track...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 10/12/2015

Will Sullivan
Leaves are falling, evenings are finally cool and crisp, pumpkin-spice is omnipresent, and Boston is churning out music. Here’s our summary of the week that was. Darlingside Featured on NPR’s World Cafe: Next Last week Darlingside, the Cambridge-based band and...

Interview: DJ Spooky

Jon Simmons
he first ever artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, DJ Spooky, will be taking his galaxy of sampled sounds to Boston’s Museum of Science. On September 24, Spooky (Paul D. Miller) will perform the world premiere of...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 9/11/2015

Samantha Fleishman
Sleeping away the knotted-stomach feeling that accompanies the start of school? Wondering what happened throughout the Boston music scene these past two weeks? Looking to impress your new college buds with knowledge of the local music haps? The Weekly Wrap-Up...

Listen Local: 5 Songs for August

Knar Bedian
This August edition of Listen Local features handclaps, lazy surf-rock, smooth jazz solos. Ready? Go. “Television” – You Won’t Most TV’s are overwhelming, bursting with an excess of programs. But You Won’t must not have cable, because “Television” is extremely bare....

Weekly Wrap-Up: 8/23/2015

Billy
Welcome back to the Wrap-Up! This week we’ve got new tunes from Michael Christmas, Houseguests, and Tall Heights, plus a strangely touching car advertisement!   Plugging In and Pissing Off: Check Out this Mini-Documentary on Bob Dylan at Newport Folk...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 8/17/15

Billy
Welcome back to the wrap-up! This week we’re hitting you with a new single from Potty Mouth and a couple can’t-miss, free-as-fuq, end-of-summer fests. Take a Trip Back to the 90s with Potty Mouth’s “Cherry Picking” Paying homage to acts...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 8/2/2015

Billy
Welcome back to the wrap-up, where we take each week in Boston music and stuff it into one column tighter than Lenny Kravitz’s leather pants.   Darlingside Gets Fed Up With the 9-5, Praises Han Solo in New Single We’ve...

Qup: Reinventing Playlist Collaboration

Tom Dillon
o one wants to be tethered to the speakers at a party. Inevitably, the responsibility of playing music at a get-together falls on one or two people who spend their night making sure the music never abruptly stops, and who end...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 7/26/2015

Billy
Welcome to the Wrap-Up! We’re bouncing back from a short break with two weeks’ worth of news and irrelevant gifs!   Amy & The Engine Debut a Very Radio-Friendly “Patience” Somehow continuing the trend of popping out ridiculously catchy singles...