Welcome back to our Weekly Wrap-Up! In this week’s edition, I get really hyped on funk and spend too much time trying to think of quirky titles. Dude Shreds the Flute on Zoya’s “Letters to Toska” It’s a bold...
Hungry for rap spaghetti? Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic are ready to feed you a tangle of terms. On Tuesday night, a sold-out college-aged crowd at The Sinclair came hungry to consume Aesop Rock’s intricate rhymes along with fellow MC Rob...
When Ned Wellbery started Leedz Edutainment—his hip-hop promotions company—in 2004, he sold cellphones and handed out flyers on the side to fund his start-up. Today, Wellbery, aka Leedz, has booked and promoted hundreds of shows in Boston, from rap superstars...
Valentine’s Day has come and gone again, and there’s nothing quite like filling the gaping hole in your chest with some half-priced chocolate hearts and our Weekly Wrap-Up.  Old-Timers Put on their Dancing Shoes for Amy & The Engine’s...
apper Aesop Rock (Ian Bavitz) knows words. Since the mid-90’s he has shaped his signature style, cramming verses full of words like luggage into overhead compartments, each sentence he spits stuffed with head-scratching vocab. Now on tour to support his second album as Hail...
And we’re back! Here to give you the scoop on all things Boston music is this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up. Boston Calling Update: Beck, Tame Impala, and Sharon Van Etten to Play Friday As Boston City Plaza awaits the surge...
Just in case you were too distracted by deflated footballs and Tom Brady’s jawline to catch up on everything that happened around the Boston music scene this week, our Weekly Wrap-Up is here to fill you in. St. Nothing Release...
Be a father, if not, why bother, son? / A boy can make ’em, but a man can raise one. – Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs, “Be A Father To Your Child” (1991) Fuck wrong with these bitches lately? /...
last off. We have begun our journey. One that will take us into deep space to a planet called Brighton Music Hall to observe Viva La Hop and study their brand of music. It is a launch party for local...
hile certainly no Miami or New York, Boston’s electronic music scene should not be dismissed as nonexistent, unimportant, or weak. Boasting a myriad of talented producers, Boston deserves recognition as a hot spot for electronic music on the East coast. Below is...
