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Vote The Lineup: Crowdsourcing Live Music

Tom Dillon
Editor’s note: Tech Hub is a column that covers new technologies and mediums in music as an effort to encourage music-related innovation in Boston–a city with a booming tech scene. Sound of Boston aims to inform our readers of the exploration of a new booking process,...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 8/7/16

Araz Havan
We have entered peak Olympic madness! Check out these top billboard tunes from Brazil to get further in the spirit – if that’s possible. Tall Heights Brings on The New Tunes Local Spotlight act Tall Heights are gearing up to release their...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 7/24/16

Araz Havan
It feels like years since it last rained. Days are dragging by, bogged down by sweat and fatigue. Can music drag you out of the existential crisis that is this infinite heat wave? Can it? Please report back. Esh &...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 7/18/16

Will Sullivan
It’s summer music festival time in New England. Outside the Box took to the Common last week, and this coming weekend is Newport Folk. Here’s the rest of the news from the local music scene this past week. WGBH Joins...

Local Spotlight: King J

Mikey Enwright
King J is right on time for our five o’clock meeting at a Comm. Ave Starbucks. Clad in a denim jacket, a white BU student government tee, and brown shorts, the local rapper – real name Jordan Carter – is...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 6/26/16

Araz Havan
Pro tip for your upcoming summer: playing with SPF 4 is a dangerous game. Which is why I’ve now switched back to SPF 8. NPR’s All Songs Considered Audience Names Honeysuckle Best New Music Bob Boilen’s segment is like a...
Ripe plays ICA by Jon Simmons

Weekly Wrap-Up: 6/19/16

Will Sullivan
What a week for new music! Sarah Jarosz, who’s at Iron Horse on the 26th and The Sinclair on the 38th, just released her new album, Undercurrent. And Margaret Glaspy’s “Emotions and the Math,” the debut LP for the singer who...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 6/12/16

Araz Havan
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, keep in mind 100% of the beer sales from tonight’s launch party will...

Weekly Wrap-Up: 6/6/16

Will Sullivan
I thought I’d start this week’s wrap-up with a short poem. Pollen Haiku Red eyes, itchy nose I think I’ve swallowed sandpaper So f**k you, pollen   “Play Me, I’m Yours” Returns to Boston Artist Luke Jerram’s traveling, hands-on arts project...

Weekly Wrap Up – 5/29/16

Araz Havan
Hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day Weekend, especially those of you who got a chance to go to Boston Calling. Unfortunately, I was unable to go, so I lived vicariously through social media coverage. But there’s always next year! Speaking of...