Local Spotlight: The Western Den Zoë Atlas April 10, 2014Chris West and Deni Hlavinka began to collaborate before they even met. As incoming students at Berklee College of Music,...
Local Spotlight: Royale [the band] Nitesh Gupta March 27, 2014Royale [the band] seem to love Christmas, brackets [as a stylistic choice], and a surreal, dance-inducing, melancholic vibe. Unfortunately, they...
Local Spotlight: Midnight Snack Nitesh Gupta March 19, 2014 Midnight Snack, a DIY band from Allston has mastered the rare art of unforgettable, goofy-dance-inducing grooves with melodies that...
Local Spotlight: The Taxonomists Jenna Buckle March 2, 2014 From the looks of their debut EP, you’d have no idea that The Taxonomists started out as an Animal Collective cover...
Local Spotlight: Friendly People Nitesh Gupta February 19, 2014 Update: The band is now known as Weather. Their website can be found here. Friendly People have a light-hearted...
Local Spotlight: Chris Restaino Nitesh Gupta February 14, 2014This week, we are featuring Chris Restaino, a local alternative, indie rock musician from Berklee. I’m a huge fan of...
Local Spotlight: Anjimile Nitesh Gupta February 11, 2014Editor’s Note: Since the publishing of this piece, Anjimile has changed their pronouns to “they” or “he”. Please keep that...
Local Spotlight: The Novel Ideas Nayantara Dutta February 4, 2014 The Novel Ideas‘ rich vocal harmonies and mellow acoustic sound draw from the places they’ve been, creating a cozy mix of...
Local Spotlight: Candy Robbers Nitesh Gupta January 22, 2014Unlike Vanessa Carlton’s famous expression of love or those two Scottish twins proclaiming they’d march the same distance, “1000 Miles”...
Local Spotlight: Grey Season Becca Chairin January 12, 2014By now, “indie folk-rock” seems to be that go-to genre label bands slap on their album. For us fans, it...