Local Spotlight

Stepping away from the Green Line busking area and into the recording booth, “Surreal Estate” is the first recorded material from Somerville’s Sophia Belle despite having performed around the city for...

On a chilly and moonless October night in Boston, Tall Boys arrived at my apartment for their interview. As I went down the stairs to let them in, I could see the lead vocalist and guitarist, Charley Binkow,...

You are ambling through an uncanny carnival in the middle of a clearing; there is no moon or stars, and the October air chills you to the bone as carnival music cuts through the night. You realize you are the...

Boston-based indie rockers Hush Club offer riveting, warm live takes on already-superb studio tracks The music of Boston-based DIY indie rock act Hush Club is largely aimed to revolve around, and create,...

After a massively destructive apartment fire, a rebranded The Hats releases their first LP in over five years. Patrik Gochez of the Hats describes the fire that destroyed his and his bandmates’ apartment as...

Ten days before their show at Great Scott, the members of Lula Wiles are as scattered geographically as their talents. Eleanor Buckland, who plays acoustic guitar and fiddle, and who was originally thought to...

Bat House drove out of Boston on a stagnant, humid day. A month later, they returned disheveled and sweaty, full of stories and the chips and peach rings that helped countless Midwestern miles roll by. For...

"Neapolitan" is R&B groove therapy for the overcooked mind. Summer comes packaged with a host of complaints—too muggy, sluggish, grimy—which would almost be too much if not for the irresistible charm...

Imagine this: a little enclave for celebrating the freedom of expression and a collection of people coming together with reckless abandon for an endless night of impassioned music. It’s the large festival in...

Kira McSpice’s debut album Prodrome marks the beginning of an ambitious project: a series of four albums, each using one of the four phases of a migraine as a vessel to explore the depths of an artist’s...