Local Spotlight/Song Premiere: “It’s Fine, It’s Swell” by Box of Birds Jon Simmons April 13, 2015nless you’re from New Zealand, you may not know what the term “box of birds” means. The folks in Boston...
Local Spotlight: Bron Don Anna Marketti April 13, 2015 tudying abroad is an incredible opportunity and offers countless charms, but skipping a Boston winter was certainly a highlight....
Album Review: Chaparrals – Elpis Anna Marketti April 10, 2015Chaparrals‘ 2014 release Elpis is just as bright, cheery, and lush as the definition of their name. A chaparral is essentially...
Brick Records: Not Giving a Fuck Since 1996 Jon Simmons April 7, 2015ot many record labels survive a year. Hardly any are above water after nearly 20. In the tumultuous sea of...
Album Review: The Brighton Beat – Off We Go Aaron Teixeira April 6, 2015The second full-length LP from Afrobeat/jazz-funk collective The Brighton Beat sees the band exploring familiar sounds while stretching out and...
Local Spotlight: Tredici Bacci Aaron Teixeira April 2, 2015“Living out their own musical world, writing their music based on the world that they want to inhabit…” In the...
Album Review: Milk – Contact Anna Marketti March 23, 2015 It’s 1997, and you’re in your room, surrounded by Rolling Stone covers plastered to the walls, spinning Ok Computer...
Local Spotlight: Amy & The Engine Beth Hutchings March 18, 2015“They’re my engine. They propel me forward and make everything possible,” singer-songwriter Amy Allen said of her supporting band. Bright and bubbly,...
Neighborhood Sessions: Grey Season at Sound Lion Knar Bedian March 17, 2015he crowd began trickling in around 8 PM to the sounds of camera lenses clicking into place and the clatter...
Album Review: Alissa Musto – What We Saw From the Piano Bar Tessa Roy March 17, 2015ood musicians know how to make minimalism matter. Alissa Musto is among them. With its ever-changing tones and soothing sound,...
