Album Review: Barns by Barns Matt McCarthy February 23, 2017Former award-winning Boston punks forge promising new beginnings with boisterous blues-rock reboot in debut EP Barns. Grungy folk-rock quartet Barns...
Ticket Giveaway: G. Love & Special Sauce (1/27) Maddy Ball January 19, 2017More than 20 years ago, G. Love & Special Sauce got their start performing as the house band at Cambridge-favorite...
Boston’s Best Local Albums of 2016 Jon Simmons January 18, 2017The time for year-end lists has passed, but it’s not too late to call attention to the albums our staff selected as 2016’s best...
Selected Sounds: 4 Concerts to Check Out Before the Holidays Matt McCarthy November 21, 2016Between the especially stressful election cycle and the upcoming chaos of the holiday season, it feels like there’s barely a...
Premiere: Bad Habits by Jenna Lotti Anna Marketti October 18, 2016With the likes of Rachel Price, Calin Peters, and Anna Fox Rochinski, there’s no shortage of retro, soulful female voices...
Selected Sounds: 4 Local Concerts You Won’t Want to Miss Matt McCarthy October 7, 2016Stuck scrolling through endless show listings and Facebook events? Let the team here at Sound of Boston help narrow it...
Ticket Giveaway: Cobi 10/13/16 Maddy Ball October 7, 2016This Thursday, October 13th, Cobi is coming to Paradise Rock Club as part of his tour with Boy & Bear. We’ve got two tickets up...
Video Premiere: “Sweet Reality” by The Max Tribe Jon Simmons October 3, 2016In Boston, where students live in apartments stacked on top of each other, cops bust parties all the time. Everyone...
Best Bearded Falsetto: Jack Garratt Jon Simmons February 27, 2016When I think of a one-man band, I think of this guy: Thank you, Jack Garratt, for erasing this doofus...
Selected Sounds: 5 Boston Concerts Worth Catching Matt McCarthy November 30, 2015The city has officially entered holiday season chaos mode, so why not take a break from the chilly city streets...