Album Review: Written In My Head, From My Bedroom by The China Blue Sarah Wrean March 18, 2020 Album Reviews, Featured, Local Spotlight, Reviews A self-described “DIY compulsion”, Written In My Head from My Bedroom weaves catchy melodies in and out of layered sound effects. The China Blue's debut EP uses wide ranging dynamics to blend elements of...
Interview: Gaelynn Lea David Paradela October 24, 2019 Featured, Interview Ever since winning NPR's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, Gaelynn Lea has made her presence felt. As a folk artist and songwriter, she released her full-length debut album, Learning to Stay in 2018. It seems...
Interview: The O’My’s Knar Bedian July 26, 2019 Featured, Interview Experimental soul duo The O'My's have worked with a lot of well-known Chicago talent—including Chance the Rapper, Noname, Saba and Nico Segal. This week, they play at Great Scott, along with fellow...
Interview: Black Pistol Fire Knar Bedian May 10, 2019 Featured, Interview It’s not every day you see a guitarist crowd surf at the Sinclair, but when the audience lifted Kevin McKeown of Black Pistol Fire high into the air he just kept on banging out gritty riffs. Once based in...
Local Spotlight: Golf Weapons Alexis den Boggende April 1, 2019 Featured, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature On a mild Tuesday evening in a congenial apartment in Somerville, three friends are crowded in a kitchen. The room is rustic and warm, the smell of different spices and bread drifting through the air as...
Local Spotlight: Tory Silver Alexis den Boggende February 19, 2019 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature Picture this: a modern-day Janis Joplin with gritty rhythms reminiscent of Jimmy Page; the type of music that would suit the background of a intense, dimly-lit scene on True Detective. She’s an effortlessly...
Interview: Hudson Taylor Alexis den Boggende February 8, 2019 Events, Featured, Interview Spirited Irish folk/Americana duo Hudson Taylor will be sweeping back into Boston on Saturday, February 9th. We chatted with singer-songwriter Alfie Taylor, who spoke about the band's inspirational...
Local Spotlight: The Burning Lights Alexis den Boggende January 22, 2019 Featured, Interview, Local Spotlight, Local Spotlight Feature 1 Comment If anybody embodies the quote from Almost Famous, “What do you love about music? Everything,” it’s Steve Knecht, the spirited frontman of Boston-based band The Burning Lights. Clad in a black leather...
Interview: 47 Soul Knar Bedian January 3, 2019 Featured, Interview Next week, 47 Soul will bring their blend of electronic-infused dabke sounds—a genre they've dubbed as shamstep—to the Sinclair stage. ("Sham" refers to the Greater Syria or Levantine region of Bilad...
Interview: Ólafur Arnalds and Pianos That Go Bleep Bloop Knar Bedian November 16, 2018 Featured, Interview On his latest work, re:member, Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds blends technology and music not only in the sounds itself—he uses a special software to create a unique chorus of pianos—but in the creation of the...
