Album Review: Unsaid by Yulia Musayelyan Tristan Geary August 14, 2020 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Flutist Yulia Musayelyan showcases her latest quartet album combining jazz vivacity with folk wisdom. Yulia Mussayelyan traverses many realms and vehemently leads her quartet into the horizon on her latest...
Album Review: Caffeine Queen by Them Fantasies Hannah Lemke July 16, 2020 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews 1 Comment Throughout the entirety of debut LP, Caffeine Queen, Berklee-bred alt-rock band Them Fantasies expands on what it means to have a truly undeniable groove, even a year after its release. Rising from an...
Album Review: Space Garden by Optic Bloom Kristen Sallaberry July 14, 2020 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Space Garden weaves through spirited synths and dejected beats, reminding us that the light cannot exist without the dark. Floating at the surface of this album are ruins—ruins of the self as the unfeigned...
Album Review: The New Groove By Sam Spear Tristan Geary July 11, 2020 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Sam Spear’s recent micro album The New Groove takes a musical stand against the chaos of uncertainty during a global pandemic. Composed, mixed, mastered and promoted in three weeks, Jazz saxophonist Sam...
Concert Gallery: Glass Animals Ryan Bowman March 10, 2020 Concert Photo Galleries, Featured, Reviews Glass Animals sold out the Sinclair within seconds of tickets going on sale as they returned to the first venue they played in Boston five years. The energetic crowd got to enjoy some songs they played in 2015...
A Master Class in Pop Performance: Kim Petras Sarah Wrean January 6, 2020 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews Kim Petras, German-born rising queen of pop, delivered a master class in perfectly executed 2019 pop music and showed her range, from bouncy bubblegum Britney to badass modern Beyonce. 11/22/19 - The...
Bird, Why Do You Sing?: Gaelynn Lea David Paradela November 16, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews With nothing but a fiddle and a looper pedal, Gaelynn Lea played songs that at times sounded Lord of the Rings-esque, apocalyptic, and earthy in an often hilarious set at The Lilypad. 10/25/19 - The...
Album Review: Why The Wild Things Are by Cliff Notez Kristen Sallaberry November 7, 2019 Album Reviews, Featured, Reviews Inspired by the book that was banned from classrooms in the 60s because of its compassionate depiction of those society viewed as "monsters," Cliff Notez parallels the story of Where The Wild Things Are to the...
When The Moon Was Out: Bombay Bicycle Club Alexis den Boggende October 27, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews Despite a strong opening, Bombay Bicycle Club struggled to hold on to the electricity they had at the beginning of their set. 10/4/19 - Royale On a cold Friday night at Royale, amidst blistering blue stage...
Still Dreaming: Raveena Hannah Lemke October 5, 2019 Concert Reviews, Featured, Reviews More than a musician, Indian-American R&B artist Raveena is an all-encompassing phenomenon that captivated the audience with meditative moments and silky sounds during her sold-out Boston debut. 9/18/19 -...