Medium Build brought the King of Having Fun tour to Royale on Saturday night, and—true to form—Nick Carpenter was able to make a packed room of strangers feel more like a gathering of long-lost friends. Maybe it's because he produces genre-crossing music that mixes
hot takes
Featuring: THAO (ft. Adrian Quesada), Cooper Kenward, MT Jones, The Talking Hearts
September had death on the brain, apparently. I didn't plan it, but "Death Drive," "The Price and the Cost," and "Death's Commuter Blues" all landed in the pool around the same time, and once Eliza Edens was the opener I
August has a way of stretching time, with long golden evenings, slow heat that will not quite break, and the bittersweet feeling of summer slipping through your fingers. This month’s mixtape leans into that haze with songs that capture both the sweat and the sweetness. Medium Build’s “Last
New music from JRJR, Eddie 9V, Brent Cobb, Bear Hands, Sure Sure, Basia Bulat, David Wax Museum, Michael Kiwanuka, Son Little and a ton more.
TICK TICK TICK BOOM – The Hives brought their iconic brand of rock and roll through Boston's own Roadrunner on September 25. Donned in the famous lighting bolt suits, the self proclaimed Best Band in the World completely thrilled the audience with hit after hit. It is tempting to
"Summer has come and passed, 20 years has gone so fast..." this lyric from 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' reigns true in new form as Green Day celebrates the 20th anniversary of American Idiot. This comes in tandem with the 30th anniversary of Dookie– The
Not much can top an evening with Aaron Lee Tasjan. Except maybe an evening with ALT, Jessye DeSilva, Rich Hinman and Molly Martin. On a chilly “spring” night at the Middle East Upstairs, Tasjan rolled into town touring behind his fresh-off-the-press release Stellar Evolution, which is (obviously)
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Featuring: Willi Carlisle, Lime Garden, Lee Emi, FRIEDA STAR, Skinshape, Mei Semones, Hudson Freeman, Blu Miller, Grey DeLisle (ft. Dave Alvin)
Featuring: Eliza Edens, Ethan Regan, Jonah Smith ft. Family Company, Rayland Baxter, Frank Mastra, James Felice, Miko Marks, Feral Foster, Prima Queen, CHVRCHES
Featuring: Caroline Rose, DAVIE, Stephen Wilson Jr., Kyshona, Palmyra, Slimdan, Thee Sinseers, Jake Klar, Sylvan Esso
Featuring: Cooper Kenward, Frank Mastra, Ratboys, Sports Team, Valerie June, The War On Drugs, The Lumineers, Margo Cilker
Featuring: Sondre Lerche, Junior Pro, The Quahogs, Nathan Evans Fox, Sawyer Hill, Eliza Edens, Oscar Lindsey, DEAR TASH, RIO KOSTA, Grey DeLisle, Aaron Frazer, Tyler Lyle, Dent May, Margaret Glaspy, Medium Build
Eventually Sure This one's uncertain from the jump, and that's on purpose. Started pulling songs I couldn't stop playing this month and realized most of them were sitting in that in between space, not sure yet, moving anyway. So I leaned into it. It
Featuring: Willi Carlisle, Twisted Teens, Lee Emi, Rayland Baxter, Liam Kazar, THAO (ft. Neko Case), Skinshape, Kate Bollinger, Neighbour Club, Dead Gowns, The Jayhawks, The Talking Hearts, Grumpy, CMAT, Ian Noe, Miko Marks, Feral Foster
Featuring: Squirrel Flower, Old Crow Medicine Show, Blythe Woods, Pug Johnson, Brother Bird, Friko, Jack Larkin, Taylor Ashton, Wishy
Featuring: Rayland Baxter, Israel Nash, The Suitcase Junket, Jonathan Something, JP Harris, Royal Blood, Castle Rat, Jawdropped, Jacob Jeffries (ft. Vulfmon)
Featuring: Imperial Teen, Riley Downing, Way Dynamic, Kam Franklin (ft. Kevin Morby), Margo Cilker, The Avalanches (ft. Portraits Of Tracy), Jawdropped, Slimdan, Pokey LaFarge, Palmyra
I think about that a lot honestly, how a band can have a song sitting at 137 million streams and still feel like something you have to put people onto. Landmark was my way in, same as it was for a ton of people, that's just how the
Somewhere around the fourth or fifth pass through this month's pile I noticed half these songs are about money. Cheap beer, twenty dollar bills, imitation wood grain, diamond rings, a guy literally wandering around Home Depot trying to price out a life he doesn't have yet.
