Spring’s arrival signals rebirth, rejuvenation, not-that-out-of-place shorts-wearing around town. And, it means there’s plenty of music festivals and events to get excited for. Here’s a few to get on your radar, if they weren’t already.
LADY LAMB JAMBS: STICKING TO HER GUNS WHILE STAYING ACCESSIBLE
Today’s mainstream pop typically consists of a dozen co-writers for predictable songwriting and unnaturally overproduced crap music, but Lady Lamb is proving to be an exception to that rotten rule.
BURY ME, MITSKI: COUNTING 45 WAYS TO BE OF USE TO THE WORLD
She bravely fronts her band, wields a bass, and sings her guts out.
THE DISTRICTS
The Philly rockers on favorite cities Vincent Moon’s videos, and influences
SNAP TO IT
“It’s one thing to have poetry events in Cambridge, but there is really no accessible slam on this side of the river in Boston,” says slammaster Janae Johnson. “One of our main goals is to have an accessible venue where poets can express themselves in a safe space free of racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, et cetera.”
REVIEW: BURY US WITH ‘BURY ME AT MAKEOUT CREEK’
There aren’t enough bands in the alternative scene fronted by badass bass-wielding babes. Fortunately, Mitski and her brand-spankin’-new record ‘bury me at makeout creek’ are here to correct that issue.
THE WESTERN DEN: A FINE FOLK MATCH MADE ON FACEBOOK
West’s harmonies seem to belong alongside Hlavinka’s vocal and piano prowess, and his tasteful acoustic fingerpicking rounds out their ambient folk sound.
‘KEEP YOU’ IS STRONG WITHOUT THE SCREAMS
Those in question of the new sound clearly don’t see that all the consistent heart and meaning Pianos Become The Teeth has conjured over the years is only growing.
DAMIEN RICE RETURNS AND HE’S HERE TO RIP YOUR HEART OUT
Rice still has the uncanny ability to floor us with his polished simplicity.
ADD GROUPER’S LATEST TO YOUR RAINY DAY PLAYLIST
The songs on Ruins all sounds as simple as the way they were recorded—alone in Portugal on a portable 4-track.
