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LADY LAMB JAMBS: STICKING TO HER GUNS WHILE STAYING ACCESSIBLE

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted March 6, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

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.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: after, album, Aly Spaltro, billions of eyes, Brooklyn, Cambridge, cuddle magic, Henri Jamison, lady lamb, mainstream, pop, Rathborne, ripely prime, Sinclair

BURY ME, MITSKI: COUNTING 45 WAYS TO BE OF USE TO THE WORLD

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted February 24, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC

She bravely fronts her band, wields a bass, and sings her guts out.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Brooklyn, bury me at makeout creek, DIY, Guitar, Hundred Waters, milhouse, mitski, Piano, screaming females, singer songwriter, the simpsons, The Sinclair

THE DISTRICTS

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted February 11, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The Philly rockers on favorite cities Vincent Moon’s videos, and influences

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: A Flourish and a Spoil, Philadelphia, Philly, The Districts, Vincent Moon

SNAP TO IT

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Performing Arts

“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.”

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: Access The Arts, affordable arts feature, cantab, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Dudley Square, Haley House, Haley House Bakery café, homophobia, House Slam, Janae JOhnson, lizard lounge, poetry, poets, Porsha Olayiwola, racism, Roxbury, sexism, spoken word, transphobia

REVIEW: BURY US WITH ‘BURY ME AT MAKEOUT CREEK’

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted November 18, 2014 Filed Under: Reviews

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.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: album review, Angel Olsen, babes, badass, bass-wielding, bury me at makeout creek, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Fuzz, I Dont Smoke, Indie Rock, Last Words of a Shooting Star, Lo-Fi, mitski, Music, review

THE WESTERN DEN: A FINE FOLK MATCH MADE ON FACEBOOK

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted November 12, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC

West’s harmonies seem to belong alongside Hlavinka’s vocal and piano prowess, and his tasteful acoustic fingerpicking rounds out their ambient folk sound.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Battle Hymns, Chris West, Deni Hlavinka, The Western Den

‘KEEP YOU’ IS STRONG WITHOUT THE SCREAMS

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted November 7, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

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.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Durfey, Keep You, Kyle Durfey, Pianos Become The Teeth, Say Nothing, The Queen

DAMIEN RICE RETURNS AND HE’S HERE TO RIP YOUR HEART OUT

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted November 3, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

Rice still has the uncanny ability to floor us with his polished simplicity.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 9, Colour Me In, Damien, Damien Rice, It Takes a Lot To Know a Man, Lisa Hannigan, My Favourite Faded Fantasy, O, rice, The Greatest Bastard

ADD GROUPER’S LATEST TO YOUR RAINY DAY PLAYLIST

Written by PAIGE CHAPLIN Posted October 30, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

The songs on Ruins all sounds as simple as the way they were recorded—alone in Portugal on a portable 4-track.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 4-track, Clearing, Grouper, Labyrinth, Liz Harris, Ruins, The Man Who Died in His Boat

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