“Our overall vision for the ‘Morning Coffee’ video was to combine spheres of creativity and good fun. Nothing real dramatic; we were shooting to make something humorous and light as well as visually stimulating.”
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MUSIC NOTES: NEW RECORDING DIGS + ‘BEST ON EARTH’
While things were already popping for Bia before 2020 arrived; over the past few weeks she has landed her biggest smash hit yet in the Rihanna-approved “Best on Earth” with New Jersey hair rapper Russ.
MUSIC NOTES: W.O.K.E. + GRANTS + TUFF GONG BOSTON
“Grants are allocated in the areas of recording or manufacturing assistance, publicity and marketing support, equipment and instruments, songwriting retreats, tour support, special projects and other specific activities that promote artists work and/or professional growth.”
ANSWERING WHY THE WILD THINGS ARE: CLIFF NOTEZ ON ALTERNATIVE SPACES AND HIS LATEST CHAPTER IN HIPSTORY
“I was talking about things that I didn’t even know I wanted to be talking about. I didn’t even know this album was going to be coming out. I just knew I wanted to make it, and then see if I wanted to share it with the world.”
STILL SPINNING: HUB VINYL ICON SKIPPY WHITE AND THE TUNES BOSTON HAS HUMMED SINCE THE ’60S
“Skippy’s been around since, what, 1961? Skippy is Boston history.”
BAD RABBITS AT 10: THE BELOVED BAND AND BOSTON MUSIC FANS REFLECT ON THE STICK UP KIDS EP
“We wanted to make sure if you were playing a show, before or after us, you were terrified because we made it impossible for you to top what the crowd just saw.”
FOTOBOM: WEEN @ HOUSE OF BLUES
Boston turned brown on Friday, as hordes of Ween fans descended onto House of Blues, filling the room’s every square inch in a manner that might make a fire marshall’s head spin. On the front rail were people who journeyed in from North Dakota and Chicago, and as Ween only played a handful of […]
STICK TO THE PLAN: HALLELUJAH THE HILLS WENT THROUGH HELL BUT RETURNED FOR SEVENTH LP
“If a title is strong, unusual or funny, it’s because those are the type of things that will drive me to write a song for that title.”
DAUGHTERS: GUITARIST NICK SADLER ON TOURING, MATURING, AND LINKING WITH MIKE PATTON
“There are many moments on the record that are inspired by people who either play in the city or have come through on tour that I discovered. It comes from a lot of local stuff, believe it or not.”
FOLLOWING FOOD NETWORK FAME, OAK LONETREE DROPS BEST EFFORT YET WITH ASSIST FROM INSIGHT
“I know this is really random, but you’re like a Boston Greek dad rapper and construction worker and I can totally get you on a show.”
