“It’s two different worlds,” Millyz says about the gap between the colleges and blocks that he grew up on. “They never really mixed when I was growing up. You would see college students in Central Square, but in the actual neighborhoods you didn’t see that. It’s just different. When I was growing up, these were all zombies walking. These were million-dollar drug blocks.”
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HERE ARE YOUR 2017 BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
Don’t forget to grab your tickets for the December 7 grant event at House of Blues Boston, and to support all of these hometown heroes all the time.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK: THE BEST PLACES IN BOSTON ACCORDING TO MUSICIANS
Pile, Speedy Ortiz, Avenue, and more local musicians share their favorite spots around the city for our back-to-school guide.
WHEEL OF TUNES: JUANA MOLINA
Argentinian experimental musician Juana Molina talks socks, silent films, and cave spelunking.
WEAKENED FRIENDS KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH J MASCIS
Weakened Friends are living the Massachusetts music dream and you can, too.
STARLABFEST: AN END-OF-SUMMER PARTY TO REMEMBER
The music and arts Somerville festival returns with Laika’s Orbit, Boston Cream, Baby!, and more.
NICK SHEA: OLD-SCHOOL HIP-HOP MEETS NEW-SCHOOL OUTLOOKS
Meet the Boston rapper who’s repping old-school hip-hop in the vein of A Tribe Called Quest at just 20 years old.
HAYLEY THOMPSON-KING: BOSTON’S SOUTHERN SINGER OPENS UP ABOUT EMOTIONAL PURGING
The Boston country singer talks biblical feminists, psychotic melancholia, and singing as a form of inspirational purging.
FOTOBOM: GREEN DAY, CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN @ XFINITY CENTER, 28AUG17
I’d reckon that a vast majority of the throngs that filled the seats and lawn of Xfinity Center for Monday’s show featuring Green Day would give you a top shelf Keanu Reeves blank stare if you mention Neurosis. The long-running Bay Area sludge/metal band just played Boston three weeks ago, and at the start […]
BABY BOOMING: HOW INDIE POPPER BABY! FOUND A NEW HOME IN BOSTON
After leaving Florida, Kaley Honeycutt found a new home for her surf pop band Baby! right here in Boston.
