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SONG PREMIERE: THE OTHER STARS — “HOME IS WHERE YOU MAKE IT”
Worcester, MA pop punk band The Other Stars channel The Front Bottoms and The Impossibles on new single "Home Is Where You Make It".
FOTOBOM: THE WHO, TAL WILKENFELD @ TD GARDEN, 3/6
The passion and fury that catapulted The Who to controversy and stardom still burned fiercely within Daltrey and Townshend as the band celebrated 50 years at TD Garden.
GET BENT: THE UNRELENTING DRIVE AND ENDLESS KINDNESS OF BENT SHAPES
Local act Bent Shapes opens up about anxiety disorders, anarchist pamphlets, and bags of poo in Allston.
FOTOBOM: TY SEGALL AND THE MUGGERS, CFM, MIDRIFFS @ ROYALE, 3/1
Ty Segall is a rock star. There’s no other way around it. Not in the “don’t spill the beluga and Cristal in the back of the Rolls-Royce” sort, but more in the approach of doing exactly what he wants to, and having a large (and getting larger) audience ready to receive ...
ALBUM PREMIERE: KID MOUNTAIN – TRINKLES
Bright, shimmering, almost glittering--"Trinkles" is a testament to Kid Mountain's staying power in the Boston scene. A worthy followup to Happies, let it be your soundtrack to the first foray into spring.
TRACK REVIEW: QUILT – “ROLLER”
Quilt's latest track "Roller" is a breath of fresh air. Boston's own, Quilt isn't holding back with their psychedelic rock.
HAVE YOU IN MY WILDERNESS: JULIA HOLTER MAKES MAGIC FROM MESSES
Experimental dream pop musician Julia Holter talks broken pencils, Greek mythology, and words as notes before her show this Sunday.
TRACK REVIEW: KRISTINA STAPELFELD – “DOLDRUMS”
The first song off local singer-songwriter Kristina Stapelfeld's debut album is full of soft, sweet, essential advice.
PIONEER OF PUNK: JONATHAN RICHMAN TOUR STOPOVER IN NORTHAMPTON
The Modern Lovers' Jonathan Richman will be stopping in Northampton, MA in April.