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LIVE AND LOCAL: FIVE BOSTON ACTS THAT NEED TO BE ON YOUR RADAR

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted June 27, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

From '90s rap to math rock, new music is on the way from some of Massachusetts' most underrated acts.

LANIGAN THE JOURNEYMAN: THE STORY OF LORD HOBO IS THE STORY OF CRAFT BEER IN NEW ENGLAND

Written by JEFF LAWRENCE Posted July 17, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

"If you don’t like what I’m doing, go open your own fucking brewery."

RUN FOR COVER: THE ZOMBIES VS. DINOSAUR JR.: “WHENEVER YOU’RE READY”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 24, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

This is what the '60s could have sounded like if The Zombies tripled up on the guitar amps.

YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Meet the crusaders battling for everyone’s right to record cops in the commonwealth…

LOOKS LIKE BILL COSBY WON’T NEED THAT FAVOR FROM THE MASS LEGISLATURE ANYMORE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 24, 2014 Filed Under: News

For more than five years, members of the Massachusetts legislature have been trying to pass a bill for Bill. Cosby that is.

Sounds ridiculous, but it’s true. Cosby, who has a home in Shelburne Falls in Franklin County, was behind ... read more