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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Birthing Hips

30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted December 28, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

Pile, Hayley Thompson-King, Cousin Stizz, and Exit Order top the list in a year of incredible albums for Boston.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Allston, Americana, avenue, baby, Bad History Month, Bat House, Beeef, Bent Knee, Birthing Hips, Boston, Cambridge, Camino 84, Che Ecru, Converge, country, Cousin Stizz, Dig, DigBoston, Dorchester, east boston, Elder, Exit Order, Folk, Folk Rock, Guerilla Toss, Hardcore, Hayley Thompson-King, hip hop, Honeysuckle, Indie Rock, Infinity Girl, Jamaica Plain, Kindling, Lina Tullgren, local music, metal, Milk, Mini Dresses, Music, New York, Nick Shea, Notes From the Scene, Palehound, People Like You, Pile, Post-Hardcore, Psych-rock, Punk, rap, review, Reviews, rock, Sidney Gish, SOMERVILLE, TeaMarrr, The Michael Character, Vintage Lee, What Cheer? Brigade

ALBUM PREMIERE: BIRTHING HIPS – URGE TO MERGE

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 16, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

Boston experimental noise rock quartet Birthing Hips are calling it quits, but they're going out on a high note with sophomore LP Urge to Merge.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Album Premiere, Allston, Birthing Hips, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, local music, Music, NNA Tapes, No Sorry, No wave, Noise Rock, Notes From the Scene, review, Urge to Merge

BABY BOOMING: HOW INDIE POPPER BABY! FOUND A NEW HOME IN BOSTON

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted August 25, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

After leaving Florida, Kaley Honeycutt found a new home for her surf pop band Baby! right here in Boston.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, baby, Birthing Hips, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, F.L., Florida, Indie Rock, Interview, local music, middle east upstairs, Music, Notes From the Scene, NOX, Pavement, Peaer, pop, Strange Mangers, Sunny, Surf Rock, Yellow K Records

LADYFEST BOSTON 2017: DIY EMPOWERMENT FOR ALL

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 14, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Two decades ago, Ladyfest was about empowering women. Now, the Boston edition is about empowering all people.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: Amanda X, Bedbug, benefit show, Birthing Hips, Blau Blau, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge YMCA, Colleen Green, didi, Dig, DigBoston, DIY, feminism, Fleabite, Free, Girls Rock Boston, Girls Rock Campaign Boston, Gravel, Heartbreaker, Human People, Iggy’s, Imaginary Pants, Interview, Judy Chong, Knife Pleats, Ladyfest Boston, local music, Longings, Loone, Marge, Music, Notes From the Scene, Palberta, patio, Phantom Rides, Pill, Rosie’s Place, Sad13, Shepherdess, Ursula, Worriers

LOW-KEY LOCAL SWOON: BIRTHING HIPS, KAL MARKS, MORE PLAY MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 16, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

It’s nights like this where you turn to folks who left for New York City and taunt them for leaving a city with music this stacked.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, Acoustic, Birthing Hips, Boston, Brittle Brian, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, Fern Mayo, Folk, Human People, Indie Rock, Kal Marks, middle east upstairs, Music, Notes From the Scene, rock

SHONEN KNIFE: WHY THE JAPANESE TRIO STILL ROCKS 30 YEARS LATER

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 7, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The band that captured the hearts of Nirvana and Sonic Youth talk cult followings, DIY ethos, and the secret to writing a good punk song.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Adventure, Birthing Hips, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, Interview, japan, middle east upstairs, Music, Nirvana, punk rock, Shepherdess, Shonen Knife, Sonic Youth

HASSLE FEST 8: THE RETURN OF BOSTON’S WEIRDEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 4, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Noise rock, pop, and experimental genres get wild at Brighton Music Hall once again.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2016, all ages, Allston, Ava Luna, Bang! Bros., Ben Hersey, Birthing Hips, Boston, Boston Hassle, Boston Hassle Fest 8, brighton music hall, Bugs and Rats, Confusion Band, Dent, Dig, DigBoston, Doomsday Student, Forma, Girlpool, Guerilla Toss, Hassle Fest, Ian Sweet, Id M Theft Able, Jahiliyya Fields, local music, Macula Dog, Mommy, Monsieurs, Mossenek, New England Patriots, Notes From the Scene, Palberta, Pharmakon, Pink Wash, Rhys Chatham, Sad13, Sadha, Sadist, Silver Apples, Surface to Air Missive, The Craters, the Steve Baczkowski/Jake Meginsky/Bill Nace trio, Willis Earl Beal, Wolf Eyes

CALL THE FUZZ: A BREAKDOWN OF FUZZSTIVAL ACCORDING TO YOUR FAVORITE BANDS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted August 18, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Everything you need to know about Boston’s best garage and psych rock festival according to the bands you love.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Birthing Hips, Boston, Cambridge, CreaturoS, Dig, DigBoston, Doug Tuttle, Fuzzstival, Garage Rock, Ghost Box Orchestra, Illegally Blind, Jason Trefts, Kid Mountain, local music, middle east downstairs, Mini Dresses, Mr. Airplane Man, Psych-rock, Quilt, zip-tie handcuffs

FOOL’S GOLD: THE ART GALLERY MUSIC FESTIVAL YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO MISS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 1, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery is opening Boston’s treasure chest of underground music... and they're throwing a festival to prove it.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Arkm Foam, Audrey Harrer, Bat House, Birthing Hips, Black Beach, Boston, Cambridge, Candy Miami, central square, Dig, DigBoston, Dyr Faser, earthquake Party!, Fat Shuggy, Fools Fest, Frank Hurricane, Home Body, Horsehands, IAN, Interview, Jarva Land, Jazz Masaagers, John Cushing Trio, Johnnie & the Foodmasters, Listening Woman, Littlefoot, local music, Magic Shoppe, Midriffs, Music, Neolibz, Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery, Patchouli Mist, Pick a Piper, Procedure Club, Robert Robinson & The Connecticut River Band, Rosie and the Rosies, Sam Gas Can, Secret Lover, Só Sol, Sound of Ceres, Steep Leans, Sun Young, Sunhine, Taboo, The 7th House, The Barbazons, The Channels, The Forgotten Jam, The Mardi Kings, TJ Edson, Tom Tipton, Travis Long, Vanishing DMC, W00DY, What Nerve

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