From homegrown rock to hometown rap, here's a cheat sheet to Boston's best music of the year.
THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017 (SO FAR)
Electronic
TOGETHER BOSTON: THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY
Put your phone in your pocket and meet your friends at the club. It's time to dance. Boston's best electronic festival is back.
KERO KERO BONITO: HOW DIGITIZED SUGAR POP CAME TO LIFE
The J-pop trio talks about PC Music, N64 songs, and how they find a balance between British dance and Japanese pop.
BLOOD BITCH: THE MENSTRUAL MAGIC OF JENNY HVAL
The Norwegian experimental musician talks periods, performance art, and ditching morals.
ELECTRIC LADIES: MISS GEO REVIVES BOSTON’S ELECTROPOP ON RECORD
Rising trio Miss Geo bring the focus back to dreampop and shining synth with the release of their debut LP.
ALL TOGETHER NOW: EIGHT MUST-SEE ACTS AT BOSTON’S BEST ELECTRONIC FEST
Grab a sharpie. Here's the best underground techno, gorgeous minimalism, and throbbing house hitting Boston this week.
TABLE FOR ONE: JULIANNA BARWICK CREATES A MUSICAL FEAST ALL BY HERSELF
Experimental electronic musician Julianna Barwick on how she enters a studio empty-handed but leaves with more magic than she can hold.
BIG BANG THEORY: HOW CASEY DESMOND FORMED A BAND OUT OF LIVE IMPROV SETS
What came first: the artist or the song? For CMB, it’s the latter.
HIDE AND SQUEAK: RATATAT MAKE THE BEST LYRIC-LESS MUSIC TO SING TO
Electro-rock duo Ratatat talk animation, singing to wordless music, and their collaboration with rapper Despot before playing the House of Blues.
FOTOBOM: PEACHES AT PARADISE ROCK CLUB
To see a live performance of Peaches is not just a concert. It’s partially a Gwar show, partially a thesis presentation, and partially a hiphop lesson. Overtly sexual and empowering, it's a party for all.
