From homegrown rock to hometown rap, here’s a cheat sheet to Boston’s best music of the year.
30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2016
Boston had one hell of a year and we’ve got 30 records to prove it.
BLOOD BITCH: THE MENSTRUAL MAGIC OF JENNY HVAL
The Norwegian experimental musician talks periods, performance art, and ditching morals.
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.
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.
TASTING ROOM: YOUR FIRST LOOK AT TASTING COUNTER
Ungar said he and his team are “so, so close to opening”.
HIT THE DANCEFLOOR: LOCAL MUSICIANS UNIFY TOGETHER BOSTON
Electronic festival Together Boston kicks off its sixth year, and local acts Andre Obin, W00DY, and Miss Geo can’t be missed.
TEMPTING FATE: LESSONS IN COMPLEX SIMPLICITY WITH NOSAJ THING
“I just never want to do the same records twice.”
WEIRD SCIENCE: CAFÉ ARTSCIENCE’S TODD MAUL WANTS TO MAKE YOU A DRINK THAT DOESN’T EXIST
“The big thing for us is taking small ideas and seeing how we can build [on them],” says Maul. “But not with gimmicks. We’re looking at the future of drinking, [and how] to just make a better drink.”
CURIOUS ABOUT CLIPPING.? YOUR QUESTIONS, ASKED AND ANSWERED
This summer, music writers everywhere tried their hand at deciphering what the hell LA-based crew clipping. (MC Daveed Diggs and producers Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson) were doing on their album CLPPNG. Was it experimental noise rap? A scathing commentary on modern hip-hop? A Death Grips knock-off? They should have just asked.
