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.”
IRON GIANT: EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY AS OBSERVATIONAL DIARY
SEL alum J.P. Sniadecki utilized his time spent absorbing train life in China to create The Iron Ministry, his latest work being shown this weekend at Harvard.
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.”
