From homegrown rock to hometown rap, here's a cheat sheet to Boston's best music of the year.
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SIDNEY GISH: HOW BOSTON’S HIDDEN MUSICIAN EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS
All hail the second coming of Regina Spektor.
PIERCING THROUGH PATRIARCHY
Lindy West and quashing sexist slurs
A BAND NAMED (T-T)b: OUT OF THE CARTRIDGE AND INTO THE BASEMENTS
It's time to revisit your old NES. Boston's own chiptune band is on the rise.
LINA TULLGREN: EARNEST OPTIMISM AND ACCIDENTAL MELANCHOLY IN NEW ENGLAND
Jamaica Plain’s rising musician on the overlooked optimism of sad guitarwork and bailing Berklee before she even got here.
30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2016
Boston had one hell of a year and we've got 30 records to prove it.
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.
COMMON GROUND: MEET THE STUDENTS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT SCHOOL IN BOSTON YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
"We just stick together, that’s all we can do at the end of the day."
SKIPPING STONES: MUTUAL BENEFIT TALKS SOPHOMORE STRESSORS AND BROOKLYN BUSTLE
The ex-Jamaica Plain project talks New York City apartments, moments of clarity, and how to maintain folk's intimacies.
MMM-POP: THE EXPERIMENTAL POP OF MAGNOLIA LOFT
Pop is fun, but it’s a hell of a lot more so when things get weird.