Jamaica Plain’s rising musician on the overlooked optimism of sad guitarwork and bailing Berklee before she even got here.
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COACH FEST 2: ESCAPE REALITY WITH HALFSOUR, BAT HOUSE, PEOPLE LIKE YOU, AND MORE
Because sometimes you need a day full of music to feel okay.
HASSLE FEST 8: THE RETURN OF BOSTON’S WEIRDEST MUSIC FESTIVAL
Noise rock, pop, and experimental genres get wild at Brighton Music Hall once again.
SWEET AND HALFSOUR: THE GRUMBLED CHARM OF BOSTON’S RISING POWER POP TRIO
Local trio halfsour talk about social graces, city betrayal, and the pros of boredom.
SCHOOL OF ROCK: PILE AND WILD PAINTING SWAP LESSONS
Local rock act and newfound synthpop group talk age differences, music education, and the pros of Boston.
CALL THE FUZZ: A BREAKDOWN OF FUZZSTIVAL ACCORDING TO YOUR FAVORITE BANDS
Everything you need to know about Boston’s best garage and psych rock festival according to the bands you love.
SCHOOL’S OUT: BELLWIRE HAS YOUR SUMMER SOUNDTRACK SET
How high school friends from New Hampshire found a new sound in Boston.
LIVE AND LOCAL: FIVE BOSTON ACTS THAT NEED TO BE ON YOUR RADAR
From '90s rap to math rock, new music is on the way from some of Massachusetts' most underrated acts.
THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2016 (SO FAR)
A cheat sheet of local LPs you probably slept on.
GO BIG AND GO HOME: PORCHFEST ’16 TAKES OVER SOMERVILLE
You dream up a genre, it’s there, and one of the 230 bands set to play will have it ready at will.