Animal Collective’s quiet electronic guru talks snorkeling, Super Smash Bros., and his inner monologues for our recurring series.
A BALKAN BEAT BASH
My band Gogofski do one very well-known Serbian song [in which] the young woman says to her guy, “It’s time to marry me, not just hang out at the bar with your pals. Marry me, and I will make your heart glad … and I will take care of your old mother.”
MARCELA CRUZ AND THE R&B GRIND OF A LOWELL NATIVE IN BOSTON
“I just want to sing,” Cruz says. “But I have come to realize that we don’t live in a world now where you can just focus on creating and be able to make a living off of that. The business side is just as important.”
HOME ALONE WITH THE BOSTON POPS
Q&A w/ Kevin McDonald and two high school chorus members On December 29-30, the Boston Pops will perform the score to the Christmas classic movie Home Alone in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. The Pops will be joined in the performance by members of the Wellesley High School chorus. […]
WHEEL OF TUNES: HOP ALONG
the Philly indie rockers talk therapeutic journals and zip line accidents for our recurring series.
THE BEST LOCAL EPS OF 2018
Lilith, Boogie Da God, Firewalker, mmph, Billy Dean Thomas, and more top the list of our 15 favorite local EPs.
REVISITING A FAR CRY
With new grant, Boston’s guerilla chamber orchestra plots orchestral future Michael Unterman is a professional concert cellist, but his morning routine is decidedly computer-based. Most days, the musician goes straight to his laptop to answer emails and write blog posts and program notes. As a member of the Boston chamber orchestra A Far […]
HUMBLE PI: HOMEBOY SANDMAN, EDAN, AND THE GENESIS OF HIP-HOP’S MOST DYNAMIC ALL-STAR DYAD
“I’m less enthusiastic about the cyber collab—I don’t want to live my life that way. So just the fact that he was down to make the trek repeatedly and be here, and even be here in those instances when I’m looking through records, he was patiently just around.”
THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2018
Sidney Gish, Mal Devisa, Fiddlehead, Vein, Dutch ReBelle, and more top the list
WHEEL OF TUNES: MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
For our recurring series, the heavy alt-rockers talk signed Pinkerton vinyl, loud sneezes, and impulsive grocery purchases.
