With Maine's starry-eyed sincerity and Kline's cool pop sigh, it feels more rooted in intimacy than partying -- and that's something we can get down with.
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FOR DIRTY BANGS, PRACTICE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
“Have you ever sat in on a band practice? It's a fucking mess. You're drinking, you're smoking. You're trying to say something about a part and someone's playing guitar over you.”
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.
INTERVIEW: VULVATRON, GWAR’S MURDEROUS SEX GODDESS
"I was summoned back to Earth to alter the course of the future battle. GWAR really fucked up and I felt the need as a commander of the forces in the future to navigate back to the present time to alter their fuck up."
GETTING EXPERIMENTAL WITH BUKE AND GASE
Brooklyn DIY multi-instrumentalists Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez are gearing up for their third full-length, but being such a musical tour de force, the path to get there is more crooked than ever.
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: GARDENS & VILLA AT THE SINCLAIR
It seems blog hype doesn't always lead to a rise and fall. If the cards are played right, the only direction you can go is up. Gardens & Villa are talented enough to follow that route.
RUN FOR COVER: SMOKEY ROBINSON VS. POND: “TEARS OF A CLOWN”
Covering Motown staples can be a tricky thing: there's so much foundation, so much charm, and so little room for improvement. Pond acknowledged that and sat down to play their own loose, fun version.
HEY, YOU – GET INTO OUR SOUNDCLOUD
So, the 113-year old time capsule inside the lion statue at City Hall was opened today, and we also just happened to find the password to our DigBoston SoundCloud account. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
No matter — after carefully brushing off the dust and cobwebs, we’ve got our Cloud ...
LYKKE LI VS. FRIENDLY FIRES: “I’M GOOD, I’M GONE”
Friendly Fires made “I’m Good, I’m Gone” a sultry dance track to end your evening on the perfect note. Make sure to use it as such.
WMBR REUNITES 80 BOSTON BANDS FOR 50 YEARS OF ROCK CONCERT SERIES
We aren't mad about it.