Stuck in a rut with your project? Listen to Elephants' advice. The local power pop group are looking at their past to build helpful rules for the future.
Notes From the Scene
PHOTOCOMFORT: SMOOTH SYNTHPOP FOR ONE
Boston’s rising electronic act gears up for an eventful 2018 that will warm your heart.
30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017
Pile, Hayley Thompson-King, Cousin Stizz, and Exit Order top the list in a year of incredible albums for Boston.
15 BEST LOCAL EPS OF 2017
There was no shortage of musical talent in 2017, and bite-sized EPs from Rams, Littlefoot, Haasan Barclay, Lilith, and more prove so.
WHEEL OF TUNES: CONVERGE
Boston’s metalcore heroes talk ’80s sci-fi, bird migration, and breaking orbital bones for our interview series.
KINDLING: LOVE AND LOSS IN THE TIME OF SHOEGAZE
How the Easthampton shoegaze group turned their new album into a beautiful, full-blown fire.
ALBUM PREMIERE: BIRTHING HIPS – URGE TO MERGE
Boston experimental noise rock quartet Birthing Hips are calling it quits, but they're going out on a high note with sophomore LP Urge to Merge.
VILLAGE VINYL & HI-FI: CRATE DIGGING AND RECORD SPINNING IN BROOKLINE
Step inside Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi, a brand-new record store in Brookline that may become your favorite hideout.
HAASAN BARCLAY: THE MAGICAL MYSTERY CONTOUR
Boston-bred artist Haasan Barclay brings his R&B hip-hop onto a psychedelic journey with his new mixtape, 800 Fantasy Lane.
THE BEAT OF BOWSER: A FUNDRAISER THROWDOWN FOR THE ALLSTON CANDIDATE
Musicians will rally behind Allston-Brighton Council's underdog candidate, Brandon Bowser, at O'Brien's Pub this Friday.