After leaving Florida, Kaley Honeycutt found a new home for her surf pop band Baby! right here in Boston.
THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017 (SO FAR)
From homegrown rock to hometown rap, here’s a cheat sheet to Boston’s best music of the year.
LET’S DANCE: A DAVID BOWIE BIRTHDAY BASH FOR REBEL REBELS
B-sides, deep cuts, and classics will spin in Allston tonight to commemorate what would’ve been Bowie’s 70th birthday.
30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2016
Boston had one hell of a year and we’ve got 30 records to prove it.
GET A YES: HOW SAD13 OF SPEEDY ORTIZ MAKES CONSENT COOL
Speedy Ortiz’s frontwoman goes solo and tackles demisexuality, consent, comics, and everything in between.
KERO KERO BONITO: HOW DIGITIZED SUGAR POP CAME TO LIFE
The J-pop trio talks about PC Music, N64 songs, and how they find a balance between British dance and Japanese pop.
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.
‘POP’ GOES THE GENRE
A conversation with Berklee English prof Mark Polanzak about his new sorta memoir As journalists at DigBoston, it’s hard for us to worship genre-benders who take liberties in weaving fiction into nonfiction and memoir. But while phonies like Ben Mezrich patch together micro lies with fantasy and package slop as real talk, Berklee College […]
EXCERPT: ‘POP!’ BY MARK POLANZAK
But I wrote this funny story about my dad’s death. It goes on for many more pages, being funny and super distanced from the grief.
ASK JENNYLEE: ADVICE AND WISDOM FROM THE BASSIST OF WARPAINT
Warpaint bassist jennylee gives tips on songwriting, singing, and how to overcome fear when you go solo.
