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WHEEL OF TUNES: KURT VILE

The guitar jammer talks doing impersonations, supporting the ACLU, and the brutality of New England winters.

The noise rock icons talk battle scars, Craigslist scams, and their favorite old-timey Southern phrases

The New Jersey punks talk fantasy worlds, MRIs, and their favorite painting by Agnes Martin.

From alternative hip-hop to chamber folk, here’s a cheat sheet to Boston’s best music of the year so far.

While these artists aren’t new to making music, they’re at the early stages of their careers — and we can’t wait to see how they flourish.

Idaho’s ’90s indie rock band talks about Treepeople, the solar eclipse, and finding time on tour to play basketball at the YMCA.

Boston’s 1980s blues rock star Barrence Whitfield is ready for the spotlight once more — and he knows you will smile in his glow.

Why Boston’s bleakest band is looking on the bright side with their most positive, and arguably most powerful, album yet.

Pile, Hayley Thompson-King, Cousin Stizz, and Exit Order top the list in a year of incredible albums for Boston.

There was no shortage of musical talent in 2017, and bite-sized EPs from Rams, Littlefoot, Haasan Barclay, Lilith, and more prove so.