Collected Works: all the reviews from The New Colossus Fest 2025.

From TikTok to a stage near you.

2025 Preview: Boston’s biggest music fest named after a Clash album.

Percussion like you’re chasing down a film noir villain.

A medium tempo art rock rambler.

This is the obvious song choice to write up.

There’s no more experiment in “experimentalism” — who cares?

A slow starter.

Santa has an online gambling addiction.

I picked this track because the title is short.

Intricate Mouse Work put on their lab coats at Midway Cafe.

Orla Gartland is a Shrek 2 fan at Paradise Rock Club.

Shades of Seal’s “Kissed By a Rose” on the intro.

Take your pick from a bowl of two-minute long mixed nuts.

Paul Karsen closes out a hip hop showcase at The Jungle.

Clean and squimmish, at a human tempo made for footwork.

Jade Dust confesses “It’s not easy being green” at Cambridge Community Center.

The debut release from New Haven’s Heatsync Records.

Midwestern troubadours sample the sandwiches at Deep Cuts.

An energizing lyrical refrain.

A jangly, whispy pop surprise.

A piquant hybrid of jazz and Mongolian folk.

Stompboxing guitar fun.

A noisy, banging buffet of rock n roll brouhaha.

A collab joint creates an alt folk popper.

What’s up with this Julie?

Music meets mass protest in the streets of Istanbul.

Everyone gets to sing! Some of them scream too!

Natalie Dietrich gets down with her bad self at Lilypad.

Ornate. Baroque. I’d call it “rococo” too but…