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The West Is The Best
The West Is The Best

A preview of highlights at Somerville Porchfest 2025.

A Deep Blue Sea of Familiar Faces
A Deep Blue Sea of Familiar Faces

Daphne Blue Underworld releases the record at Deep Cuts.

Test Plan: “My Teeth”
Test Plan: “My Teeth”

This song rips live.

Brief But Intense
Brief But Intense

Jim E. Brown is not the Hall of Fame running back at O’Brien’s Pub.

Amery: “Rocker Blues”
Amery: “Rocker Blues”

“Blues” as in sad vibes, not so much as in the genre.

Rats In Rat City
Rats In Rat City

Five bands make a fest at O’Brien’s Pub.

Panik Flower: “ocd”
Panik Flower: “ocd”

Dreamy, jangly post punk with an anxious edge.

PV: “I’m A Man Dammit”
PV: “I’m A Man Dammit”

Noise punk adventurism.

YAI: “Lotus Eater”
YAI: “Lotus Eater”

Odyssey ref!

Avalon Emerson: “Don’t Be Seen With Me”
Avalon Emerson: “Don’t Be Seen With Me”

Dropping tracks left and right.

The New Colossus Fest
The New Colossus Fest

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

Simon Robert French: “Robert’s Place”
Simon Robert French: “Robert’s Place”

From TikTok to a stage near you.

Boston Calling
Boston Calling

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

James Brandon Lewis: “Broken Shadows”
James Brandon Lewis: “Broken Shadows”

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

Tetsuians: “Bomb Shelter”
Tetsuians: “Bomb Shelter”

A medium tempo art rock rambler.

Hachiku: “Wild Eyed and Free”
Hachiku: “Wild Eyed and Free”

This is the obvious song choice to write up.

Macie Stewart: When The Distance Is Blue
Macie Stewart: When The Distance Is Blue

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

Keeley Forsyth and Matthew Bourne: “Rain”
Keeley Forsyth and Matthew Bourne: “Rain”

A slow starter.

The Ghouls: “Will We Even Have a Christmas Time?”
The Ghouls: “Will We Even Have a Christmas Time?”

Santa has an online gambling addiction.

Luke Combs: “Joe”
Luke Combs: “Joe”

I picked this track because the title is short.

What Band Wrote the 2000 Classic “Teenage Dirtbag”?
What Band Wrote the 2000 Classic “Teenage Dirtbag”?

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

Keeping It Simple
Keeping It Simple

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

Jen Kearney: “Spinning”
Jen Kearney: “Spinning”

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

Madlib: “Düsseldorf”
Madlib: “Düsseldorf”

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

Heartbreak It ‘Til You Make It
Heartbreak It ‘Til You Make It

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

Traxman: “Wetdisk”
Traxman: “Wetdisk”

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

Magically Gathering
Magically Gathering

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

Antoni Maiovvi: “Semaphore”
Antoni Maiovvi: “Semaphore”

The debut release from New Haven’s Heatsync Records.