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Collignon: “Bicicleta”
Collignon: “Bicicleta”

Is that a Beatles hook?

Circuit des Yeux: “Truth”
Circuit des Yeux: “Truth”

Depeche Mode meets late Scott Walker?

Las Petunias: “B0mb4”
Las Petunias: “B0mb4”

Let’s call it dance punk.

Taxidermists: “Grow Up”
Taxidermists: “Grow Up”

Throwback lofi.

Beast In The East
Beast In The East

A preview of highlights at Somerville Porchfest 2025.

Luddites: “Bitter Root”
Luddites: “Bitter Root”

Alt rock sparking a major chord throwdown.

Centralized Planning
Centralized Planning

A preview of highlights at Somerville Porchfest 2025.

Toad Croaks, Alive and Well
Toad Croaks, Alive and Well

Gypsy jazz, open mics, and bagpipes at McCarthy’s/Toad.

Walk Me Home: “Inside”
Walk Me Home: “Inside”

A spacey soft rock tripper with some alt folk tendencies.

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.