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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.

Just The FACS, Ma’am
Just The FACS, Ma’am

Midwestern troubadours sample the sandwiches at Deep Cuts.

Little Hag: “Hell Yes”
Little Hag: “Hell Yes”

An energizing lyrical refrain.

The Backyard
Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim
Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim

Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim.

Drug Rug: LIVE
Drug Rug: LIVE

Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009).

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Free Rumeysa Ozturk.

Mobius Band: LIVE
Mobius Band: LIVE

Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007).

Weather Pending: And How!
Weather Pending: And How!

Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How!

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

To everything, a season — except fascism.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007).

Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth
Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth

From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.”

Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible
Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible

From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album.

Drug Rug: LIVE
Drug Rug: LIVE

From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007).

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

New Year, New Meh?

MMOSS: i
MMOSS: i

From the Archives, New Hampshire psych also rises.

Interview: Middle Distance Runner
Interview: Middle Distance Runner

A chat with Middle Distance Runner from the Archives.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Less is more.

Bent Shapes: Feels Weird
Bent Shapes: Feels Weird

From the Archives, Feels Weird doesn’t feel weird at all.

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