Michael Gutierrez 10/21/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/21/22

Beat Radio: Real Love

Beat Radio: keeping the indie rock reality alive since 2005.

Michael Gutierrez 10/21/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/21/22

Thanya Iyer: “slow burn”

Cinematic, symphonic balladry characterizes the lead track “slow burn” off Thanya Iyer’s LP rest.

Michael Gutierrez 10/20/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/20/22

Photay with Carlos Niño: C H A N G E

If you don’t have your ambient card punched yet, this album from Photay and Carlos Niño will do the job.

Michael Gutierrez 10/20/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/20/22

Chip ‘Tudes

Chiptuners Battlemode closed out a hump day’s bill at Midway Cafe.

Michael Gutierrez 10/19/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/19/22

Slaughterhouse

Nothing on the album feels like it would be out of place performed in the backroom of a Denny’s afterhours.

Michael Gutierrez 10/18/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/18/22

I Don’t Wanna Be Famous

NNAMDÏ serves up a loathing ode to the undesirable trappings of notoriety.

Michael Gutierrez 10/18/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/18/22

“Dawn” at Night

Nikolai Mishchenko introduced his new single “Dawn” at Wally’s Cafe on Saturday night.

Michael Gutierrez 10/17/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/17/22

Hectic

M-Plant sounds the alarm like a busted cooling mechanism at the local nuclear power plant.

Michael Gutierrez 10/17/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/17/22

Targets Acquired

North Shore hardcore legends Moving Targets played the afternoon bill at Midway Cafe.

Michael Gutierrez 10/16/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/16/22

goddamn, sylvia

Emma Ayres sews together eight songs of country folk magistery on her latest LP hard work.

Michael Gutierrez 10/15/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/15/22

Toys 2

Oneohtrix Point Never is at the peak of his powers, doing it LIVE. Our highlighted track “Toys 2” is a squirmbly-birmbly, fugue-azi dusk crawler.

Michael Gutierrez 10/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/14/22

SPLLIT Affinitive

It was a three-band, indie rock, Friday night delight at The Lilypad with headliner SPLLIT.

Michael Gutierrez 10/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/14/22

Perennial in a Haunted House

Perennial is a hardcore band with an art school vibe.

Michael Gutierrez 10/13/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/13/22

Achibaba

A song that makes you feel like a baby opening his eyes onto the world for the first time. We shit you not.

Michael Gutierrez 10/13/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/13/22

‘Boston’ in Somerville

Folk rock sounds filled the air for a record release party with Elsie Eastman.

Michael Gutierrez 10/12/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/12/22

Djougoh

Malian singer Nahawa Doumbia keeps it simple on our highlighted track “Djougoh.”

Michael Gutierrez 10/11/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/11/22

Parasites

Los Angeles’ NoSo crafts synth-heavy, ambient-forward electro balladry on their debut album Stay Proud of Me.

Michael Gutierrez 10/10/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/10/22

Living Torch II

Sweden’s Kali Malone dreams of clear, wide, open spaces on her boundary-pushing, texture-forward minimalist bubble bath LP Living Torch.

Michael Gutierrez 10/9/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/9/22

The Changer

Evolfo is going full garage psych on the The Changer, raring to party with vintage dance grooves.

Michael Gutierrez 10/8/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/8/22

Transition East

Chicago’s Angel Bat Dawid taps into something powerful and mysterious on the instrumental “Transition East.”

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