Music
Horse Lords: Comradely Objects
“Fusion” is a genre-descriptor that is constantly on the verge of utter uselessness.
Sunday Funday at State Park
A snowy Sunday at State Park, featuring four bands and no Hamm’s.
John Also Bennett: “Nowhere”
Americana badlands vamping up front and arthouse production in back.
Wallace Field: “All Costs”
Wallace Field’s voice reaps a maximal drama from her spare and elegant composition.
TIFFY: “90s Teen Movie”
TIFFY serves up a poppy thriller in our highlighted track “90s Teen Movie.”
Kuedo: “Shadow Dance”
Berlin’s Kuedo is a smooth operator with RnB swag over drum n bass rhythms.
I Love Lamp
The Love Shamans dazzled in the second spot of a hump day’s bill at Midway Cafe.
Psalm One x Custom Made: “Cristalle Jr.”
Psalm One (also known as Hologram Kizzie) lifts the shade up on life in Chicago.
Bufo Borealis: “Divino”
The Brazilian ensemble out of São Paulo burns brightly with cool jazz sporting psych notes.
Snow Falling On Punkers
New York City’s POINT BLANK capped the Sunday punk matinee at Midway Cafe.
Glenn Jones: “Vade Mecum”
Boston’s Glenn Jones practices a style of guitar dubbed “American Primitive.”
Sessa: “Gostar do Mundo”
Brazilian rhythms percolate through the cool landscapes carved out by São Paulo’s Sessa.
Seasonal Affected Disorder
Boston’s Mallcops headlined a triple-stack bill in the lower depths of The Rockwell.
Roméo Poirier: “Porte contre”
Brussels’ Roméo Poirier retains a shadow’s trace of a techno beat on the ethereal “Porte contre”.
Marlowe: “Heist”
Fleet rhymes, double time. Marlowe lets loose over funk samples on “Heist”.
Michał Jan & Immortal Onion: “Digital Relations”
The Polish ensemble behind the Screens LP doesn’t know how experimental it is.
Tongue Love: “Rock Bottom”
Tongue Love bring rollicking rock n roll to their recent EP Rubchinuk.