Music
Maral: “Heart Shimmer”
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Maral is on a 21st-century vision quest.
The Bad Plus: “Motivations II”
“Motivations II” will remind you of everything you love about Lower East side experimentalism.
ONO: “I Wonder Why”
Chicago’s ONO learned how to be Americans by watching wrestling broadcasts in space.
Keita Sano: “Inner Hall”
Sticky, icky house vibrations kick off the Legacy From Leyton EP by Keito Sano.
Mary Halvorson: “Night Shift”
Mary Halvorson’s first name is buried within the title of her latest album Amaryllis. Coincidence?
Reggie Dokes: “Universe Speaks”
Detroit’s Reggie Dokes spins records with a clarity that eludes most dancehall DJs.
High. On Ferrets.
On Friday O’Brien’s Pub hosted a tall drink of feedback bill in Allston Ferret City.
Marta Sanchez: “Marivi”
Our highlighted track is a meditative romancer with some thrilling horn runs
rRoxymore: “Fragmented Dreams”
rRoxymore crafts techno that ventures into unknown territories in time and space.
Sunshine Riot: “Parole Board”
There’s a broken lilt to Sunshine Riot’s “Parole Board” that charms as it churns.
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.