Digging Through The Crates #2
For the past six months or so, all I have been listening to is 90s music. Some borders onto the earlier 2000’s, but for the most part all I listen to is 90s music because to put it bluntly, the 90s were WAY BETTER. The music then was much more original, raw and depressing [...]
Digging Through the Crates #1
Dear WERS, How do I describe my love for Sweden to you? Unlike the actual Nordic country (which I also love very much), This entry in the Mountain Goats’ catalogue from 1995 is bursting with warmth, Heat coming off the crackling fire of a dismembered cherry tree in “September 19 Triple X Love! Love!” Or [...]
“Escape From Electric Mountain”
Jon Gooch a.k.a. “Feed Me” has done it again. The man draws influence from about every sub-genre of electronic music you can think of. His latest EP, Escape From Electric Mountain, reminds the old Feed Me fans of his electro-house glory days. He delves into progressive house sounds which work really well. He shows listeners [...]
“EP #1″ by Handbraekes
So French DJ/cult-filmmaker Mr. Oizo and German electro-wiz Boys Noize are recording and collaborating together. God save us all. Alex Ridha (better known as electro DJ Boys Noize) and Ed-Banger-DJ/film director Quentin Dupiuex (Mr. Oizo) have produced a short EP together under the collective name ‘Handbraekes’. They’re two DJs with very distinct personal styles, and [...]
“The Hero In You” by Ellis Paul
When you’re a kid, the phrases “concept album” and “folk music” don’t carry much weight. How, then, does Boston native and seasoned indie artist Ellis Paul pull off The Hero In You, an album consisting of tracks each touching upon historical figures from Rosa Parks to his own personal hero Woodie Guthrie? The answer, considering [...]
“Songs of Wonder” by Basya Schechter
Basya Schechter is a singer/songwriter and the former leader of the band Pharaoh’s Daughter. She grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and the lyrics from her new album, Songs of Wonder, are taken entirely from the poetry of renowned rabbi and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel. Schechter puts music to Heschel’s poetry, with gorgeous results. Schechter [...]
“Onwards to the Wall”
Infamously nicknamed “the loudest band in New York”, A Place to Bury Strangers certainly live up to their title. Every song on Onwards to the Wall blasts a hypnotic array of noise and distortion louder and more packed than the one before. Don’t let this deter you from picking up their latest EP. A band [...]
“Hello Sadness” by Los Campesinos!
“GOOD NEWS, GUYS: I’m really miserable, which means the lyrics on our next record will be really great,” writes lead singer of Los Campesinos!, Gareth Campesinos!, in February of this year. A friend instantly forwards it to me with a smiley face emoticon to signal his pleasure. When a press copy of Hello Sadness landed [...]
Cast of Rent Live In Studio
Boston's New Repertory Theater is currently showing its production of the groundbreaking rock opera Rent, marking the fifteenth anniversary of the original Broadway production's debut.
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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