Damien Jurado: A Vessel for Storytelling
Photography by Ayo Oladeji By Lily Doolin From his early days in Seattle to now touring the nation with a twenty-six-year discography under his belt,…
Josh Ritter Brings a Wholesome Night of Americana to the Wilbur
Photography by Cecilia O’Rollins By Owen Murray Josh Ritter’s career spans twenty years, and now ten albums. Ritter’s newest record, Fever Breaks, is produced by Jason…
Arctic Monkeys, Hozier, and Florence + The Machine: Indie That Continues to Rock
By Tiffany Carbon Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine, and Hozier saw wild amounts of success in the indie-rock & alternative scene that many thought…
Writers’ Beat — Favorite Music Moments
Introducing a new segment on our blog: the writing staff beat! Here we have our contributors discuss a prompt every week. This time around, we…
Best Covers Playlist – Amy Shark, Run River North, and more
By Lily Doolin Recently, I climbed down the rabbit hole that is cover songs. One minute, I was just watching a casual cover video on…
Foals Makes a Paradise at House of Blues
By Kenneth Cox You’d be hard pressed to find any palm trees sprouting up around Boston. However, this past Friday at the House of Blues,…
Tips for Starting a Record Collection
By Lily Doolin We all know that records have made a huge comeback in the past several years. I bought my record player in 2015,…
WERS’ Live Mix Highlights with Belly, The Kooks, and more
By Nicole Bae Have you missed a concert of one of your favorite bands? Yearning for some raw vocals unavailable on the CD tracks? Look…
“Nina Cried Power” and “Wasteland, Baby!”: Taking A Look into Hozier’s Musical Growth
By Andrea Williams Artist: Hozier Album Title: Wasteland, Baby! Favorite Songs: “To Noise Making (Sing)” and “Nobody” Recommended If You Like: James Bay and Vance…
The Verve, Green Day, and More Take You Back to 90s Alt-Rock
By Lily Doolin I am definitely a product of the 90s alt-rock era. I grew up jamming out to Third Eye Blind and Green Day….
Nobody was Still with Bad Luck at ONCE Ballroom
Photography by Diego Villarroel By Tiffany Carbon Performing at ONCE Ballroom in Somerville, Bad Luck showed the audience that music isn’t just their hobby as…
Original Songs from Movie Soundtracks – Paramore, Sufjan Stevens and more
By Tiffany Carbon A great original song on a soundtrack has a massive impact on a film. 21st-century movies have noteworthy original songs despite being…
