Graphics by Ainsley Basic By Amber Garcia, Staff Writer Artist: Sam Fender Album: Seventeen Going Under Favorite Songs: “Long Way Off,” “Aye,” and “Get You Down” For Fans Of: The Hunna, The Kooks, Catfish and…
Graphics by Ainsley Basic By Nora Onanian, Web Services Coordinator Artist: Various artists covering The Velvet Underground and Nico Album: I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico Favorite Songs: “I’ll…
Photo by Nora Onanian Overcoats, the electronic-pop duo of Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell, just put out their EP Used To Be Scared of the Dark in June. Web services coordinator Nora Onanian sat down…
Photo courtesy of Japanese Breakfast 2021 has been a huge year for Michelle Zauner. In April, the indie-pop mastermind behind Japanese Breakfast published her first book, a touching memoir titled Crying In H Mart. An…
By Nora Onanian, Web Services Coordinator Few people have been through near-death experiences and not come out on the other side with a changed perspective on life. In Billy Idol’s latest single, “Bitter Taste,” he…
Graphics by Ainsley Basic The Pretenders have gone through a lot of the same changes that their fellow 80s rockers dealt with. Membership always shifting, highs and lows on the charts: the band’s existence has…
Graphics by Ainsley Basic FUTURE ISLANDS – “PEACH” Starting off with their signature bassy-synth landscape, Future Islands slowly guides the listener into their new song “Peach.” The track’s consistency pulls you through Samuel T Herring’s…
Photo courtesy of The Joy Formidable After making most of their albums on the road, Welsh alternative-rock band The Joy Formidable finished up their fifth studio album Into the Blue planted in Utah due to…
Photo courtesy of Sophia Matinizad New York City-based indie artist Samia just released her latest EP Scout. The four-song collection is the follow-up to her debut album The Baby, which came out in August of 2020. On the day…
Graphics by Ainsley Basic CHILDISH GAMBINO AND BRITTANY HOWARD – “STAY HIGH” Groovy, spacey, and soulful. Childish Gambino’s cover of Brittany Howard’s hit “Stay High” successfully captures the same vibe as the original, but in…
Photo courtesy of Alyse Vellturo PRONOUN is the indie-synth-pop solo project of Alyse Vellturo. While she’s based in New York now, Vellturo has local ties having grown up in Concord and graduated from Berklee…
Graphics by Ainsley Basic Here at WERS, we love local artists. Boston’s music scene is dynamic and bustling, and 2021 has already seen a ton of great releases. So, we decided we take you through…
