Playlist: New Discoveries 5/24
Graphics by Kasvi Bhatia WET LEG – “UR MUM” Wet Leg absolutely never misses with their splendidly chaotic and effortlessly fun sound and style as a band. “Ur Mum,” from their recently released self-titled album,…
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Spotlight On Local Record Stores
Graphics by Ainsley Basic This Saturday, April 23rd is recognized nationwide as Record Store Day. Here at WERS, we’re celebrating by spotlighting the record store locations that Boston has to offer. From long-standing local legends…
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Between 2 Bostonians: Carissa Johnson + Coral Moons’ Carly Kraft Talk Being Women in Music
Graphics by Ainsley Basic Happy International Women’s Day! Just ahead of the holiday, we had local female musicians Carissa Johnson and Carly Kraft of Coral Moons sit down with web services coordinator Nora Onanian to…
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Upcoming 2022 Releases We’re Excited For
Graphics by Ainsley Basic Last month we took you through the amazing year of music we had in 2021 with our year in review article and favorite local albums roundup. But now, it’s time to…
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The Top 88 of 2021
Graphics by Ainsley Basic From breakthrough debuts to long-awaited musical comebacks, 2021 has had a lot of amazing releases! After tallying your votes, we are thrilled to announce the top 88 songs of the year….
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Best of ‘ERS: A Year In Review
Graphics by Ainsley Basic The nominations are in! To celebrate all of the great local songs, local shows, live mixes and more that were a part of 2021, our music writing team helped put together…
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So, What Was the Song of the Summer?
Graphics by Ainsley Basic This summer has seen a lot of great releases, but there can only be one song of the summer. Three of our staff members – Tatum, Nora, and Phil – weighed…
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Album Review: Stop Making Sense Tribute
Graphics by Ava Scanlon Rarely does a piece of art come along that stirs up culture in the way that Stop Making Sense did. The Talking Heads’ concert film and corresponding live album came out…
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Leading Ladies of Hip Hop: Salt-N-Pepa
“Few have paved the way for female artists in the Hip Hop industry like Hip Hop trio Salt-N-Pepa…”
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The Vault of Soul: Smokey Robinson
“Motown icon Smokey Robinson was born with a passion for music on February 19th, 1940…”
