Collaborations That Should Happen, But Never Will
– Simon Luedtke – Everybody dreams of seeing their favorite artists come together to make something new. Even if they don’t entirely make sense, we can’t help but wonder just how great it would be…
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10 Years Later, Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Remains the Weird Highlight of One of the World’s Biggest Bands
– By Sam Reynolds – Coldplay has never been “the best band”. They’ve never tampered with the artistic range or bold experimental instincts of Radiohead. They’ve never held the (at times) convincing self-importance of U2,…
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Car Seat Headrest’s New Album is Really Good… And It’s Almost 7 Years Old
Car Seat Headrest’s Twin Fantasy graphic by Cooper Yeager – By Owen Murray – Twin Fantasy on Bandcamp in 2011 and gained a devoted cult following. The album has reached an almost legendary status by Bandcamp’s…
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Ceasetone’s Three-Dimensional Soundscape: WERS Interview
Ceasetone at Sunaana 2018 – Photography by Bobby Nicholas. During a break in the action at the Sunaana Music and Beer Festival, 88.9’s Alex Waters caught up with Hafsteinn “Haffi” Þráinsson of the band Ceasetone….
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Axel Flóvent’s Plan for the Future: An Interview
Axel Flóvent at Sunaana 2018 – Photography by Bobby Nicholas. At the Sunaana Music and Beer Festival, 88.9’s Alex Waters managed to sit down with headlining act and popular Icelandic singer Axel Flóvent. They talked…
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JFDR and the Power of saying “No:” an Interview
JFDR at Sunaana 2018 – Photography by Bobby Nicholas. During the Sunaana Music and Beer Festival, 88.9’s Alex Waters got to chat with Icelandic singer Jófríður Ákadóttir, better known as JFDR. They talked about her…
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Girlpool at Paradise Rock Club
– By Timothy Jordan – On February 9th, folk punk band, Girlpool sold out Boston’s Paradise Rock Club. Lead singer, Cleo Tucker lamented to the crowd that they woke up that morning with their voice…
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First Aid Kit Brings Soul into the Hearts at House of Blues
Photography by Jacob Cutler – By Mica Kendall – From acoustic to electric guitar switches to head banging hair flips accompanied by synchronized, guitar dancing, the Soderberg sisters of First Aid Kit know how to…
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Pressing “Restart” on the Walk the Moon You Once Knew
– By Mica Kendall – Earning worldwide attention for their break out hits such as “Anna Sun” and “Shut up and Dance,” found within their debut albums, Walk the Moon has earned an increasingly alarming…
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How To Make a Christmas Playlist
By Emily Harrison We are in the swing of the holidays, and that means lights everywhere, endless cups of hot chocolate, and of course… music! Since the late 1980’s and 1990’s, Emerson College Professor and…
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Gucci Mane or Gucci Purse?
By Melissa Gauger It is a dark and windy night on June 12, 2016. While the evening, unusually cool for June, carries on, thousands of people crowd together to catch even a coveted glimpse of…
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The Neighbourhood’s HARD Comeback
By Mica Kendall Since The Neighbourhood’s 2015 album release Wiped Out!, the band ventured out on two national tours for the album Being the Flood and Nu Waves tour, but then in 2016 went off the…
