Over the last decade, Phoebe Bridgers has emerged as one of the most exciting voices of independent music, and with the release of her latest album Lost Weekend, she has no intention of letting this momentum go. With her new single On Video, Bridgers takes us to a world all too familiar for us: suburbia in the 2000s.
Blondshell is back with her fourth studio album, Violins, and she has refined her sound even more than when she released her first in 2023. “Stone Fruit” in particular has a mature sound to it akin to an older, wiser Hayley Williams.
I’m a long-time beabadoobee fan, so getting to see her live was a long time coming, but it was extremely worth the wait. It means everything when a musician you feel passionate about clearly cares just as much about their music as you do. Her entire team did a phenomenal job portraying the concept of this album: the stage, the band, the lighting, visuals, and audio. beabadoobee is truly a one-of-a-kind musician, and I’m already counting down the days until I can attend one of her shows again.
Here at ‘ERS, we love live music! That’s why we created the Uncommon Concert Calendar – your guide to the best concerts in Boston. Each week, our intrepid music staff picks out some upcoming concerts you won’t want to miss.
Violet Grohl has been one of the most interesting artists that I have started listening to over the past year. Her music exists in this space of 90s grunge, but also there is a lot of atmospheric rock and shoegaze influence in her songs as well. Her music live can only be described as completely overwhelming. The loud bang of the drums, the smoothness of the basslines, and her soft yet imposing voice completely surround you when you’re at one of her shows. To borrow an old recording term, it was like a wall of sound moved across the room, absorbing everyone inside it.
“Silent” by Air Traffic Controller has the same feeling as those songs that become anthems for certain moods or feelings. In this song, the Boston-based band expands their versatility and further dives into the pop genre as they blend it with rock.
Suki Waterhouse lit up MGM Music Hall Fenway last week on the latest stop of her Loveland Tour. The show, as always, was a sight to behold as Waterhouse imposed her energetic personality on the audience throughout.
Here at ‘ERS, we love live music! That’s why we created the Uncommon Concert Calendar – your guide to the best concerts in Boston. Each week, our intrepid music staff picks out some upcoming concerts you won’t want to miss.
If you do not know about the Strokes, then honestly, where have you been the past two decades? After half a decade, the Brooklyn-based band has come back with their most recent album, Reality Awaits, this summer. Across the album, their music becomes more electronic than it has ever been in the past, and one of the standout songs has to be “Lonely in the Future,” a track that sees Julian Casablancas position himself as the leader of pop culture.
“Black Dog Rabbit Hole” by Devon Gilfillian is one of those songs that feels almost like it has been around forever. The sound is so similar to classic rock songs that we love, but he still has managed to add his own modern twist on that sound along with his lyrics that capture the internal battles that we go through every day.
One of the most talked about projects of 2026 has to be Steve Lacy’s Oh Yeah? Not to be confused with the lead off track of the same name His 2026 release sees Lacy potentially at his most introspective as he, just like the rest of us, navigates love in an increasingly complicated and digitizing world that prioritizes physical over emotional attraction.
Earlier this year, one of New England’s favorite sons, Noah Kahan, released his fourth studio album, The Great Divide. In what feels like a letter from an old friend, Kahan, through The Great Divide explores feelings of isolation and resentment with friends and lovers. Nowhere across the album is this more prevalent than on “Downfall.”
