Orla Gartland is a Shrek 2 fan at Paradise Rock Club.

Shades of Seal’s “Kissed By a Rose” on the intro.

Take your pick from a bowl of two-minute long mixed nuts.

Paul Karsen closes out a hip hop showcase at The Jungle.

Clean and squimmish, at a human tempo made for footwork.

Jade Dust confesses “It’s not easy being green” at Cambridge Community Center.

The debut release from New Haven’s Heatsync Records.

Midwestern troubadours sample the sandwiches at Deep Cuts.

An energizing lyrical refrain.

A jangly, whispy pop surprise.

A piquant hybrid of jazz and Mongolian folk.

Stompboxing guitar fun.

A noisy, banging buffet of rock n roll brouhaha.

A collab joint creates an alt folk popper.

What’s up with this Julie?

Music meets mass protest in the streets of Istanbul.

Everyone gets to sing! Some of them scream too!

Natalie Dietrich gets down with her bad self at Lilypad.

Ornate. Baroque. I’d call it “rococo” too but…

Fust uncorks the (alt) country at Deep Cuts.

A gentle acoustic picker.

At some point you just gotta release the album, right?

Rebecca Cline Quartet doesn’t need a definite article at Mad Monkfish.

Some kind of glass bottle percussion keeps this train rolling.

Oof, I feel the message at the heart of this song.

We’re taking a steamy soak with a Burlington songsmith.

We’ve got a little 10-year anniversary on our hands.

Medium-tempo hip hop trotter.