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Grass Is Green: “Greenville”

Tempo and attack changes all over the place.

Michael Gutierrez 7/5/24 Michael Gutierrez 7/5/24

Sour Widows: “Big Dog”

An alt rock rambler with a mean build.

Michael Gutierrez 11/3/23 Michael Gutierrez 11/3/23

Pile: “The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon”

It’s high time to talk about painter Gideon Bok.

Michael Gutierrez 10/3/23 Michael Gutierrez 10/3/23

Bad History Month: “God Is Luck”

A moody, jazzy post punk ambler.

Michael Gutierrez 7/23/23 Michael Gutierrez 7/23/23

Prewn: “But I Want More”

Watch out for the heavy rawk outro.

Michael Gutierrez 6/17/23 Michael Gutierrez 6/17/23

Pile: All Fiction

Pile’s ninth album. Better than Beethoven’s Ninth?

Michael Gutierrez 5/25/23 Michael Gutierrez 5/25/23

Shady Bug: “lizard”

The last 3 seconds of “lizard” sounds like the first 3 seconds of Sonic Youth’s “100%.”

Michael Gutierrez 5/24/23 Michael Gutierrez 5/24/23

Sailor Down: “Bat Signal”

Keeping the altpop lamplight of Pioneer Valley lit!

Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 9/14/22

Pet Fox: A Face In Your Life

Pet Fox pulls off a few tricks on their label debut LP A Face In Your Life.

Michael Gutierrez 8/26/22 Michael Gutierrez 8/26/22

Mt. Surreal

Disco Doom is nothing if not patient on the superlative title track of its forthcoming LP Mt. Surreal, working through the musical motifs like a chimp on Thorazine solving a Rubik’s Cube.

Michael Gutierrez 7/22/22 Michael Gutierrez 7/22/22

7 Videos From Kal Marks

7 videos from Kal Marks’ new album My Name Is Hell.

Michael Gutierrez 7/6/22 Michael Gutierrez 7/6/22

A Face In Your Life

Boston’s Pet Fox operate all the levers and switches of postpunkery with finesse on their forthcoming A Face In Your Life.

Michael Gutierrez 6/11/22 Michael Gutierrez 6/11/22

Ovation

Boston’s Kal Marks releases new single “Ovation” off forthcoming album My Name Is Hell.

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