Music
Tongue Love In Broad Daylight
Is three in the afternoon too early for rock n roll? Not at Midway Cafe.
Boston Guide to Large Venues
Hump Day News delivers a guide to large venues in Boston and beyond. Big is beautiful.
Joan Shelley: “Like The Thunder”
Dig the guitar flourish on “Like The Thunder,” off Joan Shelley’s LP The Spur.
Weekend Lovers: “Baby”
Tuscon’s Weekend Lovers deliver a slow-to-medium tempo rocker on their throwback single “Baby.”
Boston Music Venue Guide
Hump Day News delivers a Boston music venue guide. Small, medium, and venti.
The Mall: “Burning Age”
There’s a hint of Bloc Party “fuck it, let’s dance” vibe here, delivered in the key of darkwave.
Already Dead: My Collar Is Blue
Already Dead remembers punk’s roots in political dissidence on their latest LP My Collar Is Blue.
Dear Nora: “scrolls of doom”
Super-stripped down indie pop is at work in Dear Nora’s LP human futures.
Dear Nora: human futures
The band out of Joshua Tree gets real about life, memory, and crustaceans.
The Sea and Cake: “These Falling Arms”
A breathy, driving indie pop single that builds and blossoms into a high crescendo this way comes.
The Endorphins: “Myopic Dystopia”
The Endorphins are true to the title of our highlighted track, “Myopic Dystopia,” producing a genuinely hellish vision.
Mamalarky? Thanks, Biden!
The Los Angeles art rockers rolled through O’Brien’s Pub on the night before the midterm elections.
Nakama: “Æ-b”
“Æ-b” is what Elon & Grimes’ newborn would have been called if Sagittarius was in the second house on the day of its birth.
Lia Kohl: “Moon Beam”
Lia Kohl’s cello sounds like a hacksaw working its way through a hardened lump of calcified pixy dust. In a good way.
Meteor Police Go Underground
The New Jersey band played the depths of the Cantab Lounge on an unseasonably warm Saturday night.
The Serfs: “The Willows”
Hard-charging, synth-driven darkwavers The Serfs light up the dance floor on our highlighted track “The Willows.”
Sean Nicholas Savage: “Comet”
Sean Nicholas Savage has always followed his own artistic star wherever it has led him.
Dear Nora Gets Epic
A full house greeted Dear Nora at the Lilypad as the band toured its new LP human futures.
Knot: “Fallow”
The artist(s) formerly known as Krill transmuted into the earthly entity known as Knot.
The Dead Tongues: “Garden Song”
Find a campfire, a pint of whiskey to share, and turn up these smoky, folky tunes.