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Dan Sweeney: “Around The Ring”

A sweet and somewhat trippy folk rock ditty.

R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura: “elite mind flayer judo”

Michael Gutierrez 5/25/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/25/24

R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura: “elite mind flayer judo”

A mellow, slightly swerved delivery in the art rap space.

Michael Gutierrez 5/25/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/25/24

bikethrasher: “Cupcake”

A bluesy ripper off the Relaxer EP.

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

randytaylor69: “jólnir”

No idea what’s going on with this artist.

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

Alvvays: “Tom Verlaine”

Cast back to the self-titled debut.

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

Diana Rogerson: “Falling Apart”

Experimental psych? You don’t say.

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

Jet Vesper: “I Could Be Someone Else”

Funky, fresh, and frisky.

Michael Gutierrez 5/22/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/22/24

Rich Jones: “See You All The Time”

This song must be an outlier.

Michael Gutierrez 5/22/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/22/24

Reading Room: “Job”

A song about a commuter, by a commuter, and possibly for a commuter.

Michael Gutierrez 5/21/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/21/24

Elephant Stone: “bae”

This band rocks a sitar live.

Michael Gutierrez 5/21/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/21/24

Paul Karsen: “Fatal Recitals”

Hip hop with some sparkling piano samples.

Michael Gutierrez 5/20/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/20/24

Boston Calling

Boston Calling returns to Lower Allston with a ferris wheel.

Michael Gutierrez 5/20/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/20/24

Ty Segall: “Void”

Garage punk, sure. But the art core impulse is unmistakable here.

Michael Gutierrez 5/20/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/20/24

Blame Shifters: “Social Creeps”

You keep waiting for the song to blast off.

Michael Gutierrez 5/19/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/19/24

Sonic Youth: “Expressway To Yr. Skull”

Sonic Youth knew how to massage the feedback.

Michael Gutierrez 5/19/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/19/24

Amulette: “Bozé”

Mathprog from “Western, MA.”

Michael Gutierrez 5/18/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/18/24

Rock N Roll Rumble

All the coverage of the 2024 Rock N Roll Rumble at Sonia and Middle East.

Michael Gutierrez 5/18/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/18/24

Jlin: “Iris”

Got that tremolo rocking on the synth sample, right?

Michael Gutierrez 5/18/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/18/24

Blondshell: “Docket” (ft. Bully)

Collaboration is fun.

Michael Gutierrez 5/17/24 Michael Gutierrez 5/17/24

Doug Paisley: “Life To Go”

The artist takes on a song by George Jones.