Kid Koala, the esteemed DJ, producer and award-winning graphic novelist, has transformed his...
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LIVE REVIEW: Hawthorne Heights Leave Inhibitions Behind At Boston’s Brighton Music Hall
Hawthorne Heights' debut album, The Silence In Black and White, was released 14 years ago and...
THE USED On Celebrating The Human Element During The Recording Process
The Canyon, the seventh incendiary and politically charged album from The Used, displays the...
Boston’s Esh and Arc Prep For National Tour, Overcome Demons With Death Doesn’t Want You
The morbidity that lines Esh and Arc's latest album, Death Doesn't Want You, isn't purely ornamental. Between tons of vocal distortion that border on near violent intensity and dramatic articulation...
Fetty Wap Unleashes ‘Welcome To The Zoo’ Tour on Boston’s House of Blues
2015 was undoubtedly defined by the meteoric rise of Fetty Wap, the New Jersey native who pseudo-sung about the love he has for his drug dealing girlfriend and packaged it as the ultimate hood...
Quick Recap: Daye Jack Heaps on the Introspect at Boston’s Middle East
Daye Jack's current "Only In Your Dreams" tour with Pell is the stuff neo-soul hip hop dreams are made of. Jack, the baby faced 20-year old Nigeria native, recently turned heads with his Killer Mike...
Show Preview: Neon Indian Keeps His Eyes on The Prize, Seizes Boston’s Sold Out Paradise Rock Club
Neon Indian's latest masterpiece, Vega Intl. Night School, is one hell of a trippy audible experience. One minute, frontman Alan Palomo is vocally zigzagging over rave synths; the next he bravely...
Eradicating Racial Divides Through the Power of Disco
Saucy Lady on Eradicating Racial Divides Through the Power of Disco Noe Carmichael, who is better known as the illustrious DJ Saucy Lady, possesses an array of traits that makes her quite the...
The Reality of Being a Black Female Journalist in Today’s Music Industry
[Editor's note - as with all the articles in this month's social justice issue, the following is a first-hand essay. The author's experiences and opinions are her own, and we encourage you to join...
Show Preview: Aziz the Shake Plays a Sold Out Sinclair in Boston This Tuesday
Aziz the Shake certainly has a lot to be grateful for. The up and coming rapper not only had the opportunity to recently record in Boston's Converse Rubber Tracks Studio (it opened its doors this...
The Weeknd Proves There’s a Method to ‘The Madness’ in Worcester
The musical evolution of The Weeknd seems ironically organic. His tepid strokes into graphic sexual escapades--littered with ostensible alcohol and drug use--have inevitably become his audible...
Quick Recap: Chance The Rapper Sells Out Boston’s House of Blues, Proves Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number
Chance The Rapper's greatest asset is difficult to pinpoint when his artistry is as vast and complex as his lyricism. The 22 year old Chicago native basked in his luxuriously unhurried flow to a...
Show Preview: Skyzoo at Boston’s Hard Rock Cafe
In a genre contaminated with empty lyricism and even emptier artists parading as street poets, Skyzoo almost effortlessly elevates to a league of his own. His unwavering love and appreciation for...