“It’s definitely a departure,” Margaret Glaspy says of her new record. “I’m leaving a different...
Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
INTERVIEW: Daniel Donato Opens Up on Latest EP
Daniel Donato is a young, 20-something guitar-slinger who’s lent his skills to numerous acts...
A Word With M. Ward on Migration Stories
One hundred years ago M. Ward’s grandfather crossed into the United States from Mexico at the...
COVER STORY: Interview with WOLFMOTHER’S Andrew Stockdale
WOLFMOTHER On New LP, The Joke of Record Royalties & Why Indies Need to Control Their Publishing Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band that first made waves in 2005 with their smash single...
Records That Changed My Life with Matt Heaton
Records That Changed My Life by Matt Heaton Ever since I picked up my sister's abandoned guitar, I knew I wanted to play music for a living. To make a career as a guitarist, I've ended up wearing...
Lake Street Dive Opens Up About New LP Side Pony
Lake Street Dive (who we spotlighted back in 2013) has garnered attention both as a tenacious live act, playing over 300 dates in the last two years, as well as for their strong a cappella covers on...
Catching up with G. Love and Special Sauce
G. Love and Special Sauce On Pursuing Musical Innovation Through Relentless Collaboration You can walk just about anywhere in Boston and stumble into a good Irish pub. If you’re lucky, it’s a good...
TWO FRIENDS: How to Successfully Engage a Passionate Fan Base
TWO FRIENDS How to Cultivate an Online Persona & Successfully Engage a Passionate Fan Base From the rise of PLUR culture to the genre’s integration into the mainstream musical consciousness,...
COVER STORY: Dressy Bessy Is Back With New Album “Kingsized”
DRESSY BESSY Using the Comfort of a Home Studio to Kickstart Creativity After a Recording Hiatus To get a band to connect personally and professionally takes time and balance. After a seven year...
A Soundtrack of Black Love by Shirlette Ammons
I’m a firm believer in the power of music to build and destroy, to inspire and incite, to chronicle and change. Technically, I’ve been making music for most of my life (since I was at least 5 years...
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...
Dealing With Racism on the Road, and Being the Bigger Person
A First-Hand Account of Touring in the Face of Prejudice by Asian Man Records' Mike Park “To be honest, I think racism is stronger than ever. Subtle racism is still racism.” My teen years were...
American History Through the Lens of Black Art, with Napoleon Cummings
American History Through the Lens of Black Art, with Napoleon Cummings Black music is the soundtrack of not just Black American history, but of America as a whole. It details both our struggles and...