Big Thief has been one of the best concert experiences I’ve had ever, period.
Read MoreWe’re finally two-thirds of the way through April, and we’ve got music to help you celebrate this extravagant occasion that is the twentieth of August.
Read MoreWith around 20k followers on the video-making platform and 40k streams on Spotify for her debut single, “Calypso”—a midwestern emo-esque lo-fi track about a love tainted by Stockholm Syndrome, like that of the relationship between the siren Calypso and Odysseus—Ash remains humble in the face of her rising popularity.
Read MoreLorde’s performance reaffirmed why I love going to concerts.
Read MoreThe Milk Crate staff’s favorite recent releases, presented with blurbs worthy of a promotional sticker on a jewel case. Tune in Fridays from 1-2 EST to the Staff Pix radio show.
Read MoreWet Leg released their self-titled debut album last Friday, April 8, with Wet Leg, a twelve-song ode to heartache, introversion, and disappointment. The album culminates much of the band’s inner turmoil surrounding relationships and love without the typical melancholy tone of heartbreak songs.
Read MoreLizzy McAlpine is honing her craft in five seconds flat, outgrowing her previously established acoustic shell and layering her songs with a new level of emotional depth. This record incorporates a storyline of love and heartbreak with instrumentals that convey the story with heavy plucking of strings, crescendos and staccatoed strums, and exposes a new side to McAlpine’s music— one that shows more than the joy and brightness of love.
Read MoreValentine, an album that fell flat for many, including our own Izzy Desmarais, truly did the opposite live. The vulnerability of presenting deeply intimate lyrics live is no small feat, and Jordan truly bared her soul out on stage.
Read MoreSidney Gish greeted me backstage in the Paramount theater, perched alone on a chair in a dressing room that dwarfed her. On and off stage, she is a self-contained unit of musical energy, a one-woman band with a loop pedal and an ear for the perfect layered sound.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, April 6, WECB Live hosted Jobie, Jo & The Average, and Sidney Gish at the Paramount Theatre.
Read MoreAt the age of 63, Joan Jett continues to know just how to wow a crowd, and has most certainly not lost her knack for performing rock and roll. While the years of wearing herself out on stage with dances and leaps may be at an end, the musician continues to bring her heart and soul to her shows.
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