Shutups: Fed by Friendship
Plenty of bands are started with dreams of selling out stadiums, fueled by a lust for bright lights and fat stacks of cash. Oakland’s power-pop duo Shutups turns this narrative on its head.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Music Copyright
Music copyright never entered my mind as a listener until the infamous case between Robin Thicke and Pharrel Williams and Marvin Gaye’s estate …
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Sky High’s Soundtrack Accidentally Got Me Hooked on New Wave
My introduction to one of the greatest love songs of all time — Modern English’s “I Melt With You” — was not through the British new wave band themselves, but instead …
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Cumulus Frisbee: An interview with Jack Cotolo about art in all shapes and sizes
Many creatives rely on the complex paradox of great art. How can one focus the audience …
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Staff Pix 11/30
The Milk Crate staff’s favorite tracks of the week, presented with blurbs worthy of a promotional sticker on a CD release…
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Helena Deland is a Sullen Force in ‘Someone New’
Someone New understands that subtlety can be louder than luridness. Helena Deland not only captures that …
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One Less Lonely Boy: Justin Bieber’s Journey
Justin Bieber’s new documentary begins with Bieber sitting in a chair, notebook in his hand …
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On Revisiting 3614 Jackson Highway (1969)
When most people think about Cher, they think diva. They think about her …
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The Next Great Venue: Live Music at a Distance
Whether it be an enormous concert hall, a hole-in-the-wallbar, or packed Allston basement —it all came to a halt in March…
