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The Sleds Combine Two Narratives into One With ‘Pretty Penny’
The Sleds Combine Two Narratives into One With ‘Pretty Penny’
So far this decade, the music scene around New England has had a wide assortment of talented acts come up and make an impact in the region…
Rob Duguay
Sep 5
Interview: Charly Bliss Are Ready to Fall Back in Love with Music at the Royale
Interview: Charly Bliss Are Ready to Fall Back in Love with Music a...
Life itself has a way of regularly bringing about a series of changes. This can include moving to an entirely different location, falling…
Rob Duguay
Sep 4
Rob’s Album of The Week: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Wild God
Rob’s Album of The Week: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Wild God
Nick Cave has always had a habit of doing things his own way. In a musical sense, the Australian artist has been fearless and expansive…
Rob Duguay
Sep 3
The Jake Wasson Malpractice Go After What They Want With ‘Traffic Cam’
The Jake Wasson Malpractice Go After What They Want With ‘Traffic Cam’
At a point in a person’s life, they’ll start establishing goals for what they want to do with their time. This can range between writing a…
Rob Duguay
Aug 30
Interview: Billy Keane Talks About His Life’s Journey Ahead of Rhythm & Roots
Interview: Billy Keane Talks About His Life’s Journey Ahead of Rhyt...
Labor Day Weekend is approaching in Rhode Island, which means that the Rhythm & Roots Festival is returning to Ninigret Park in…
Rob Duguay
Aug 29
Rob’s Album of The Week: Fontaines D.C.’s Romance
Rob’s Album of The Week: Fontaines D.C.’s Romance
With the endless musical marketplace the internet provides, it’s difficult to nail down which style is reigning over the others these days…
Rob Duguay
Aug 26
With ‘Say So’, Dred Buffalo Let the Riffs Fly and the Electricity Flow
With ‘Say So’, Dred Buffalo Let the Riffs Fly and the Electricity Flow
Over the past few years, very few bands have made as much of an impact in the music scene around Providence as Dred Buffalo. The quartet of…
Rob Duguay
Aug 23
Lucius Venture Down the Rabbit Hole With ‘Old Tape’
Lucius Venture Down the Rabbit Hole With ‘Old Tape’
There are certain acts who are enigmatic in their approach where it’s tough to pin them down, and there are others who are in a similar…
Rob Duguay
Aug 20
Rob’s Album of The Week: Ray LaMontagne’s Long Way Home
Rob’s Album of The Week: Ray LaMontagne’s Long Way Home
There are very few singer-songwriters who exhibit a way of singing that’s anything close to Ray LaMontagne’s. The Nashua native coats his…
Rob Duguay
Aug 19
Parlour Bells Collaborate with Burlesque Performers For ‘Slasher Movie Weather’
Parlour Bells Collaborate with Burlesque Performers For ‘Slasher Mo...
When it comes to a setting for a horror flick, they usually take place during either one of two parts of the year. There’s the obvious time…
Rob Duguay
Aug 16
8th Annual Warren Folks Festival Returns To 30 Cutler Street
8th Annual Warren Folks Festival Returns To 30 Cutler Street
There’s been a ton of amazing festivals that have taken place all over New England this summer with plenty of live music and visual art…
Rob Duguay
Aug 14
Coma Hole Confront Personal Struggles & Unhealthy Habits With ‘Alphaholics’
Coma Hole Confront Personal Struggles & Unhealthy Habits With ‘Alph...
When it's really good, music has a knack for being a unique panacea for emotional strife. A great song can enable whoever is listening to…
Rob Duguay
Aug 13
Rob’s Album of The Week: And So I Watch You From Afar’s Megafauna
Rob’s Album of The Week: And So I Watch You From Afar’s Megafauna
Even as I’ve gotten older and I’m well past my teens and 20’s, I still get excited about certain albums when they’re freshly released. The…
Rob Duguay
Aug 12
Interview: Nick Dittmeier Looks to Give Askew Some ‘Fast Fashion’ with The Sawdusters
Interview: Nick Dittmeier Looks to Give Askew Some ‘Fast Fashion’ w...
Despite the cost of living going up in every imaginable way, there are still plenty of bands and musicians making their life out on the…
Rob Duguay
Aug 9
Boston Soul-Funk Act Ripe Host a ‘Summer Beach Party’ at Indian Ranch
Boston Soul-Funk Act Ripe Host a ‘Summer Beach Party’ at Indian Ranch
With it being the summer, there’s always the opportunity to throw an outdoor party somewhere. It could be in someone’s backyard, a public…
Rob Duguay
Aug 8
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