Westing’s new EP I Haven’t Been Feeling Myself is loud and angry, peppered by hard-hitting basslines, rough cymbals and gravely, intensely sad vocals.
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Concert Recap: Regina Spektor
On Monday, March 6, I had the opportunity to see Regina Spektor live for the first time. It was an incredible show. I’ve loved Spektor’s music for more than a decade; she appears on multiple soundtracks and scores and her music has inspired countless fanworks. I’ve been quoting her lyrics at people and putting her…
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Mixtape: Desperate for Spring
2017 is a dumpster fire and climate change is genuinely terrifying, but the weather has been fluctuating a lot lately and it just makes me want to get on my bike and ride for hours. I really can’t wait for the weather to be consistently warm enough for me to rely on my bike…
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10 Years of Infinity On High
On February 6, Fall Out Boy’s third studio album Infinity On High turned ten. I had a hard time believing it when Reed told me, because this album has been in and out of rotation for me ever since it came out. It feels almost timeless, given that if I don’t listen to it for a…
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Album Review: Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness, Zombies On Broadway, 2017
There is a very small handful of musicians that I can say, with all honesty, have never let me down. That isn’t to say that I haven’t liked songs or that albums haven’t been everything I dreamed of, but rather that with every new project, I’ve always found something to love from these artists, whether it…
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Christmas 2016: “I Don’t Want Any Coal” (Seriously, Though)
IT’S DECEMBER and for once, I’m not sick of Christmas music yet. Even when the playlist at work stuck me in a never-ending loop of “Holly Jolly Christmas” last week, I didn’t feel any slow-burn rage about it. I think, perhaps, this lack of anger toward holiday jingles is coming from my determination to enjoy as…
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New to Me Music: Last Letters
New music time! This one also hit me via email, but it’s a much different vibe from my last featured artist. New England pop-punk vet Charles Iwuc released his first solo EP under the moniker Last Letters on Friday, Nov. 11. Nothing to Write Home About is a seven-track, self-produced record that sounds like the softer side…
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New to Me Music: Fossil Youth
New music! I haven’t done of these in a while. Damn. You can thank my email for this one! Oklahoma-based pop punk band Fossil Youth has a new album, A Glimpse of Self Joy, coming out on November 4. I heard about it in an email blast from Take This to Heart Records and I won’t lie…
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Par for the Course (Or, How Your First Celebrity Crush Never Dies)
This entry was originally written in response to the “nostalgia” prompt on Femsplain. A few weekends ago, the first person I ever told my mom I wanted to marry — Justin Timberlake — played in the annual celebrity golf tournament that’s been held in my hometown ever since I can remember. I got a text from my best friend…
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Concert Recap: The Front Bottoms, The Smith Street Band, Elvis Depressedly
When The Front Bottoms revealed the US dates for the Back On Top support tour (aptly called Back On Tour), it was a no-brainer to purchase tickets. Then when the band added one last stop on the tour in our city, we knew we had to buy tickets for that show too. I’ve never been…
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