WBUR • January 10, 2024

7 albums to listen to this winter

From provocative jazz compositions to charged hip-hop, or country twangers to jilted electro-R&B, this guide shows how artists are managing to pull experiences from within themselves in a new winter in the post-pandemic world.

WBUR • September 7, 2023

The Folk Implosion's score for cult classic film 'Kids' is back and better than before

Nearly 30 years after the film’s debut, the iconic soundtrack is set to be reissued. Critic Charley Ruddell says, “The gritty, often hallucinatory compositions created by The Folk Implosion flawlessly embodied the spirit of the film.”

WBUR • August 23, 2023

Billy Wylder’s new album 'Trying To Get Free' embraces a stirring global beat

The art rock quartet delivers powerful musings on nature and humanity on their African-inspired new release.

WBUR • August 15, 2023

Sandy Bailey leans on her community in new country gospel album

The Northfield, Massachusetts country singer’s first album in 13 years weaves together stories of working class struggles and racial identity in America.

WBUR • July 17, 2023

In Somerville, a 'NICE' music festival continues to grow

Longtime talent buyer Alex Pickert spent years in Greater Boston’s DIY scenes before creating NICE, a fest. Now in its third year, the festival has expanded to include more bands and genres.

WBUR • June 22, 2023

Listen: Darlingside's 'Right Friend' is a pensive ode to friendship

The Massachusetts folk quartet explore memory and loss on their sparse and homespun new single.

WBUR • June 12, 2023

7 albums to listen to this summer

With a healthy handful of local albums, our summer music guide offers everything from indie-pop to noise rock and brooding folk for your summer playlists.

WBUR • June 7, 2023

Indie-pop duo hex gf bands together against the world on debut album

Justine Bowe and Sam Vanderhoop Lee navigate their shared history as bandmates in the band Magic Man and their past relationship by rejecting convention and starting fresh on their new album.

WBUR • May 18, 2023

The many colors of composer Julian Loida's new album 'Giverny'

The Boston-based synesthete paints an impressionist portrait with neoclassical compositions on his latest album.

WBUR • April 7, 2023

Boston band Mediocre is having fun with despair on 'To Know You're Screwed'

The queer rock duo is reigniting Boston’s long-held DIY tradition with an ode to ‘90s camp.

WBUR • March 20, 2023

7 albums to listen to this spring

From queer indie pop to spiritual jazz to bluegrass phenoms, our spring music guide highlights a tone of unrest that requests an audience.

WBUR • January 12, 2023

7 albums to listen to this winter

From DIY indie masterminds to main-stage gothic hip-hop, our winter music guide has you covered for the cold season.

WBUR • October 3, 2022

Mike Block Trio's adventurous 'What Now?' brings the cello to the backcountry

The Boston-based bluegrass trio liberates traditional and classical music from its rigid structures.

WBUR • September 15, 2022

7 albums to listen to this fall

Our fall guide captures the end-of-summer blues with introspective R&B, cathartic electronic anthems and crunchy grunge-pop.

WBUR • September 6, 2022

Boston indie pop group pushflowers are bursting with identity on 'Abre'

Connecting with co-singer Rocío Del Mar’s Hispanic roots, the quartet transform their indie rock sound into a bubbly, latin pop dance floor anthem.

WBUR The ARTery • June 15, 2022

7 albums to listen to this summer

From thorny alternative rock to jazz-tinged R&B and crunchy future soul, these seven albums will inspire action from the daily chaos.

WBUR The ARTery • May 26, 2022

Musical duo H A U N T E R takes listeners on a beat-laden trip into the mind

The electronic hip-hop and psychedelic textures on their new release, “DREAM THE DAY AWAY,” make it their most thoughtful and patient project to date.

WBUR The ARTery • May 12, 2022

Musician Johan Lenox debuts symphonically inspired pop album 'WDYWTBWYGU'

Fully embracing the ennui of adolescence, Johan Lenox arrives fully realized on his debut, his doubt, insecurity, selfishness and apathy shamelessly on display and begging for analysis.

WBUR The ARTery • April 14, 2022

Boston band Vundabar travels surrealist highways on new album 'Devil for the Fire'

Following his father’s stroke, Brandon Hagen’s unhurried, yet emotive indie songs explore an abstract journey deep into the mind.

WBUR The ARTery • March 21, 2022

7 music releases to listen to this spring

We’re marking two years of COVID with a hearty spread of new music, from sultry folk to jolting Afrofuturism.