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Live Review: St. Nothing at Middle East in Cambridge, MA
Material: Waves of ennui emit like radiation from a decaying reactor when this synth-pop project (winner of 2014’s Boston Music Award for Electronic Artist of the Year) takes the stage. ... -
Career Connection: Academic Partnership Program
Twenty-seven years ago, James Donio began working for NARM, a.k.a. the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, a not-for-profit trade organization that exists to promote the commerce of music. Working his ... -
Album Review: JR JR - "JR JR" (9/10)
Dropping Dale Earnhardt from their name and rebranding themselves JR JR, Detroit’s celebrated hipster cum indie-pop act put down their soy lattes long enough to envision this third full-length of ... -
Album Review: Hurts - "Surrender" (5/10)
Fans of new wave synth-pop will comfortably gravitate toward English duo Hurts’ most recent softhearted transmission, while their skyrocketing popularity will mystify everyone else. Appealing textures may shimmer throughout these ... -
Live Review: Raw Blow at O'Brien's Pub
Material: If such a thing as pop metal exists, this Bostonian quartet embodies it, contra the supposedly bleak nature of their lyrics. Thunderous drumming and attack bass buffets twin guitars ... -
Exec Profile: Simon Perry of ReverbNation
BACKGROUND First an artist, then a Multiplatinum writer/producer, Simon Perry switched gears by joining ReverbNation. The website, which helps artists score gigs, build fan bases and generally develop careers, ... -
Album Review: Blitzen Trapper - "All Across This Land" (7/10)
Envision something akin to Bob Dylan singing songs written and arranged by Bruce Springsteen. That’s the gist of All Across This Land, the return to form from Portland’s acclaimed experimental ... -
Signing Story: Alberta Cross
English rock band Alberta Cross has signed with numerous labels, including Geffen, PIAS and Ark. But for singer/guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee, it was time for another change when ATO Records ... -
Signing Story: Hibou
Peter Michel wasn’t seeking a label for Hibou, his pop-surf-rock project, but then his manager, Erin David Tate––who’d been sending demos––blurted, “Let’s go get breakfast with Barsuk.” A fan of ... -
Exec Profile: Sujit Kundu, Founder of SKAM Artist
BACKGROUND Sujit Kundu began throwing parties in high school, and from those early raves grew a production and DJ management company that landed a Top 10 hit with Shade Sheist. ...
