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A number of our critics’ favorite local albums were written and recorded during the deepest part of the pandemic; these musicians found plenty of material to mine from that time, some of it painful, some of it transcendent

Kaiti Jones — Weak Days March 16, 2021 Kaiti Jones performs "Weak Days" live at the Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough, MA, for a Front Row Boston socially-distant session. Jones is a natural songwriter and storyteller; her lyrics rooted in existential angst or failed romances that grow into retrospective anecdotes. "I often write or finish songs years later, when Im able to look back with a new perspective and less pain," she explains. Joness sophomore album Tossed furthered this practice...

Left to right: Maya Mortman, Amy Hoffman, Daniel Radin and Colby Blauvelt of Future Teens. (Courtesy Adam Parshall) There’s a number of things that could define Boston’s breakthrough “bummer pop” quartet Future Teens: Their reverence of pop classics, their grindstone, DIY ambition, the wave of buzzworthy cover compilations with their names attached. But to its members, Future Teens is a sort of endless riff of their name, a slight piece of performance art. Listen to the first four tra...

WOLF ALICE - “THE LAST MAN ON EARTH” A steady piano opening welcomes you to a gentle soundscape that flows and mixes with harmonies and melodies. London-based rock band Wolf Alice changes pace with this sad, gentle song, featuring singer Ellie Rowsell’s smooth and serene voice. Mixing in small, higher-pitched piano riffs, Rowsell sings about people waiting for something to happen without actually doing anything to make it happen. With the line, “The thing you should be asking is for hel...

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves By Lauren Daley Globe correspondent,Updated March 1, 2021, 5:59 p.m. Email to a Friend It feels like a match made in New England music heaven. Matt Smith, the managing director of Club Passim who has booked thousands of acts at the Cambridge club in the last quarter century, is now also an WMVY-FM DJ, spinning local tunes each week for the station’s “Local Music Café” program. “To me, the absolute joy...

Mass Mix: Niu Raza, Rico Alice And Other Artists Boston Has On Heavy Rotation March 2, 2021 For this months Mass Mix, we asked our contributors to share new local music they are playing on repeat, as we reflect on a time of year filled with uncertainty and a little bit of hope. Heres what they said. Niu Raza, “Madagascar” "Madagascar" is the closest well get to island life right now: The opening plucks of the valiha harp places an iced tropical drink into your hand, and the layered vocal h...

The A.V. Club’s House Shows series. Now, the songwriter otherwise known as Celeste Tauchar returns with a whole host of exciting performers on Earbudz, the first volume in a new compilation series featuring artists from the West Coast-based No Earbuds roster covering each other’s songs. Advertisement Volume 1, which is due out on Friday, features DIY outfits like Into It. Over It, Future Teens, and Maggie Gently and covers of tracks by The Wonder Years, Dogleg, Bartees Strange, and Jeff Ro...

Song of the Week — Doubt By Dan Ho! Danny Hoshino released his single, "Doubt," under his new project, Dan Ho!, in November. Danny Hoshino Danny Hoshino delivers a stunning debut with his single, “Doubt,” released in November. The track is Hoshino’s first release under his indie-folk solo project, Dan Ho!, following his work in former band the Novel Ideas. “Doubt” explores Hoshino’s experiences with anxiety and how it can be affected by the ebb and flow of lif...