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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 â '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 I'm able to look back with a new perspective and less pain," she explains. Jones's sophomore album Tossed furthered this practice and allowed her to confront daunting questions. It was produced by Daniel Radin (Lake Saint Dan...
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 tracks on the group’s new melodically polished EP “Deliberately Alive” (out now) and you’ll not...
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 help,” she transitions from soft, quiet vocals to a majestic, drum heavy last verse. Returning back t...
Passimâs 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 stationâs âLocal Music Caféâ program. âTo me, the absolute joy in this is hoping to find some new favorites for somebody,â said Smith. âAnd to show my o...