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I’ll describe it in one sentence; this EP is the soundtrack for your walk towards the heavenly gates. The Stitcher is a 5-song EP consisting of 15 minutes that was released by Gish in October, 2019. The tracks are as follows; “The Stitcher”, “Sif & Sibyl”, “Dreas”, “Tadpole Teeth”, and…
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Almost one month after dropping his single “Disaster”, Zachary Boudrot releases another powerfully moving song, to be featured in his upcoming album, titled “Sorry”. “Sorry” is the type of song that you have to re-play immediately after listening to it for the first time. And then play again after that.…
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The modern trend of marrying scene rock with classic pop has yielded a mixed bag of results. To see that, look no further than Sleeping with Sirens, who coughed up a painfully overproduced pop record in 2017’s Gossip only to come back two years later with this year’s Leave it…
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When you watch a music video, something really subtle, yet fascinating starts to unfold. You’re viewing, you’re listening, you’re recognizing patterns. You’re interpreting the content and all the while, you’re keeping a clock that ticks down to see how much time passes before you’ve “figured it out”; before you get…
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Boston garage glam rockers and occasional Lowell drop’ins The Gala have saturated local indie radio for months since their debut full length album dropped in March. Their latest single, “Gimmie, Gimmie” proves these savey musical psychos have no signs of slowing down. Released at summer’s end, this track is, simply,…
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This is a review of “Don’t Worry This Is Okay,” the new EP by Lowell’s Inspector 34. However, I’m going to first talk about a show called “The Adventures of Pete and Pete,” a children’s television program that aired on Nickelodeon during the early to mid 1990s. It was what…
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Evan Kelley is an artist who has been actively participating in the Lowell music scene since 2012. Whether it’s been performing in the instrumental band Nashoba, fronting Shiloh, being behind the drum kit in Board Games, or performing solo, Evan has always been an artist who releases honest and compelling…
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I recently sent a link of Salem based band Hyber’s debut EP SleEP to a loved one. He responded, saying “all five songs are incredible…so good it hurts…” Those are words of such sincerity, we rarely see them ascribed to anything but music that makes us feel something deep and primal.…
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If I were a more pretentious music critic than I already present myself as, I’m sure I would have a long-winded hyphen-laden category to describe the solo debut of Travis Benson. As it is, the most I can come up with is “post-modern-whimsical-fatigue pop”. The Haverhill-born singer/songwriter has already established…
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Lowell’s experimental rock darlings Wax On have released the perfect song for your end of summer soundtrack that will keep your feet tapping as you find yourself counting numbers 21 through 23 for days to come. Transplanting from the Rhode Island area a little while back and quickly becoming mainstays…
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