Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar stands as one of the most visceral testaments of mental illness and the challenges of womanhood in a male-dominated world literature has ever seen. Many musical releases are also depictions of real-life experiences, but it’s rare that a piece of local music feels less like…
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As crazy as the world we’re currently living in is, somehow it still just wasn’t crazy enough to handle Kid Widow. The supergroup of Ben Farley (PNDB/Ladderlegs), Kevin Conway (Whiskey Duo/Swimmintrunks), and Andy Bechtol (Arlen) hit the Lowell music scene last year and amid a haze of alcohol, fuzzed out…
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Fresh off a year of countless shows and already having released a full length prior, Girl Scout Cookies have returned with arguably their strongest release to date. This time releasing a 6 song EP with smooth production and cohesive songwriting, you can tell this band is not only growing up…
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Progressive rock never truly went away after the 1970s, but like other subgenres of music it evolved and splintered off into more and more styles over time. The type of highly technical and often psychedelic rock music pioneered by the likes of Pink Floyd, Yes, and others, gave way to…
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Let me start this review by giving some behind the scenes info on the Lowell Spin. We have our private little Facebook group to facilitate communication between Lowell Spin staff members. Usually it involves our editor in chief, Joel Gray, posting Bandcamp links asking if anyone wants to review a…
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At a time when electronic music is most frequently associated with the kind of bro-centric EDM, championed by DJ’s who know more about their own fashion lines than a VST file or an analog synth, a thriving underground electronic scene is more vital than ever to breathe life into the…
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Looking for a deep analysis of music? Craving those beautifully crafted descriptions? Look elsewhere on our site for that. Jim goes to shows. He has thoughts and these are them. You guys, can you believe? It was a night that was cold and full of rain, and how sweet it…
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As fate would have it, my last review of daisybones seems to have caught up with me. Don’t get me wrong, work still sucks and my friends still complain. But since then, the weather has bristled up, thus urging me and everyone else on Tumblr to toss on heavy flannels,…
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Very little is known about Gish, the mysterious experimental project of southern NH-based singer/songwriter Jaclynn Manning. Her BandCamp page, where her music can be found contains no trace of a website, or even social media, as though her brand of spooky, enigmatic, ambient folk music exists as an anomaly. As…
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Recently I consulted my girlfriend about a dream I had. The details are important only to me, really, but…she’s intuitive, and she’s as perceptive as can be. So when she finished listening, offered her interpretation, and summed it up by stating “You have options”, a chord of honesty, clarity, and…
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