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Famed drummer Questlove once weighed in with love on the percussion of 90s hip hoppers Pharcyde. “It sounded like a drunk three-year-old programmed [their] kick drum,” he told Red Bull Music Academy in February of last year. Quest said he has applied that observation to his own music and the…
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Zachary Boudrot’s “Ringing” feels cinematic. “I can taste the pollen on my tongue,” “I can feel your misty mountain blood,” Boudrot fills the song with such sensory and visual detail that you feel as if you’re standing in the middle of a forest, surrounded by the early morning cold mist…
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Bursting onto the Lowell scene with the same energy as their latest release, Disco Volante’s newest offering is a proper ode to the melodic punk that came before it with a nod to some of your favorite bands to ever do it. Comprised of some familiar faces from the area,…
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The New Year rattled off with a quality release from Lowell locals Slow Loris. Self-described as an alternative group, this collective of UML students put out a self-titled release that I like to think of as bedroom jazz; “bedroom” from the EP’s easy-listening, pop character, and “jazz” from the chord…
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One of the great breakthroughs of 2019 was the rise of Corner Soul within the Lowell scene, who delivered an eccentric, multi-genre shot of glamorous pageantry directly into the veins of the ill-prepared Mill City, and earned a slot in the famed Rock N’ Roll Rumble. Yet, while Corner Soul…
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Noise rockers The Big Nest tell a number of stories in the near 80-minute runtime of their debut record Shame. For one, there’s the melodic slice of life offered on track four, “Cambridge Beach.” Similarly, there’s the mournful tale of mechanization overpowering nature on “Shame 2.” But, for all their…
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From within the Lowell music scene, there are certain genres that – to me – seem awfully distant and far away. Abstract jazz comes to mind always amid a Los Angeles or New York City backdrop. Truly enrapturing dark synth pop is almost unthinkable outside of defining bands like Depeche…
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This Body is All I Have in the World released their debut EP, In the Quiet in late November 2019. They give us six innovatively composed songs that are at times bittersweet, but at times also as bleak as their band name and album title would imply. The band is…
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Slated for a later release, Cassie Pearl‘s self titled EP tumbled it’s way into our eardrums earlier than intended. Cassie Pearl has created a yummy taste of glitchy pop, using relatable lyrical content that puts you in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, post tunnel ride downstream. Trappy, crushy beats guide you…
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Dozens mourned the end of prominent area band Bystander on Nov. 1. The next day many of those same people rejoiced as the band effectively reformed under a different name and signaled a slight change in direction. Hours after that, Lilac Queen dropped their debut single “Ouch” and introduced a…
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