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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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Five By Two Records is the gift that keeps on giving. First, they introduced one of Lowell’s most promising young acts — Circus Trees. Then, they reinvigorated the fledgling career of bass phenom Aaron Garcia and his now solo project Pillbook. Now, the tight knit family of collaborating Greater Lowell…
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Described as “Math fusion” and “Jazz core” on their bandcamp page, Needle Play’s Cruel Spring is a brilliant album that fuses elements of jazz and classical music, yet remains true to a metal ethos. Cruel Spring is full of screaming vocals, fast and complex guitar shredding, and drumming that makes…
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Amidst all the myriad local acts that have come to categorize Lowell’s music scene, bubbling just under the surface is a formidable collection of spacey, atmospheric post-rock artists. The success of acts like Circus Trees, Glacier, and Pray For Sound, all of whom have origins in Lowell speaks to this…
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In a national landscape where songs like Panic! at the Disco’s “High Hopes” earn yearlong runs on popularity charts by warping rock roots into superficial pop sounds, Dracut’s You’re Fired dropped one of the best local songs in recent memory. But this is no uplifting pop anthem. No, more like…
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Why is it some of the best music out there is the least publicized? However, isn’t that what makes a gem a true gem? Something hidden. Something rare. Something special. Carissa Myre of Tewksbury’s school shoes has been releasing a song here, a song there, throughout the better part of…
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