With jangling guitars and cooing vocals from Anna Fox Rochinski, Boston’s Quilt pairs new single “Roller” with black comedy in the Adi Putra-directed video. Borrowing liberally from Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, the ghosts occupying the video for “Roller” are…
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No matter one’s occupation, once you reach a certain age existential questions begin creeping in to the psyche. Did you chose the right direction? What could you have done differently? Did that one decision alter your life? Dwelling on such…
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Lingering feelings and pointed blame tug at hearts far adrift on “Lost at Sea,” the call and response duet from Brian Carpenter & The Confessions. Steeped in rock, jazz and fringe art, the Boston-based Carpenter is a trumpeter by trade….
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Indebted to British post-punk ranging from Bauhaus to Chapterhouse, Michael Taggart of Boston sons American Thread — who recently released their sophomore album, Songs in the War — has come forth with Kurt Lusas on his own project, Hold/Transfer. Opening…
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Having detailed tales of regional strife and familial love on their debut, Killing Days, Boston’s American Thread mine a vein of nostalgia that comes with age on Songs in the War, their sophomore release. Taking a macro approach to the…
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At work on the follow up to their fantastic Killing Days, Boston’s American Thread performed a new song, “Dig,” this past weekend. Check out the video for “Dig” below and stream/download Killing Days for free via American Thread’s Bandcamp page.
Remember when The Cars released Move Like This in 2011? Despite being classic Cars in sound, the album came and went. The youthful exuberance of their earlier years was no longer believable after a 20-plus year hiatus. The death of…
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Deindustrialization and its aftermath are not oft-covered topics in modern music. It takes a special breed of musician from an affected place to write and sing earnestly about such themes. Sure, you have John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and…
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