Best New Music From Boston and New England of 2017 – Songs 88-100

Bent Knee

Land Animal

Taken from: Land Animal
Label(s): Cuneiform Records / Inside Out Music / Sony Music
Social Media/Web: TwitterFacebook | Official Site
Further Reading: Inside Out Music


Pile

Hissing for Peace

Taken from: A Hairshirt of Purpose
Label(s): Exploding in Sound Records / Fierce Panda / Third Man Records
Social Media/Web: TwitterFacebook | Official Site
Further Reading: Soundblab


Notches

Don’t Speak

Taken from: Change My Mind EP
Label(s): Hip Kid Records / Cat Dead Details Later / Salinas Records / Dead Broke Rekerds
Social Media/Web: Facebook
Further Reading: Punktastic


Test Meat

Heat Knob

Taken from: Heat Knob
Label(s): Test Meat Records
Social Media/Web: Facebook
Further Reading: Rock and Roll Fables


Lenderson

Blastoff/Exploder

Taken from: S/T
Label(s): Citrus City Records
Social Media/Web: Facebook
Further Reading: Swell Tone


Lady Pills

Old Song

Taken from: Old Song
Label(s): Babe City Records
Social Media/Web: Facebook
Further Reading: Front Row Boston


Birdgangs

Sunburn

Taken from: The Mark Demo
Label(s): Unsigned / Independent
Social Media/Web: Facebook | Instagram | Soundcloud
Further Reading: Sound of Boston


Birdwatching

Good Ice Breakers

Taken from: Night Physics
Label(s): Unsigned / Independent
Social Media/Web: Facebook | Tumblr
Further Reading: What Happened to Your Band?


Really From

The Baker

Taken from: Verse
Label(s): Topshelf Records
Social Media/Web: TwitterFacebook
Further Reading: Music & Riots | Recommended Listen | Front Row BostonTopshelf Records


Camino 84

New Mutant Disco

Taken from: S/T
Label(s): Business Casual
Social Media/Web: Twitter | Facebook | Soundcloud | Spotify
Further Reading: American Repertory Theater | The French Shuffle | Nest HQ 


Baron

It Gets Worse

Taken from: Bastion of Undeserved Privilege
Label(s): Shadowtrash Tape Group
Social Media/Web: Facebook


WIMP

Trans Day of Vengeance

Taken from: Vengeance EP
Label(s): Howling Frequency
Social Media/Web: none
Further Reading: Thrash’n’Bang


June Bloom

Ponds

Taken from: Bloomin’
Label(s): Unsigned / Independent
Social Media/Web: Facebook
Further Reading: Boston Voyager

Ilya S.

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