Hassle Fest stands out when compared to larger music festivals, such as Boston Calling, because of the proportion of Boston-based bands that get a chance to showcase their talent, according …
Read more “Hassle Fest Memories – Day 1: New England Patriots / Downtown Boys / Whip Appeal”
While he’s yet to produce a follow-up to 2012 Dusted Jazz Vol. 2, Jenova 7 (aka Michael J Sirois) remains as busy as ever. In addition to instrumentals that he …
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Words: Chris Bynes A week or so ago, I was talking to Ilya about what music meant to me. I had the realization that music is only separated into genres …
Stream + Review – Fat Shuggy – Espro Cru Oyni si Luo Sym – Residents/Renaldo & The Loaf-esque madness from the mind of Shuggy Sugarman Mixtape – Cosmic Vortex – psych/ambient/shoegaze from …
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Second volume exploring non-skronky/non-scuzzy sounds out of Boston / Mass – folk, blues, alternative, pop and more. Listen to volume 1 (featuring Transient Cities, Love Love, Andrew Geano, Valentin Prince and …
Artists usually confined to the world of underground house shows will be brought to the main stage this weekend for Hassle Fest 7. Hassle Fest, a three-day music festival organized …
Read more “Hassle Fest Memories – Day 1: JOSS / Urochromes / Black Beach”
Extremely great album from NEC students with influences from many different places. Album feels like a BAABY of Ornette Coleman and David Bowie all around, but will take you into …
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as far as is known to me SKYJELLY is a one man band situation (sometimes), and a really amazing one (probably the the best since, [welp] Spentman and his MAINE …
The meaning of the word “punk,” in 2015, is something that can be debated endlessly by those with stakes in the underground, or in the rhetoric of music description. A …
Read more “Hassle Fest 7 Memories – Day 1: Gauche / World Cup / Listening Woman”
Fat Shuggy is nom de plume of David Sugarman (aka Shuggy Sugarman) – I had a chance to meet the man through many of Boston Hassle meetings (as well as …
Read more “Stream + Review – Fat Shuggy – Espro Cru Oyni si Luo Sym”