End-of-year Spotify Wrapped is inspiring artists (into venting about a noxious ripoff of creatives)
The end of year is a time for reflection and gratitude. But there’s room for a little bitter with your sweet when the hot tea is flavored by Spotify Wrapped.
Sons Lunaris and Digital Awareness are artists making shows accelerate at the sound of light
If you think you need to plunk down top dollar to appreciate great light shows, think again. We’ve got trailblazing talent in our own backyard.
Whatever happened to the angry Swifties intent on slaying the Ticketmaster dragon?
The white-hot incandescent outrage experienced by Taylor Swift fans who found themselves unable to buy their way into her 2022 Eras Tour was supposed to result in concrete reforms in the ticketing industry. Surely we should see some gains by 2023?
Let’s check in on the streaming platform beat.
Which stage of capitalism is it where we all knowingly walk into the buzzsaw, music makers and listeners alike? That’s where we’re at with streaming platforms. It’s a bloodbath, and we’re all sliding willingly into the tub.
Rocking the basement in Harvard’s Tasty Burger, a sizzling bill served successfully by Ibookthings
Will cheap shows at Tasty Burger become a thing? It would be nice to have a reliable bridge between the DIY scenes of Allston and deeper Camberville.
Live music is staying, and it’s also going places, which might include a lutherie and movie theater
There’s always hand-wringing when a favorite club closes its doors. Michael Gutierrez says the trope that the local music scene is losing venues is only sorta, kinda true.
Fabiola Méndez will open show with ‘Negrura,’ multimedia love letter to her community
On Sunday, cuatro player Fabiola Méndez will open for herself – providing the soundtrack for the short film “Negrura,” a documentary she also produced.
A guide to finding karaoke (almost) every night of the week
If you need a place to convince others you’re secretly a star, look no further. Here’s a guide on where to find karaoke almost every night of the week
Honk! festival will be bigger than before Covid, featuring street bands from around the country
The Honk! Festival of activist street bands is Oct. 6-8 in Somerville, Cambridge and Boston, with groups from as far away as California, Washington and Colorado.
Regattabar, jazz club that caught long Covid, reopens in Harvard Square in mid-September
Regattabar, the jazz club in Harvard Square’s Charles Hotel, reopens Sept. 15 with recording artist and Berklee woodwinds department chair Walter Smith III.
