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From the 617: Magic Man

Alright, loyal readers. You’ve all waited too long and through too false promises for me to continue not writing about Magic Man. So, here it is – right now: the story of the 617′s fastest rising stars. Ok, well, maybe it’s not much of a story. But what is important to know is that it all started… Read More

Music

From the 617: The Pluto Moons

I know, I know – at the end of the last (and only) installment of “From the 617,” it was promised to all of you loyal readers that this post would be about Magic Man. I’m sorry you all got your hopes up, because this is post is not going to be about Magic Man…. Read More

From the 617: The Novel Ideas

I’ll be frank with you: Boston gets a pretty bad rap here on campus. More specifically, the city’s metropolitan area–popularly known as JOB (Just Outside of Boston)–is particularly stigmatized, its natives burdened with the stereotypes of wealth, privilege, genericness and  creative vacuity. This mini-series of blog posts, From the 617, is intended to debunk these conceptions… Read More

Music

Summer Travel Tracks: Music To Bump While Mobile

Here we are, Radioland, on the first of July, entering into the heart of summer. Though we’re all off doing our own thing–whether that be finding the cure for malaria in Senegal, unicycling cross-country with a newly formed political activism group, or commuting daily to that chic summer internship you scored back in December (which,… Read More

Album Review

Thundercat – Apocalypse (6/4/13)

Artist: Thundercat Album: Apocalypse Record Label: Brainfeeder Release Date: June 4th, 2013 Genre: Neo-Soul Grade: B+ RIYL: Flying Lotus, SBTRKT, D’Angelo, Herbie Hancock As a huge fan of Flying Lotus and his various side-projects, proteges and alter-egos, I was ecstatic to discover that not only does he own and curate the record label Brainfeeder, but that… Read More

Concert

Boston Summer Music Preview!

Radioland, I’m here to tell you something that may come as quite a surprise: Boston actually has a music scene, despite what bands like Aerosmith, the Dropkick Murphys or Guster do for the city’s reputation. All one has to do is peep this summer’s city-wide assortment of incredible live acts to legitimize such a claim…. Read More

Concert Show Review

The Dirty Projectors Live (Tonight In Burlington)

As you may or may not know, the Dirty Projectors are somewhat of a big deal in the indie music world. Or at least they are in the microcosm that is Lee’s recently refined music world. So when it was announced months ago that they’d be playing at Skidmore College this past Saturday night, I… Read More

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