By: Sam Terris It is Allston Pudding’s honor to debut Max García Conover’s latest video demo,”Kill the Brink Man.” It comes as the seventh installment in a series of weekly premieres to hype Ellery, his forthcoming album. Max, Maine’s Best New Act in 2012, is a precocious songwriter looking to produce his second full-length record in […]
By: Sam Terris The Sinclair, on an impressive tear to open 2014, does not look to be slowing down anytime soon. Join in next Wednesday (February 19th), when Noam Pikelny & Friends come to town. Pikelny–a founding member of Punch brothers and former member of Leftover Salmon– is hot off his October release, Noam Pikleny […]
By: Sam Terris If you’re wondering if you should see Phosphorescent live and if they put on a good show, I’ll spare you the trouble. You should and they do. That’s the easy part of the review. Describing exactly who or what they are, not so much. For the past two weeks the country has […]
By Sam Terris Allston Pudding is psyched to debut an unreleased track off of Hallelujah the Hills first album, Collective Psychosis Begone. Here–for the first time– you’ll hear “Highschoolvania,” with former HtH member Eric Meyer on the drums, and the current versatile and talented frontman, Ryan Walsh, on everything else. The band is gearing up […]
By: Sam Terris Don’t miss an opportunity to see a couple home-grown acts, Caroline Rose and Thomas John Cadrin, play Club Passim on Sunday January 19th. Rose most recently released a self-produced record, America Religious. The sound is distinct; Rose says it’s a “bluejean rock-meets-gospel-meets-blues-meets-alternative record,” so the prospect of her playing to your tastes is promising. […]
By: Sam Terris Last spring amidst Brown Bird’s national tour promoting their latest album Fits of Reason, Dave Lamb was diagnosed with leukemia. To assist Dave and Morganeve–his counterpart in the prized Rhode Island tag-team– in tackling the accumulating medical expenses, a tribute show was held at Club Passim on Monday. Fellow folk musician Ian […]
From all of us at Allston Pudding, we hope you enjoy your holiday season. We’ve prepared this holiday playlist so that it might soundtrack your lame 3 and a half hour drive to upstate New York…
You’re going to need something to sleep to on Thanksgiving. Whether it’s turkey, stuffing, or textured vegetable protein that has induced the food coma, this playlist will make it all that more enjoyable.
The Ballroom Thieves have become some of my favorites lately. It’s not because their music is killer or because they are the friendliest and most sincere post-gig musicians to hang out with (it is and they are). It’s also that they always seem to pair their shows with other likeable and listenable artists.
I feel like folk shows are getting the short end of the stick. It takes an extra push to convince my friends that they really can be fun and worthwhile because in their minds these shows are exclusively comprised of dads and their banjos. Of course, it certainly didn’t used to be that way–think Woodstock of the Last Waltz. Somewhere along the line, it seems there’s was a paradigmatic role reversal and gradually, nobody thought folk music was cool or exciting anymore. But anyone at the Sinclair on Friday night can say with conviction that those dupes are missing out.