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James Felice: A Real Talent and Hometown Hero

James Felice speaks to Allston Pudding about the Felice Brothers’ latest release From Dreams to Dust, breaking accordions, and plumbing… or lack thereof.

Tagged Accordion, Catskills, DIY, folk, folk rock, Ian Felice, interview, James Felice, Jesske Hume, New York, The Felice Brothers, William Lawrence

Preview Venn Market, a New Arts Fair for Boston Musicians

Venn Market (12/11 in Somerville) is a new arts fair specifically for local musicians to exhibit their non-musical wares. Come thru.

Tagged Boston, Charmed and Strange, crystal ballroom, Dan Blakeslee, DIY, Eleanor Elektra, folk, Holiday, holidays, Hope & the Husbands, leopard print taser, Lexi Havlin, local artists, market, merch, Omari Spears, Photography, Punk, sale, Sapling, Venn Market, vintage, Weather Weapon

INTERVIEW: The Orrs Arrive with “As If I Ever Left”

Sometimes I like to be proactive with discovering new music, but other times I prefer to sit back and let our editors pitch to us Pudding writers from the trove of emails they receive. It was on one of these occasions where an editor dropped a slack message to us with a link to a curiously named band called “The Orrs.”

Tagged As If I Ever Left, Dan Moffat, DIY, indie, New Hampshire, Newfield, Powder House Records, The Orrs

Patty Meltz talk recording Moon Pup 2069 over email, space music, and the “mystical art” to a good mixtape

Art for Moon Pup 2069, showing the dog Lora playing on a joystick as a spaceship and enemy ships are displayed in the background against space

Jamie Barker and Remi Lavičkova talk about their collaborative album as Patty Meltz soundtracking Barker’s sidescroller space shoot-’em-up Moon Pup 2069

Tagged bedroom pop, DIY, fake gamer girl comics, interview, jamie barker, Mixtape, moon pup 2069, natalie marlin, patty meltz, remi lavickova, shoegaze, soundtrack

Jill McCracken is Just Trying to “Get It Right”

Indie soul singer-songwriter Jill McCracken’s latest single “Get It Right” is a mantra that feels especially prescient in 2020.

Tagged DIY, Home Recording, indie soul, Jill McCracken, katie ouellette, New Single, r&b, Single, single release

Video Premiere: Kira McSpice’s Affecting “Scotoma” Visual

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Dark ambient singer/songwriter Kira McSpice releases video accompaniment for “Scotoma,” a visual and audio simulacrum of the aural onset of a migraine.

Tagged Ambient, aura, Berklee, berklee college of music, Boston, dark ambient, DIY, Drone, Harry Gustafson, kira mcspice, Massachusetts, migraine, music video, Omari Spears, Ryan Dight, scintillating scotoma, scotoma, singer, wiles, Will Ponturo

YOU OUGHTA KNOW: BOYFRIEND MACHINE

boyfriend machine

Say hello to your new favorite Western Mass psych rock duo Boyfriend Machine and listen to their debut album The Steady March to Death.

Tagged Amherst, Boston, Boyfriend Machine, Carson McGrath, dillon riley, DIY, Eliza Young, Great Scott, Joey Distasio, nirvana, psych rock, Straight Sex, Tame Impala, umass amherst, you oughta know

Maryze Releases At-Home “Muse” Video

maryze muse

Even under the limitations of quarantine, Montreal’s Maryze is finding ways to channel creativity in her latest music video for “Muse.”

Tagged coronavirus, DIY, french, hot tramp management, maryze, Montreal, muse, music video, pop, pop R&B, quarantine, r&b, super plage, video

You Oughta Know: Arman Wali

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Check out local producer Arman Wali, the next in our You Oughta Know series.

Tagged andrew bourque, arman wali, DIY, diy electronic, donna vatnik, Electronic, lionfish, Otter, Portland, radio underground, the pace of nature, you oughta know

Single Premiere: Divine Sweater’s “Looking For You (Everywhere)” Takes Storytelling to a New Level

Divine Sweater combines their talent for melodious instrumentals with storytelling in their latest single about carnivals and feeling unbelievably lost.

Tagged Allyssa DelVecchio, Divine sweater, DIY, dream pop, indie pop

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