AP’s Local Faves of 2019

Oh yeah that did come out this year… We’re looking back at our 25 favorite local releases this year from Palehound and Pile to Red Shaydez and Lily Rayne.

Allston Pudding’s Best Albums of 2018 [50-21]

We count down 50-21 of our favorite albums of the year, as always including some of the best national acts alongside our local favorites.

Allston Pudding’s Favorite Albums of 2017 [20-1]

We wrap up our favorite albums of 2017 with reflections on our top 20 albums. Spoiler alert: SZA.

Allston Pudding’s Favorite Albums of 2017 [50-21]

Join us as we count down our favorite albums of 2017, ranging from our local favorites to nationally-acclaimed albums. This is the first of two parts.

Fond Han track “ID/DV” Now Streaming

By Jackie Swisshelm This morning, The A.V. Club premiered”ID/DV”, the newest track from Fond Han, one of Exploding in Sound‘s latest exploits. It’s a track that perfectly exhibits the pure force that is the New Jersey foursome. As a band, their not-quite-indie, not-quite-post rock sound works, but only because each member is a fined-tuned musician. The very distinct crests and troughs on […]

Localz Only Late Winter Mixtape 2016

Stream and download our newest crop of local music in our Late Winter Localz Only Mixtape 2016.

Soft Fangs releases single, “The Air”

by Jackie Swisshelm If nostalgia means “a pain from an old wound,” the new release from Soft Fangs pretty much has that interpretation covered. “The Air,” the newest single to come from the Brooklyn-based band a.k.a John Lutkevich, is what some might call delicate but potent. Noisy guitars and thrashing drums on this track evoke the heaviness of […]