Parquet Courts Release Title Track for Human Performance, Out 4/8

By Jackie Swisshelm   Brooklynite band Parquet Courts have an album due out Friday, April 8th, but they’ve given fans one final tease before Human Performance is officially released via Rough Trade. The four-minute long song is starts out weighted with regret and simple strumming, but the four-piece ramps it up for their title track’s chorus, filling any dead space […]

PREVIEW: LVL UP w/ FLORIST, KAL MARKS, BRITTLE BRIAN @ GREAT SCOTT (2/24)

By Jackie Swisshelm Here’s a Great Scott lineup that, somehow, makes so much sense: First, the soft and strong (and especially lyrically poignant) stylings of our city’s own Brittle Brian, followed by Brooklyn band Florist. Later, loud, pulpy locals Kal Marks will open for the ~NYC~ based LVL UP. With soft vocals, and sometimes really […]

Zodiac Trax: February Forecasts 2016

Navigating the stars is hard. A couple weird astrology enthusiasts at Allston Pudding are here to help.