This collection of 30 albums from Boston, Massachusetts and New England not only displayed the wide eclecticism of sounds present in the area, but also didn’t shy away from branching out into the unknown. These projects are beautiful, vulnerable, angry, sexy, curious, melancholic, dark, uplifting, unhinged, heartbreaking, rejoicing, and bombastic. The common thread is that they all embrace their uniqueness in the fullest.
Staff writer Catherine Conley is here with your November Tarotscope and a playlist to get you through the highs and (mostly) lows of Mercury retrograde.
Marissa Nadler is touring in support of her recent LP, For My Crimes, and will bring delicate, introspective, haunting folk music to Great Scott tomorrow.
One last sh*tty Mercury in retrograde to end a sh*tty year. Get the scoop on the stars that close out 2016, plus some solid music recs based on your sign.
The Boston Music Awards have announced the nominees for 2016, including Allston Pudding for Best Music Blog. Check out all the nominees here.
Navigating the stars is hard. A couple weird astrology enthusiasts at Allston Pudding are here to help. Let us provide you with monthly synchronous soundtracks, and some planetary advice along the way.
Allston Pudding did some investigating at CMJ to find rising non-Boston acts you need to know.
Boston singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler shares the alluring, retro music video for “Firecrackers” just in time for, you guessed it, Independence Day.
Dark folk singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler talked with us over the phone before her show at The Sinclair this Thursday.
Local songstress Marissa Nadler may be most famous for her own songwriting, but this time she decided to take her talents to the world of TV show theme song covers. Is it Cheers? Nah. Full House? Dream on, yo. No, Nadler has crafted a rendition of the theme to HBO’s Game of Thrones, just in […]