Holiday Music/The Great Western States Split Premiere & Interview

By Allston Pudding Staff    Having a full perspective of the recording process, Mike Hlady of Holiday Music and Jared Mann of The Great Western States have released a split together. Hlady has played in Magic Magic and Soft Fangs and was engineering records at Hanging Horse Studio in Norwood, Massachusetts before he moved to […]

Zodiac Trax: December Forecast 2016

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.

66 Most Anticipated Albums of 2016

We list out all of the albums we’re looking forward to in 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 […]

Your Guide to Rocktober in Boston

Rocktober is upon us. Here’s a guide to what shows to go to this month in and around Boston.