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Interview (Sort Of): Keytar Bear

So for those of you hibernating under rocks, there’s this dude who dresses up in a bear costume and plays the melody and riffs to R&B/Pop songs on a keytar. He’s been doing it in subway stations and…

Tagged Bear, Keytar, Keytar Bear, Nick Canton

Interview: Killian Gavin of Australia’s Boy & Bear

Boy & Bear are an Australian indie rock band that has been equated as Australia’s Mumford & Sons (….the common “&” is pure coincidence).

Tagged Australia, Boy & Bear, Harlequin Dream, Indie Folk, Indie Rock, interview, Killian Gavin, Mumford & Sons, The Sinclair

The Who/What: Smash It Dead Fest 2014

Smash it Dead Fest returns this weekend for their fourth year supporting BARCC. Learn what not to miss from some bands playing the festival.

Tagged Chemical Peel, Christine Varriale, Crabapple, Curmudgeon, Downtown Boys, Funeral Cone, Leather Daddy, Negative Impulse, Neonates, Peeple Watchin, Permanent Ruin, Shady Hawkins, Smash It Dead, Smash It Dead Fest, Smash it Dead Fest 2014, Young Trynas

Alchemy In Lower Allston: An Interview with Pretty & Nice

Allston-based post-pop band Pretty & Nice have been a dervish in the Boston music scene since they arrived in 2005. Thriving in our perennially underdogging city, co-leaders Jeremy Mendicino and Holden Lewis…

Tagged Luke Kirkland, Pretty & Nice

Exclusive Taste: Orca Orca’s The Shallows EP

Exclusive Allston Pudding early treat of Orca Orca’s new EP, The Shallows.

Tagged Abadabad, Bent Shapes, Catenine, disposable america, exclusive premiere, New music, Orca Orca, orca orca the shallows

Interview: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

Allston Pudding got the chance to chat with Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (the stage name of Aly Spaltro) before she embarked on this three-week tour with Typhoon.

Tagged Aly Spaltro, Brooklyn, lady lamb the beekeeper, Maine, Ripely Pine, The Sinclair, Typhoon

Interview: Sam Cook-Parrott of Radiator Hospital

Sam Cook-Parrott is the songwriter behind Philadelphia’s Radiator Hospital, and we interviewed him before the band’s show 3/23 at o’Brien’s.

Tagged Christine Varriale, Radiator Hospital, Sam Cook-Parrott

Ring In Spring with BlastFest 7

Spring is here and so is the 7th annual BLASTFEST! Get ready to rock, heres where and how.

Tagged blastfest, Festival, Free Pizza, whitehaus

Video Premiere: CREATUROS “Going Out In Style”

Allston Pudding has the world premier of CREATUROS’ new video for “Going Out In Style”. Check out the video and then make your way over to their show at ZuZu next Monday (3/24).

Tagged CreaturoS, going out in style, premier, video

Interview: Eliot Lipp

Brooklyn based hip hop to electronic music producer Eliot Lipp spoke to us about the diverse array of artistic influences that inspire him in producing his work, some of which may surprise you.

Tagged Eligh, Eliot Lipp, Helen Chen, The Grouch, the middle east

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