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The HipStory Kicks Off Digital House Party With Anjimile & Najee Janey

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Najee Janey, Anjimile, and DJ WhySham will help the HipStory kick off their inaugural digital house party on a Saturday night live stream to help raise money for the Massachusetts Bail Fund.

Tagged Anjimile, Boston, Cliff Notez, Hip hop, HipStory, hipstory house party digital series, Indie Folk, Indie Rock, live stream, Najee Janey, Rap

Melenas Talk New Album, HINDS’ Impact, & Small Town Spanish Life

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Spanish indie-rock quartet Melenas dropped their sophomore LP Dias Raros on May 8th. We checked-in with them via Zoom to talk Raros, life in a small town, and touring big.

Tagged alternative rock, Boston, Dan Moffat, dias raros, el tiempo ha pasado, Europe, Indie Rock, international, melenas, pamplona, Rock, South by Southwest, Spain

You Oughta Know: Golden Rules the Thumb

Golden Rules The Thumb are an indie rock outfit from Portland, ME, riding high off the release of their latest album “After the Brass.” FFO: R.E.M. and Wilco.

Tagged after the brass, Boston, Dan Moffat, endless jags, foam castles, golden rules the thumb, Indie Rock, jonas eule, Maine, Portland, portland maine, R.E.M., REM, Rock, tyler jackson, Wilco, you oughta know

Premiere: Finding Comfort In The Unknown On Kipsy’s “Phantom Islands”

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Boston’s Kipsy – who dabble in slow, moody emo revival tunes – are releasing their new single “Phantom Island” today via Allston Pudding.

Tagged Boston, fatherhood, hudson river monster, husbands, Indie Rock, joey del ponte, kipsy, patrick kenny, phantom islands, Rock, slowgaze

Premiere: Cowboy Boy Mull Digital-Age Relationships On “Pet”

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Cowboy Boy are releasing their new single “Pet” via Allston Pudding. It’s a summer-ready jam about looking back on a relationship that made you feel less than you are worth.

Tagged Boston, Cowboy Boy, dillon riley, good girl, iggy pop, Indie Rock, mike nevin, olivia maria, pet, relationships, summer

Squirrel Flower: Great Scott Photos and Looking Forward

Squirrel Flower is one of Boston’s rising indie stars, fresh off the release of her new album “I Was Born Swimming.” We caught up with her to discuss her new album and share some photos from her recent performance at Great Scott.

Tagged Allston, alternative, arlington, astrology, Boston, folk, folk rock, Great Scott, Greg Wong, indie, Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Jackie Swisshelm, Massachusetts, photos, squirrel flower

Review: Papooz Pounce On ONCE With Indie-Disco-Funk

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Papooz is a French indie-disco outfit that brought their groovy, danceable tunes to ONCE Somerville on 2/19 with help from locals Lucid Lynx.

Tagged Boston, David Bowie, Disco, french, Funk, Harry Gustafson, indie, Indie Rock, lucid lynx, night sketches, once, once ballroom, papooz, paris, psych, psych rock, psychedelic rock, Somerville

VIDEO PREMIERE: DJ Silky Smooth Ball Out “Learning League”

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DJ Silky Smooth – an indie pop quartet from MA/NY – are here to premiere a new video featuring a pickup basketball game for their song “Learning League.”

Tagged Allston, basketball, Boston, dillon riley, dj silky smooth, hudson, indie, indie pop, Indie Rock, jacob schwartz, josh govier, kurtis blow, learning league, Massachusetts, music video, new perfume, New York, orion perenyi, Sports., video, Video Premiere

Props to Frankie Cosmos, Lina Tullgren & Locate S,1

Frankie Cosmos showed that they still have room to figure out who they are, musically and thematically, while on tour with Lina Tullgren and Locate S,1.

Tagged bedroom pop, close it quietly, experimental pop, Frankie Cosmos, Indie Rock, katie ouellette, lina tullgren, locate s1, LP Release, Royale, Royale Boston, Singer-Songwriter

Photos: Vampire Weekend Return to Boston After Six Years

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Vampire Weekend are pretty much cemented as indie pop legends already, but it’s nice to see them back in action with a fresh approach.

Tagged agannis arena, Boston, boston university, cape cod, chris baio, christone kingfish ingram, crowded house, ezra koenig, Harry Gustafson, indie, indie pop, Indie Rock, jam band, neo yokio, Netflix, Omari Spears, Phish, toblerone, Vampire Weekend, yacht rock

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