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Proof is in the Pudding Ep. 6: Izzy Heltai

In this week’s Proof is in the Pudding, host Andrew Bourque chats with Izzy Heltai about his new EP Day Plan while they make Smashburgers with Potato Chips!

Tagged Allston Pudding, andrew bourque, folk, indie, Izzy Heltai, Max Shakun, pop, Proof is in the pudding, Smashburger

The Puddcast Episode 3 & 4: The Cheerful Desolation Choir

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We chatted with Jeff Vachon from The Cheerful Desolation Choir and Doom Lover about his prolific slate of quarantine releases (dude dropped six albums!).

Tagged 70s rock, Boston, Doom Lover, Harry Gustafson, indie, Indie Rock, interview, jeff vachon, jeffrey vachon, podcast, puddcast, the cheerful desolation choir, the puddcast

INTERVIEW: The Orrs Arrive with “As If I Ever Left”

Sometimes I like to be proactive with discovering new music, but other times I prefer to sit back and let our editors pitch to us Pudding writers from the trove of emails they receive. It was on one of these occasions where an editor dropped a slack message to us with a link to a curiously named band called “The Orrs.”

Tagged As If I Ever Left, Dan Moffat, DIY, indie, New Hampshire, Newfield, Powder House Records, The Orrs

PREMIERE: Izzy Heltai with “Give It a Try”

Indie folk artist Izzy Heltai returns with a new single & music video for “Give It a Try”, off the forthcoming EP Day Plan (5 Songs Written 4 The End of The World) due out July 23rd!

Tagged Allston Pudding, andrew bourque, Boston, Emma Kate Rothenberg-Ware, folk, indie, Indie Folk, Izzy Heltai, Massachusetts, Sean Trischka

Noah Britton Dreams of Fatherly Love on “My Son”

Request Freebird at Dorchester Art Project - Dorchester, MA (photo by Ben Stas)

Noah Britton’s latest single from his new EP is an outlaw-countrified paean to growing up and the love between a father and his son.

Tagged aclu benefit, Allston, Allston Pudding, asperger's are us, Boston, Country, country music, dillon riley, HBO, indie, Indie Rock, Noah Britton, orville peck, Phil Elverum, request freebird

Becca Mancari Reclaims Painful Memories in Colorful Pop and Queer Power

Becca Mancari Looking Through a Glass Plate

Becca Mancari’s new music departs from her old black and white binary aesthetic, instead using colorful pop and queer power to delve into painful memories.

Tagged Becca Mancari, indie, Nashville, pop, Queer, solo album

PREMIERE: Divine Sweater’s New “Space-like” Single is Out of This World

Divine Sweater released their latest euphonious single, “I Knew You Better”, teeming with their signature tight vocal harmonies and plenty of glockenspiel.

Tagged Allyssa DelVecchio, boston artist, boston indie, Boston Music, Divine sweater, glockenspiel, i knew you better, indie, indie music, meghan kelleher, premiere, sean seaver, Single, ten year plan

Premiere: Alicia Clara’s Dreampop Excavation “Outsider/Unusual”

alicia clara outsider/unusual

Alicia Clara is a European artist by way of Montreal, releasing her debut EP “Outsider/Insider” a dream pop record via Hot Tramp Records.

Tagged alicia clara, bedroom pop, dream pop, Harry Gustafson, hazemaze, hot tramp management, hot tramp records, indie, indie pop, Montreal, outsider/unusual

You Oughta Know: VINCE

Every week, we’re here to remind you of the Boston artists we love and think you oughta know. This week, we interviewed VINCE.

Tagged Allston Pudding, Allyssa DelVecchio, Boston, clairo, fox hillyer, indie, Indie Folk, indie folk boston, levi cain, levi cain poetry, lone wolf, Lorde, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, raavi and the houseplants, vince, vince boston, VINCE RELEASE SHOW, vincetheband, waiting for tomorrow, waiting for tomorrow ep, yok, you oughta know

YOU OUGHTA KNOW: Cut Worms

We caught up with Max Clarke of Cut Worms to chat about the sounds and images that brought his double album “Nobody Lives Here Anymore” to life.

Tagged bedroom rock, Classic Rock, cut worms, indie, Indie Rock, mira kaplan, New York, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Social Commentary, you oughta know

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