Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs Secretly Canadian · March 8, 2019 Stella Donnelly first emerged in the fall of 2017, amidst the surge of the #MeToo movement, with her debut single “Boys Will Be Boys.” It was a startling coincidence that such an intimate song by the Australian artist would resonate with many in the […]
Miya Folick featuring Barrie March 1, 2019 at Great Scott Despite the small stage and minimal set up, Folick showcased a riveting roller coaster of emotion, and the crowd responded accordingly. I wouldn’t have expected Miya Folick’s opening act at the Great Scott – indie-pop band Barrie – to elicit such an electric response from […]
Empress Of featuring Salt Cathedral February 24, 2019 at Brighton Music Hall The night became one continuous, blissful stream of music as Empress Of expertly transitioned from one song to the next. Walking into Brighton Music Hall, I immediately found myself looking at a man blowing bubbles as he mindlessly grooved to the music of […]
Avril Lavigne Head Above Water Avril Lavigne / BMG · February 15, 2019 When Avril Lavigne stepped onto the music scene in 2002 with her debut single, “Complicated,” she established herself as a brash, loudmouthed, rebel pop-punk superstar. I, like so many others, grew up with Lavigne’s message of embracing the weird and outlandish part of […]
WRBB’s Rachel Saywitz chatted with Lorely Rodriguez, known by her moniker Empress Of, ahead of her show at Brighton Music Hall on February 24, 2019. Get tickets here. Your headlining tour is starting in just a few days. How are you feeling about it? I’m really excited and really nervous. I haven’t been on tour […]
NAO featuring Xavier Omar February 1, 2019 @ Royale Singing out from the stage, proud and with an emboldened voice, NAO truly looked like somebody who had been reborn. Walking into the Royale, I noticed that the front of the stage was already bustling and full of people enthusiastically watching the opening act of the […]
Celebrate George Washington’s 288th (and that extra day off) with these hot new tunes. #NMM! “Animal” – Aurora After the release of her gorgeous and criminally underrated EP, Infections of a Different Kind (Step I), Aurora dropped a new track for the next phase of this musical project, “Animal.” Focusing on the basic primal instincts […]
There were a ridiculous amount of standout performances this year, and unsurprisingly all of them were helmed by women. Sunday night was met with a bit of trepidation from Grammy viewers and musicians alike, given the tumultuous year the Recording Academy went through. Last year’s Grammy awards were deemed a failure by many for not […]
Broods Don’t Feed the Pop Monster Atlantic Records · February 1, 2019 The title of Broods’ third full-length album is somewhat confusing at first glance: Don’t Feed the Pop Monster. One may ask, exactly what or who is the Pop Monster? If you’ve been following the brother-sister duo since their entrance to the New Zealand pop […]
Ariana Grande Sweetener Republic Records · August 17, 2018 A lot can happen in three years. For aspiring diva chanteuse Ariana Grande, a lot did happen in the period between the release of her third studio album Dangerous Woman in 2015, and today, a few weeks after releasing her fourth full-length, Sweetener, to much anticipation. Because of […]
