By Charissa Lock Wherever you search for new music, go to that place.  This year has been slightly stagnant with blase albums and singles and there’s a possibility I have lowered my music standards this summer.  Even during my mini Minneapolis trip, my soul was scratching to be replaced in my vacuum of tunage upon [...]

By Charissa Lock Say Anything is of the singing to nature, not just the listening kind.  The connection to every emotion displayed in full throttle throughout each piece is incomplete until you join forces.  Once your vocal cords begin to vibrate and you have left all proper behavior behind, you will experience Hebrews for what [...]

by Charissa Lock  Pictures by Kate Lock (Yes, they’re sisters) With the looming possibility of a torrential day, the sun peaked through the clouds as opener, Magic Man, was devouring the crowd’s attention.  The sun hung around as the bands played on, until it could stay no longer and let the rain filled clouds take [...]

by Charissa Lock Since last Memorial Day Weekend’s Boston Calling, there have been a few upgrades and improvements as there would be for any newly created festival, particularly one in the heart of Massachusetts’ bustling capital.  From multiple food venues, separate press entrance, and volunteers helping those on the outside – trying to find the [...]

By Charissa Lock “Sia – Chandelier …as soon as humanly possible,” was the text I received last week from our friend Matthew Downes.  I figured I should probably get around to watching it sooner rather than later if it indeed was that necessary. Through more than half of “Chandelier” you are watching in disbelief as [...]

By Charissa Lock “Girls Chase Boys” pulls you in fairly quickly with its simplistic descending piano melody and just as simplistic but equally cheeky and fun vocal melody.  The verses especially strike my fancy as Michaelson’s vocals swirl so easily from the top to the bottom of her range.  Just “checking out” the rest of [...]

Last week, Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Brittney Bouchard released a video for her latest single, “I Will Be Yours,” my personal favorite track of hers so far showcasing elements of  The Lumineers and even, I hate to say it, Taylor Swift. As much as I love the chanty, folk pop tune, the video is just as endearing; Brittney [...]

by Charissa Lock Last Memorial Day Weekend, I knew exactly what I would be doing months in advance.  No cook outs for this girl, I was headed to Boston’s first music festival.  Amongst the significantly below average temperatures and pouring rain, my plans were never deterred, for the line-up consisted of bands I was not [...]

by Matthew Downes with photos by Chase McCurdy (learn more about Chase here) 26 year old Charlotte Sometimes stormed into the secondary localchella scene at Room 5 for her EP release show this past Friday April 11th.  She’s got a little bit of buzz behind her with love from MTV and Idolator.  Most notably her [...]

by Charissa Lock After having seen New Yorkers, Ghost Beach headlining in their hometown of Brooklyn at the popular bowling alley, I was prepared that their Providence show opening for a couple of bands I hadn’t heard of was not going to be as wild.  Not really expecting their energy to be up there, but [...]

By Charissa Lock What do you listen to when you’re not sure how you feel?  Where do your frustrated fingers scroll through your alphabetized library?  Towards the first half of the alphabet, or down past the P’s?  Maybe you have a certain music destination that is always waiting for you for those moments of uncertainty [...]

by Charissa Lock Single “Top Notch” easily sums up the characteristic of the fourth album.  Constructed by one of the only alt rock bands out there blessing our ears with modernized silky and distorted guitars, Manchester Orchestra has taken a different approach than previous release Simple Math, ceasing the tightrope balancing of genres and deciding [...]