Driven by themes of place, Aaron Garcia moves a mile a minute
On the eve of his debut album release as Pillbook, Aaron Garcia speaks with clarity about his past, his music, and the role of place in his life.
Twitch streamed mixing sessions and a new single…Aaron Garcia talks ‘Hit Low’
Fans of Aaron Garcia’s ever evolving psychedelic alt pop project, Pillbook, will get their first taste of his debut album, El Primer Paso, with the Dec. 18 release of the single “Hit Low.”
Q&A: ‘Grenon’ rages against political inaction on gun violence
New Hampshire rock band Gennon will soon release a new song. As high school kids raised in schools haunted by an ever looming threat of gun violence, they want you to listen very closely to the lyrics.
Meet Evil Felipe, a surf rock act with a vision for its future
Evil Felipe played a Five By Two live stream in June. That gig alone has now opened a door to the band's future.
Pillbook, Circus Trees earn BMA nominations
Five by Two’s ‘Pillbook’ and ‘Circus Trees’ just snagged a combined four nominations for Boston Music Awards honors.
Q&A: ‘Sunday Morning’ reflects on CT music scene
Sunday Morning has played alongside acts like Boston Manor and Microwave while remaining closely connected to their local scene. They recently stopped to answer our questions about their sound and their scene…
Q&A: ‘Take One’ finds inspiration in unique places
From mandolin-heavy folk music, to Marval movies, to 1950s horror films, the band Take One finds inspiration far outside the boundaries of the melodic hardcore they play.
Circus Trees ‘Delusions’ Now Available
We live in a dark, cynical, uncertain, troubling world that’s seemingly full of people trying to hold others back. You can make the argument that there are few things we need more right now than bands like Circus Trees.
‘What’s it like to be the lawn?’…Circus Trees gets emotional on new record
Finola McCarthy has long had things to say. With her band’s first full length album ‘Delusions,’ she’s finally singing about those thoughts, her life experience, and the general pain of growing up that she and her bandmates all relate to.
Eoghan McCarthy celebrates compilation selection, eyes future
David Zeidler of the post-rock PR agency, Young Epoch, recently featured McCarthy’s instrumental band The Light Inside Me Is Dead (LIMD) on the brand new “Open Language: Volume V” compilation album he curated.
Mixing “Sick In The Night”
I went on tour. I met some cool people. Then I mixed a song for one of them. Here’s my story of remote mixing Brian Swindle’s latest single (out soon)
Grunge to bedroom pop: Jesse Golliher embraces change and potential as ‘Geskle’
Jesse Golliher’s new EP is very much about personal and geographic duality. -- There’s the rock-and-roll Henry David Thorough persona of a boy in the woods. Then, there’s the alternative artist identity, musically painting through a keyboard in suburbia.
Q&A: ‘Townies’ eye future in LA
Townies has dropped four singles and an EP since 2018, intermittently convening in studios and practice spaces here in Central Massachusetts to write and record music. They stopped by Five By Two studio for a live session and a brief conversation…
Save the summer: Notes from the ‘live by two sessions’
The artists behind the recent “live by two sessions” are looking to rise from the depths of coronavirus quarantine, flying by the seats of their pants to jumpstart the local music scene back to life.
