Kendrick Lamar had a loaded agenda for his 13-minute-long halftime performance at Super Bowl LIX. On Sunday, Feb. 9, many Smithies watched the Super Bowl…
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While SZA officially labeled “LANA” as the deluxe edition of her 2022 second studio album “SOS,” “LANA” is arguably an entirely new project in its…
Billie Eilish has left behind the dark and edgy aesthetics of “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” for the more playful groove…
“Is it too early for a rock show?” Glen Fant, guitarist of Recent History, asked the crowd assembled at The Iron Horse Music Hall on…
In perhaps a strange offshoot from her prevailing North American tour, Adrianne Lenker stopped over in Northampton, Mass. for an intimate performance at the Academy…
Charli XCX has single-handedly rendered it impossible to associate the color neon green with anything other than her latest release, “BRAT.” Her sixth studio album,…
On Sunday, Oct. 20, nineties shoegaze legends Drop Nineteens will be playing the newly reopened Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass., with Olivia O. as their…
Self-described “witchy feminist rockstar” Maggie Rogers is hitting the road again.
I discovered Rogers by chance in early 2019, shortly after her first studio album, “Heard It in a Past Life” came out. Since then, Rogers has released two albums, “Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011–2016” (2020) and “Surrender” (2022). During this time, I have grappled with simultaneously wanting to gate-keep Roger’s musical genius and impose it on all of my family, friends and acquaintances. Despite my greatest efforts, I have been unable to keep Maggie Rogers to myself.
Just dance. Please don’t stop the music. The whole club was looking at her. Tonight’s going to be a good night. 15 years ago, pop music was concentrated on the elation of dancing, drinking and desire in the club. Now, Shygirl is part of a wave of artists bringing it back with her new EP, “Club Shy,” a delightfully crafted collection of songs that revel in their danceability.
On Nov. 3, the Valley Light Opera (VLO) opened their fall opera “Iolanthe” by Gilbert and Sullivan at the Academy of Music, marking the organization’s sixth staging of the comic operetta since 1976. The production boasts delightful performances from Valley Light Opera veterans Elaine Crane and Thom Griffin, and captivating ensemble numbers that kept the audience laughing.