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The Accessibility, Variance, and Future of Hardcore
It’s really no secret hardcore music has the most eyes on it in history. What was once a basement scene destined for parking lots and extremely stinky rooms is being invited to award shows and billed as headliners. So many… Continue reading
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Music’s Slop Crisis
If there will be any defining feature of the 2020s culture… it’ll be slop. Slop is the low effort mass produced garbage meant to bait algorithms and discourse. It’s infiltrated almost every medium of culture we have already: the dozens… Continue reading
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3 Days, 3 Concerts
The pre-summer tours that hit Boston are always so fun for me. It’s pretty cool seeing the region become a destination for live music, especially after growing up here and having 1 to 2 venues for any touring acts. In… Continue reading
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The Post-Brexit Invasion
Depending on who you ask, you might hear rumblings about how the British Invasion of American music never ended. Originally coined in the mid-60s for some of the best music made by a bunch of blokes such as: The Beatles,… Continue reading
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The Greatest Country Album You’ve Never Heard
I Looked Out by Greg Freeman Many years ago, I shared a post on instagram about how to find really wack genres of music & bands that are associated with them using a website called everynoiseatonce. Sadly, it’s broken now… Continue reading
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The Most Exciting Band in the World.
Recently, I got bored and submitted an application to a music publication. I won’t tell you which one, but I will tell you that one of their application questions interested me: Who is the most exciting artist in the world… Continue reading
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March 7th, 2025
It’s rare to hear good albums. In the modern era, so many artists put out absolute slop or the dumbest overbearing trend-chasing bloat that’s forgettable after one day. We’re in the era of chasing singles, logging soundbites, and unoriginal nepo… Continue reading
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Ben May’s Fav Films 2024
On May 2nd, 2023, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. 73 days later, the Screen Actors Guild began their own. With productions halted, actors and writers alike fought for their rights. They worked to ensure better residual pay… Continue reading
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Rise, Fall, and Maybe Rise of The Chainsmokers
There are very few artists I absolutely despise more than The Chainsmokers. They represent an era long gone, a sound long passed, and somehow reached heights higher than all but a few dance groups ever. We’re talking about festival headliners,… Continue reading
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Ben May’s Fav Albums of 2024
Well, I certainly chose a nuts year to start taking this seriously. 2024 has a great chance of being known as a historic year for music. Across all genres, artists have put out some of their best work to date,… Continue reading
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