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Outro is, from left, Josh Levy, Adam Zucker, Noam Schatz and Peter Sax.
Post-punk and shoegaze are clear reference points for Northampton band Outro, whose members found time to make an album amid the obligations of day jobs and family.
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Jake Manzi plays an album release show Friday, Sept. 8, at the Drake in Amherst. Photo by Colby Daboul.
Western Massachusetts singer Jake Manzi is back with a new album of smart, catchy pop songs exploring love in its various forms.
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After spending years playing as a sideman and avoiding the spotlight, the Northampton musician has released his second solo album since 2021..
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Al Olender turns in a magnetic collection of songs on “Easy Crier,” her first LP. Photo by C.J. Harvey
The Kingston, N.Y., singer and songwriter strikes a taut balance between love and grief on a collection of songs she wrote after deciding she would be completely honest with herself.
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The Hartford-area singer’s new album is his first in 15 years, following a long break from making music.
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Spanish for Hitchhiking’s new album “Wild Love” is the group’s first since 2015. Photo by Dennis Crommett.
The Northampton band is back after six years with its most cohesive album so far on a dozen new songs that sound as if the musicians have been playing them together for years.
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The Reducers (from left, Hugh Birdsall, Peter Detmold, Steve Kaika and Tom Trombley) perform June 4, 2005, at Arlene’s Grocery in New York. Photo courtesy of Rave On Records.
A 16-song live set recorded in 2005 is a reminder of just how great The Reducers were.
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The singer and songwriter follows up last year’s muscular Pernice Brothers record “Spread the Feeling” with a more muted — but still melodic — solo album.
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It’s been a ride, but the Connecticut band bows out on a strong note with what is intended to be its last album.
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Photo by Mike Brooks.
Vandoliers’ latest plays up a thundering hardcore edge at the expense of the Tejano leanings of their previous album. Did we mention they’re from Texas?
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Bob Mould, center, with bassist Jason Narducy (left) and drummer Jon Wurster. Photo by Alicia J. Rose.
Bob Mould sounds almost happy at times on his latest LP, but he hasn’t traded any of the power-pop savagery he does so well.
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Photo by Alexandra Valenti.
Robert Ellis switches from guitar for shades of Elton John on “Texas Piano Man,” his outstanding new album.
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Former Centro-matic singer Will Johnson has a new collaboration, Marie/Lepanto, with Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster of Water Liars. Their debut, "Tenkiller," helps get 2018 off to a great musical start.
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Though the Fawns won’t get anywhere near the recognition they deserve, the Northampton band set a high bar for all the new music that will follow in 2016 with the release on Jan. 1 of “Goodnight, Spacegirl,” their first new album in 10 years.
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