<p>Editor’s Note: The shot clock has been reset and we’re in the early innings of a brand new year. However, we all know just how grey and cold the winter months can feel once the holidays wrap up, so comedy is continuing to do the Lord’s work by giving us something to smile (or groan, wince, or gasp) at. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to […]</p>
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<p>Witch City, meet Mill City.  This winter, Koto will cast a spell well beyond Salem, as the hybrid music venue and Asian fusion restaurant opens a new location in Lowell. Located at 76 Merrimack St. in the heart of the city’s downtown, Koto’s second locale will offer a familiar combination of live music and libations — times three. The new space spans three stories, each of which is outfitted for live music. The result is a veritable triple decker of […]</p>
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<p>It’s an uncommon predicament to have announcers reflecting on how good it is that the New England Patriots lost an awful snow bowl game against the Jets because it would improve their chances at getting a better draft pick, but that’s where we are: We’re in the “Ozymandias” stage of the Bill Belichick era, after all. But we’ll always have those six rings to wave in front of our faces like the region’s own John Cena (albeit much more awkwardly), […]</p>
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Sheer Mag have released a video for their new song “Moonstruck”. The video was inspired by Rush’s video for “Limelight” and was directed by Ryan Schnackenberg. The song is off their upcoming album Playing Favorites which will be out on March 1 via Third Man Records. Sheer Mag will be touring the US and Toronto starting in March and released their album A Distant Call in 2019. Check out the video and updated tour dates below.

<p>One huge bummer about our atomized popular culture is that we’ve lost one of the great contributions that the music industry made to the artistic canon in the back half of the 20th century: The Charity Mega-Song. Folks still love “Do They Know it’s Christmas” after all, to the point that someone was one going to make a slasher movie about Bob Geldof and that legendary recording session. Getting Soundcloud rappers and TikTok stars together just doesn’t have the same […]</p>
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Toronto-based music festival Prepare The Ground has announced their final round of bands for this year’s festival. Dead Tired, Body Void, Chain to the Bottom of the Ocean, Mat Ball, Unwell (Chris Colohan of Cursed / Burning Love solo debut), Drowse, Extinction A.D., Respire, Maggot Heart, Vyva Melinkolya, Tunic, North of America, Bleeding Out, Ada Rook, Botfly, Convavity, Dboy, Dismal Aura, Greber, Hellish Rebuke, Moss Harvest, Obroa-Skai, Season of Mist, Shrewd, Skin, and They Grieve. These bands join the previouslyannounced lineup which includes Vile Creature, KEN Mode, Emma Ruth Rundle, Dreamwell, Jetsam, Orchid, Sunrot, Liturgy, Marissa Nadler, and Tomb Mold. Prepare the Ground will take place May 31-June 2 across multiple venues in downtown Toronto. See the lineup in full below.

<p>As is New England tradition over the past decade: Christmas arrives in December, and the Boston Calling lineup follows in January. The Memorial Day weekend music festival, going down this year from May 24 to May 26, unveiled its lineup today (January 9). And it features more than 50 bands and artists led by a headlining trio of pop superstar Ed Sheeran, country artist Tyler Childers, and modern rock survivalists The Killers. Tickets across several tiers (three-day general admission, GA+, […]</p>
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Gouge Away have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Deep Sage and will be out on March 15 via Deathwish Inc. The band has also released a video for their new song “Stuck in a Dream” which was directed by Caleb Gowett. Gouge Away released their single “Consider”/“Wave of Mutilation” in 2020 and released their album Burnt Sugar in 2018. Check out the video and tracklist below.

See You Next Tuesday have announced US tour dates for this spring. Mouthbreather will be joining them on the majority of dates and Mutilatred, Noisy Neighbor, Implosive Disgorgence, and Thin will be joining them on select dates. See You Next Tuesday will be touring the US with Meth. on select dates of their upcoming tour in February and will be releasing their album Relapses which will be out on February 16. The band released Distractions in 2023. Check out the dates below.

<p>A few long and heavy years ago, Swirlpool stopped us dead in our tracks with “Spinning In Reverse”, a shoegaze tidal wave that instantly felt like a modern classic in the genre. The German band has been relatively quiet ever since, releasing a stand-along single in 2021 (“Cinnamon Sun”) and allowing their previous material to dutifully fill our ears and playlists. This week, Swirlpool return with a blissful and voluminous vengeance, unleashing an expansive and dramatic new single called “Reimagine,” […]</p>
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