King Tuff talks about his latest album Smalltown Stardust and current tour.
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Cary LaScala released his new debut single “Can’t Be For Real” under his new solo project Bloody Bananas. LaScala began his career as a touring and session drummer, working with a number of notable artists including Jackson United (formed by Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters), Casey Spooner (of Fischerspooner), and Blondie.
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Indie-folk artist Grace Gardner released her debut EP “Peach” on March 3.
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Five Cent Sound talks to indie-pop duo saturn 17 about their origin story, past releases, and more.
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28-year-old Jeff Freedman talks about beginning his solo career as Young Heartbreak after once playing sold-out shows as a part of the metal band Zoume.
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Displaying a mix of garage-rock and indie sound, Emerson College band Escape Goat made their debut in the basement of Emerson’s Little Building.
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Five years after the release of Tanukichan’s critically acclaimed debut LP Sundays, the artist talks about her return with the long-awaited sophomore album GIZMO on March 3.
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With over 55,000 followers, Indie Sauce’s social media presence has created a platform to promote independent music artists through memes, Spotify playlists, house shows, and intimate live sessions.
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Winkler, a surf-rock band from Boston, discusses their debut album “For You, Now,” which was released on Feb. 17.
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Kris McCarthy created Motherwise’s most recent album release Shark Teeth with only the help of their friend and producer Darcy Milligan. But to perform live, McCarthy needed more people, and assembled a group of nonmale Berkelee College of Music students: Soph Reyes, Rianna Kopcho, Daisy Soper, and Kalika Reese.
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Queenie, Lillian, Makyhli, Olivia, and Elana all make up the girl group Boys World. In 2019, each member was scouted on Instagram and brought from different parts of the world to Los Angeles, California. They recently released their single “Mantrum,” in January.
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Five Cent Sound sits down with Annabelle Kline, the founder of That Good Shit, an independent music curation business, to discuss playlist curation, interviewing artists, the underground scene, and more.
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When Samira Winter first got to Emerson College, she was a typical Boston music journalist, but longed to be the person on stage and start her own musical project. By her senior year in 2013, she created “Winter.” Since then, she has released four full-length albums with What Kind of Blue Are You? being her latest LP.
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Adeline Vamenta, who goes by ADDIE, is defying the odds as a new musician in the local Boston music scene. In 2022, Vamenta released her debut album Crater Lake and played shows in multiple cities for her tour.
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Alec McGarry, Nathan Lambert, and Ryan Meaney bring a mix of musical inspirations, blending genres, and incorporating chilling three-part harmonies to create a sound that could only be unique to New Rules. The band brings an air of nostalgia for the 2010s pop bands we all know and love while adding their own spin to the genre.
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BU’s shoegaze band, corporeal, discusses their formation, collaboration, experimental sound, and expanding the Boston music scene.
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21-year-old non-binary, hyperpop artist wsteaway from LA discusses their music journey, identity, creative process, and more.
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The nostalgic and grungy “indie sleaze” aesthetic has been taking up a lot of space in the media lately. From the New York Post publishing a controversial article appraising “heroin chic,” to trend forecasters predicting a massive comeback in early 2010s overexposed, dirty concert photography, the aesthetic has become extremely prevalent.
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