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.
Read MoreAdeline 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.
Read MoreAlec 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.
Read MoreSacramento-based trio Moxy The Band released their debut album Dream Feeling . This project plays with the concept of isolation inspired by this time and ties in 80s imagery to create a new, yet familiar and comforting sound.
Read MoreModest Mouse performed at the Roadrunner on December 16 for their "The Lonesome Crowded West” tour. This tour is meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their critically acclaimed album The Lonesome Crowded West.
Read MoreBU’s shoegaze band, corporeal, discusses their formation, collaboration, experimental sound, and expanding the Boston music scene.
Read MoreClassless Act only recently released their debut album, Welcome To The Show, but if it’s a sign of things to come for the band, then their journey will undoubtedly be one to watch out for. Five Cent Sound sat down with Derek Day and Franco Gravante to talk movies, important advice, their soon-to-be headlining tour, and more.
Read MoreThe multi-talented Jesse Jo Stark discusses all aspects of her debut album DOOMED with Five Cent Sound.
Read MoreAustralian psychedelic rock band Pond has long been recognized for their affiliation with Tame Impala, but their mind-blowing performance at the Sinclair proved they are much more than a sister band.
Read MoreFive Cent Sound’s Maayan Milchan discusses the films that inspired her newest playlist, from The Worst Person in the World and Casablanca to The King of Comedy and Sing Street.
Read MoreStaff writer Brooke Vickerman takes us through the most notable songs she’s taken from her exes.
Read MoreSince playing their debut show in a friend’s one-bedroom apartment and releasing their debut single, “Lonely Without You,” the Boston-based surf rock band Bedsweater has swiftly broken into the local music scene.
Read MoreBritish indie-pop artists Alfie Templeman and Thomas Headon headlined their "2 British Friends 1 North America" tour together. The two played at Brighton Music Hall in Allston on November 17.
Read More21-year-old non-binary, hyperpop artist wsteaway from LA discusses their music journey, identity, creative process, and more.
Read MoreFollowing her intimate solo set at Brinstar, Berklee graduate McKenzie Iazzetta, known professionally as Trophy Wife, sat down with Five Cent Sound to discuss her new EP, Voyeur, her writing process and angry ladies of the ’90s.
Read MoreAs the post-hardcore punk scene of the 70s came to a close, a new genre emerged within the rock industry: “math rock”—two words you would never expect to be in the same sentence—became the next up-and-coming genre. Many bands have been grouped into the genre, but what does this categorization entail?
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