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-Kelly McGarry, Adrian Mark Lore, Erin McAuliffe and Jimmy Kemper | Saturday, March 25, 2017
On this edition of SceneCast, we take a magnifying glass to celebrity activism, focusing on the paradoxical antics of artists like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
Kelly McGarry, Erin McAuliffe, Jimmy Kemper, John Darr and Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
In addition to the songs that break our hearts, Scene has even more songs that ruin our day. Join Erin McAuliffe, Jimmy Kemper, Adrian Mark Lore, Kelly McGarry and John Darr as we share the songs that make us cringe.
Kelly McGarry, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos, Jimmy Kemper, Adrian Mark Lore and Mike Donovan | Monday, February 6, 2017
Adam Ramos, Erin McAuliffe, Jimmy Kemper, Adrian Mark Lore, Mike Donovan and Kelly McGarry discuss the albums we listened to during our impressionable teenage years. Whatever brought us to these albums — whether the quest for love or the need to be different — it’s clear that they shaped our experiences of music.
Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos, Adrian Mark Lore, Mike Donovan and Kelly McGarry | Thursday, February 2, 2017
Jay Som — “The Bus Song” By Erin McAuliffe Jay Som, 22 year-old Melina Duterte, released “The Bus Song” in anticipation of her March 10 album release. Jay Som toured with Mitski and Japanese Breakfast last year, a lineup that must have inspired many emotions and much exultation. “The Bus Song” is rooted in place-
Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos, Adrian Mark Lore, Jimmy Kemper, John Darr, Kelly McGarry, Nora McGreevy and Jack Riedy | Tuesday, November 8, 2016
During his two terms as president, Barack Obama graced us with playlists straight from the White House. To get in #ElectionDay spirit, Scene predicted the playlists we think each 2016 candidate would release upon election — and added in their likely reasoning. Clinton: “Formation” – Beyonce: “Say you’ll Bey on Team #Hillary2016, too.” I’ve got hot
Adrian Mark Lore | Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Whoever seeks to pigeonhole patten would have a hard time going about it. The London-based production duo made up of a man and a woman cryptically self-identifying as D and A, respectively, has been responsible for some of the most mysterious left-field electronic music of the decade so far. It is only appropriate, indeed, that
Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Seldom does a band have the opportunity to release two self-titled records over the course of their career. For the Canadian post-punk outfit Preoccupations, a name change provided the opening. Formerly known as Viet Cong, the band decided to opt for a new moniker just last year — and only one year after first capturing
Adrian Mark Lore | Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Sumach Ecks — better-known by his stage name Gonjasufi — is one of alternative hip-hop’s best-kept secrets. While he engaged with the music scene from a young age, Ecks’ breakthrough came when he was discovered by Warp Records following a guest appearance on Flying Lotus’ seminal 2008 record “Los Angeles.” Ecks was subsequently signed to the
Adrian Mark Lore | Friday, September 9, 2016
The suburbs of Des Moines, Iowa, bloom around the city like a springtime fractal. It’s 4 p.m. in 1996. You gulp down a sandwich, grab a half-empty backpack and run out through the door and into the summertime. Sparing the headgear, you hop on your bike, pedaling under a tart sun toward a best friend’s
Adrian Mark Lore | Thursday, September 1, 2016
Kevin Barnes is ambitious, let’s give him that. The front man of indie-rock outfit of Montreal is going on 43, and over the course of 14 studio albums — and as many extended plays and live records — he has scarcely ever allowed the band to settle into anything like habit or normalcy. The band’s first