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Freak Scene #12: In These Trees and Tartie Team Up

This week in Freak Scene, we check out “The Quiver,” a collaboration spanning 14 time zones, along with a super-catchy new single from Les Dérailleurs and...

Freak Scene #11: Sunburned Hand of the Man Seek Radiance on 'Nimbus'

This week in Freak Scene, Sunburned Hand of the Man return with Nimbus, Daniel Hales confounds autocorrect with the latest from his project Selah haleS, and...

Freak Scene #10: Birdfeeder's 'Woodstock' Arrives After 28 Years

This week in Freak Scene, Mark Mulcahy (him again!) and Chris Harford finally (re-)release a project nearly three decades in the making, the group Eavesdrop...

Freak Scene #9: Cloudbelly Transcend Folk on 'i know i know i know'

This week in Freak Scene, Cloudbelly's latest is a serious contender for this year's best-albums lists, Kalliope Jones are only getting better on their new...

Freak Scene #8: Taxidermists Spike Your Heartrate on New EP

This week in Freak Scene, Hadley duo Taxidermists return with a surprise EP, Montague fusion trio Vimana bring wide-ranging influences to their new album,...

Freak Scene #7: Odds Are Arrives with 'Port of Call'

In this week's Freak Scene, Greenfield's Stephen M. Kerr takes us on an unconventional musical journey as Odds Are, West Springfield punks the Difficult...

Freak Scene #6: Red Herrings Bring the Thunder

This week in Freak Scene, Red Herrings offer a glimpse into what's happening in Holyoke. We also wonder about the implications of the ongoing labor strike at...

Freak Scene #5: Lisa Bastoni's Spellbinding 'On the Water'

In this week's Freak Scene, Lisa Bastoni offers aching life lessons, Hannah Mohan is back, Harold Walker sets a melancholy love song in a galaxy far, far...

Freak Scene #4: True Jackie Stay True to Themselves

Here we are for the fourth issue of Freak Scene. This week, we hear the latest from True Jackie, take on Kelly LaMay's new album Out of Tune, check out songs...

Freak Scene #3: Ken Cormier Blows Off 'Steam'

February 23, 2024

Welcome to the third issue of Freak Scene. This week, we consider Ken Cormier's delightful new(ish) album Clouds and Steam, hear the latest from...

Freak Scene #2: Gentle Hen Goes Wandering

February 16, 2024

Welcome to the second installment of Freak Scene. This week we dig into Gentle Hen's new album, ponder news of an improbable Miracle Legion reunion and hear...

Introducing Freak Scene, a Western Mass. Music Newsletter

February 9, 2024

Freak Scene's coverage area. Welcome to the first issue of Freak Scene, a weekly newsletter about music in Western Massachusetts (and sometimes Connecticut)....