Freak Scene #81: Salvation Alley String Band Return with 'Waltzing Alone'
Also, Enfield indie-pop musician Raeann Fetcho is really, really good on her new album 'Saint Kitschy.'
Freak Scene #80: Arcadia Folk Fest an Antidote to Big Festival Burnout
Plus, the debut song from 10-year-old Matilda Aileen, and my misgivings about the whole thing
Freak Scene #79: Kelly LaMay Shows Another Side on 'Gone with the Low Tide'
Plus, a new song from Dennis Crommett, who found inspiration on a road trip for pizza
Freak Scene #78: Echo Royale Say 'Thanks, Man' on Debut LP
Plus, the Western Mass. rapper Unagi previews an upcoming album with the new track 'Punchlines'
Freak Scene #77: Mal Devisa Shows Sweeping Range on 'Palimpsesa'
Plus, the Wood Brothers chat about mindfulness before opening a tour Aug. 7 in South Deerfield.
Freak Scene #76: 'The Case' EP and a Deep Trees Single
This week in Freak Scene, we see how Northampton-area band the Case has revamped a few songs on their new EP, and check out the dance-ready new single from...
Freak Scene #75: My Favorite Music in 2025 (So Far)
With songs by Gold Dust, Kris Delmhorst, Hallelujah the Hills, Ciarra Fragale, Perennial and Labrador
Freak Scene #74: Goodbye, Calvin Theatre Liquor License
With the Northampton License Commission set to reassign the license next week by lottery, a hoped-for lease agreement to reopen the venue appears dead.
Freak Scene #73: Singles From Seth Adam and the Problem With Kids Today
Plus, the new Lichter & Levin Delicatessen has music connections
Freak Scene #72: Dawn Watch Embrace 'Living Tradition' With Folk LP
Plus, Easthampton band the Urojets return with a wide-ranging collection of cover tunes
Freak Scene #71: Pajama Slave Dancers Say Farewell With 'SoSo'
Plus, Winterpills unearths a track from 20 years ago for an expanded edition of their 2005 debut
Freak Scene #70: Knox Chandler Wades Into 'The Sound'
Along with new music from Easthampton band All Feels and the debut EP from Amherst trio Helen's Hands
Freak Scene #69: Jon Carroll Stands Up on New Album
Plus, a preview of the first album from New Haven-area band Missed Cues.
Freak Scene #68: King Manzi Are Bolder Than Before on New LP
Plus, the latest from Easthampton band the Journals Kept
Freak Scene #67: Ciarra Fragale Arrives on 'Get What You Want'
And Wishbone Zoë takes a singer-songwriter approach on her first LP since 2020.
Freak Scene #66: Gold Dust Are Reborn on 'In the Shade of the Living Light'
Plus, Teen Driver's new EP 'veers toward agit-prop,' but so what?
Freak Scene #65: Splendid Torch Light a New Path on 'Icon'
Plus, the latest album from Smith alumna Merrill Garbus's band Tune-Yards makes the revolution danceable, even as a bunch of emotionally stunted dipshits in Washington do their best to gut the arts.
Freak Scene #64: The Giant's Harp Rein in the Jams
Plus, Mitch Linker has a new EP after two years of musical inactivity.
Freak Scene #63: Bunnies Go Wild on 'Horror Spectrum'
Plus, "Udugirl" Janelle Burdell has a new track, and the Parlor Room Collective's Uplifting Queer Voices programming is only just getting started.
Freak Scene #62: Sour City Tapes Rides Cassette Revival
Plus, Amherst's Scott Hsu goes bilingual on his latest single.
