#HotTakes | Week of 04.06.26 Featuring: Pond, Olive Klug, Alex Amen, Kurt Vile, Biribá Union, Cactus Lee, The Huntress and Holder of Hands, Emory Duncan, Hayes Carll & Corb Lund, Deer Tick, CS Cleaners, Fantastic Cat, Josiah and...

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#HotTakes | Week of 03.30.26 Featuring: Elizabeth and the Catapult, India Ramey, Nic Panken, Alela Diane, Mr. Dinkles, Luisa Wilson, Devon Gilfillian, Jack White

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Mixtape | March 2026 Every month I try to make something that moves. Not a mood board. Not background noise. Something with a shape to it — a beginning that means something, a middle that earns your patience, and an ending...

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#HotTakes | Week of 03.23.26 Featuring: Hiss Golden Messenger, Big Harp, Yttling Jazz & Bobby Gillespie, Alela Diane, Fruit Bats, The California Honeydrops, The Deslondes

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#HotTakes | Week of 03.16.26 Featuring: Tove Styrke, KELS, Death Cab for Cutie, Melissa Carper, Lee Lewis, Fantastic Cat, MT Jones, Charlotte Cornfield, Crow and Gazelle, Blood Sucking Maniacs, Bonnie Montgomery & Melissa Carper,...

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Photos | Buffalo Traffic Jam + Sons of Habit @ The Sinclair This was one of those nights where it was obvious the band had already outgrown the room.

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Me: I don't really listen to Bruce Hornsby

Also me: obsessed with this Cory Wong song that sounds exactly like Bruce Hornsby minus the vocals

open.spotify.com/track/2OBFvS...

#HotTakes | Week of 03.09.26 Featuring: Deer Tick, Anjimile, Francis of Delirium, Thundercat ft. WILLOW, Cat Clyde, Dan Labich, Nic Panken, Kacey Musgraves, Mei Semones ft. John Roseboro, Andrew Sa, Hunter Morris / Mountain of Youth,...

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#HotTakes | Week of 03.02.26 Featuring: Surfbort, Alex Amen, Deloyd Elze, Joey Quiñones, Melanie Baker, Banshee Tree, Gia Margaret, Kiki Cavazos, Dida Pelled, Gia Margaret, Metric

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#HotTakes | Week of 02.23.26 Featuring: Devon Gilfillian, King Tuff, Tenille Townes (ft. Lori McKenna), Monster Rally, Buck Meek, Elizabeth and The Catapult, India Ramey, Nathan Evans Fox, Courtney Barnett, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Soda...

#HotTakes | Week of 02.23.26 www.musicsavage.com/hottakes-wee...

Mixtape | February 2026 I absolutely overworked this one. There’s no grand concept, I just kept dragging songs up and down like I was trying to solve a puzzle that didn’t need solving. At some point I realized the only real...

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Photos | The Runarounds @ House of Blues From screen to the stage, these five guys definitely know how to get the crowd going. As they stepped onto the stage in total darkness, the venue filled with screams of excitement. These guys are true...

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Mixtape | Indie Therapy Rock The title came from a conversation. I was talking with a friend about “Problem Solver” – slimdan, and he described it as “indie therapy rock.” I immediately told him I was stealing that.  It...

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Mixtape | January 2026 January wasn’t about a theme. It wasn’t about one sound. It was about how these songs felt next to each other. I kept rearranging it until it felt like a set. It opens with Cory Wong and Cody Fry’s “...

I missed out on posting the January Mixtape but I’d still love for you to listen to it. www.musicsavage.com/mixtape-janu...

Mixtape | January 2026 New year, new stack of songs. January always feels clean to me. Not dramatic. Not reinvent-yourself energy. Just a good excuse to reset the ears and start fresh. This one is all new music, but a lot of...

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#HotTakes | Week of 02.16.26 Featuring: Thundercat (ft. Mac Miller), Cactus Lee, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Jai’Len Josey, The Milk Carton Kids, Pastel Blank, Nic Panken, The Deslondes, Charley Crockett, Vulfmon, Yesberger, Noé Socha...

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#HotTakes | Week of 02.09.26 Featuring: Chinese American Bear, Sutch, Hiss Golden Messenger, August Ponthier, Thundercat (ft. Lil Yachty), Shakey Graves, Gabriel Kahane, Luke Temple, Aubrie Sellers, MUNA, Kevin Morby, Mei Semones...

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Photos | Snacktime @ The Sinclair Snacktime rolled into the Sinclair on February 5th and immediately turned the place into a party. From the jump, the room was moving with horns blaring, grooves locking in and smiles everywhere. It felt...

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#HotTakes | Week of 02.02.26 Featuring: Ray Bull, BIG SPECIAL, Big Harp, Ratboys, Jack Studer, Buck Meek, Mitski, Ray Bull, Effie Zilch, Garfield Mayor (ft. Sarah Ruddick), Anus Kings

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#HotTakes | Week of 01.26.26 Featuring: Troy Mercy, Marfa, Carsie Blanton, MT Jones, Joy Oladokun, Kashus Culpepper, The Sheepdogs, Tabitha Meeks, The Sky Chiefs, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Lee Lewis, King Tuff, Cory Wong and Theo...

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#HotTakes | Week of 01.19.26 Featuring: Yttling Jazz & Yukimi, Connor Price & Nic D, Cat Clyde, Courtney Barnett (ft. Waxahatchee), Spencer Cullum, Monster Rally, Fantastic Cat, Donovan Woods, Katie Tupper, The New Pornographers,...

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#HotTakes | Week of 01.12.26 Featuring: Morgan Nagler, Ora Cogan, Melanie Baker, India Ramey, Son Little, Ratboys, Boy Golden, congratulations, Gorillaz, Yam Haus & Cory Wong, Henry Jamison & Donovan Woods, Iron & Wine

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#HotTakes | Week of 01.05.25 Featuring: Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quartet, Ellur, Katie Tupper, JZAC, The Format, Buck Meek, Tyler Ballgame, The Outfit, Jesper Lindell, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, John Craigie,...

#HotTakes | Week of 01.05.25

Photos | Hawk in the Nest @ Club Passim It was a bone-chillingly cold winter night in Harvard Square last Friday, but if you happened to be one of the lucky few inside the legendary Club Passim for the Hawk in the Nest album release show, your...

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#HotTakes | Week of 12.15.25 Featuring: Langhorne Slim, Big Harp, Fulton Lee, Medium Build, Josh Ritter

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Photos | Anna Tivel + Jeffrey Martin @ Billsville House Concerts Any show at Billsville House Concerts tends to be one of those shows that stays with you. This past Friday night, Jeffrey Martin and Anna Tivel descended upon the Manchester, VT destination and to say...

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#HotTakes | Week of 12.08.25 Featuring: Bory, Dove Ellis, Anna Tivel, Jesper Lindell, Medium Build, Jesse Welles (ft. Joan Baez), Parlor Greens, Evangeline, Mon Rovîa, Ages and Ages, Sweet Pill, Dry Cleaning, Remember Sports, Cast

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#HotTakes | Week of 12.01.25 Featuring: Flea, Los Frankies, Tabitha Meeks and Ryan Corn, Ratboys, Wet Leg, Kiwi Jr., DBA!, Caiola (ft. Bre Kennedy), Divorce (ft. Marcus Mumford), Meels, Henri Herbet, Lily Allen, Courtney Marie Andrews

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Mixtape | November 2025 November always sneaks up and slows things down. The light fades a little earlier, the days get colder, and suddenly you’re reaching for music that feels warm, comfortable, and a little reflective....

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#HotTakes | Week of 11.24.25 Featuring: Medium Build, Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover, Hawk in the Nest, Melissa Carper, Dan Mangan

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