Sean Carlson

1 month ago | motifri.com | Sean Carlson

Mirah’s second full-length, Advisory Committee (K Records, 2002), came out during the spring of my freshman year at Boston University. While the album’s title perhaps suggested some homage to academia, the songwriting mostly revealed a study of contrasts. Spartan and robust, serious and mirthful, soft and assertive, literal and symbolic, the singer-songwriter Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, who performs as Mirah, narrated the falling and failing of love with an earnestness and whimsy entwined.

2 months ago | therumpus.net | Sean Carlson

For a moment in time, in the early and mid 2000s, emotional masculinity was all the rage. From MySpace darlings to mainstream radioplay, pop culture gravitated toward “emo”: alternative anthems with softer edges, vocals comfortable with vulnerability, and singalongs about valentines and similar sentiments.

2 months ago | motifri.com | Sean Carlson

In “Big Mood Machine,” her 2018 essay for The Baffler, journalist Liz Pelly honed in on the role of digital music as part of “a burgeoning industry surrounding technology that alleges to mine our emotional states.” Zeroing in on Spotify and its familiar categorizations, ranging from “Chill” and “Focus/Study” to “Commute” and “Girls Night Out,” Pelly detailed how the feelings implied by personal soundtracks serve up a swell of marketing opportunities.

Mar 26, 2025 | motifri.com | Sean Carlson

Cave In emerged from the Merrimack Valley north of Boston in the mid-1990s to become a prominent presence in New England’s D.I.Y. music scene, their blistering and emotive hardcore-inspired approach to metal finding a natural home at local shows in warehouses, basements, and community centers. They quickly went on to become a juggernaut on stages across the country and around the world.

Jul 1, 2024 | flipboard.com | Sean Carlson |Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky |Elizabeth Shwe

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