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What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Music Section
GALLERY: EPH SEE BY DEBORAH KARSON
Eph See has taken the DIY scene by storm in the past 8 months alone. After their debut EP "g*rlhood" dropped in October of 2021 their music has attracted the attention of The FADER, Lyrical Lemonade, and Earmilk and through their live performances, they've managed to create a loving community surrounding their love for making and sharing music. Even without the help of management or a label, Eph See has proven that raw, heartfelt music about love, growth, and mental health can cut through the noise.
View the full photogallery done by staff photographer Deborah Karson.
- Deborah Karson
WENT THERE: LYDIA LUNCH + TIM DAHL MURDEROUS… AGAIN
“It was a pleasure to burn.
Imagine this: The high priestess of no wave is dressed in black from her boots to her bangs. She walks into a parlor room filled with oil paintings of eerie, otherworldly women (Caitlin Karolczak’s “Imitations of Mortality,” on display until September 4) and she’s squeezing people on the shoulder, shaking hands, greeting strangers as old friends while she walks down the aisle toward the makeshift stage. She takes her place beside noise rock bassist – and co host of her podcast – Tim Dahl. The lights dim and like a needle drop the feeling of congeniality is supplanted by a sense of the vicious.
Lydia wants to talk about fucking. She wants to talk about cunts. She wants to talk about death, isolation, disaster, and rich old white men in suits and God and blood and and and. She drinks wine and speaks with the tiniest slur but she assures us she’s not drunk.”
- Sophie Lou Yarin
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Film Section
GO TO: VERTIGO (1958) DIR. ALFRED HITCHCOCK
“In 2012, the more pedantic wing of the film world was rocked: Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic Vertigo unseated Citizen Kane at the top of Sight & Sound’s decennial poll of the greatest films of all time, a slot which Welles’ masterpiece had occupied for the previous 50 years. It was a long road for Hitch’s film, which, like so many now-annointed classics, was ambivalently received at the time of its release; legendary critic Pauline Kael dismissed it as “stupid,” while Welles himself singled it out as the worst film of the director’s filmography. What is it about this slippery little thriller that baffled critics of its time– and elevated it to the dizzying heights it occupies today?”
- Oscar Goff
REVIEW: FIRE ISLAND (2022) DIR. ANDREW AHN
“When we take a look back at future Oscar-winner Harry Styles’ career (and this is not an advocation), who will he thank? Who would the public thank? Maybe Nolan or Wilde will be cited in his surefire charismatic acceptance speech, but neither I nor the community will ever forget his Sara Lee sketch on SNL when he first hosted in 2019. Was it electrifying to hear “Wreck me, daddy” in front of a live audience? Certainly, even if it ran the risk of becoming cringeworthy in mainstream heterosexual mouths. We have Bowen Yang and Julio Torres to thank for this skit (both as writers, Yang as featured cast member). While Styles is making his way through Marvel and awards bait, Yang and Torres have foraged wonderful spaces for queer audiences to feel comforted (and somewhat confronted) in their stories.”
- Anna Hoang
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Arts and Culture Section
2022 NBA FINALS PREVIEW: BOSTON CELTICS VS. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
“The ‘21-22 Boston Celtics mentioned many times at Sunday’s championship trophy ceremony of “getting over the hump” by conquering Miami to get to their first NBA Finals since 2010. The viral clip of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown embracing, Tatum repeatedly saying “they said we couldn’t play together” represents a bumpy stretch of the regular season we all can remember well. Mid January. A loss at home to the 19-26 Portland Trail Blazers. Back to back losses, at that. It will be highlighted a lot this week about how record wise that became the turning point, where the energy began to shift.”