Lukas Harnisch
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Lukas Harnisch is a freelance culture reporter and writer working in the greater Boston area. Along with WBUR, his work has appeared in The Daily Beast, The Boston Globe, Spin Magazine and Cambridge Day.
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Boston's Sweet Petunia brings basement DIY to old time folk
Banjo-wielding Maddy Simpson and Mairead Guy may have met in the halls of the Berklee College of Music in 2018, but it was at an Allston basement show where they...
Local DJ scene is alive and online in a Cambridge storefront
Part talent showcase, part act of cultural preservation, online radio station Central on Air brings in DJs primarily from the Greater Boston area to show off their art every weeknight...
Our favorite local music from January
From a single inspired by larvae squirming in the dirt to a comically enlightening track about waiting on hold with an insurance company, our music critics share their favorite music...
The best local albums of 2025, according to our critics
Even as the amount of music made by both humans and AI exceeds what any listener could possibly consume, a few local artists managed to break through the glut and...
Our favorite local music we heard in November
Two young upstarts and three stalwart favorites provided WBUR's music critics favorite music this month.
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Somerville indie band Intac embraces selling out
Founded in 2023, the band paradoxically calls itself the “First Indie Music Corporation.” During concerts, they don ill-fitting suits and play songs about heartache punctuated by multilevel-marketing parody slideshows. Now,...
Our favorite local music this month
From meditative new chapter from a favorite musician to a '90s alt-rock inspired album that explores the modern age, our music critics share their favorite local new music.
Watertown library receives backlash over Palestinian children's book
Librarians in Watertown have been flooded with emails requesting they remove a picture book, "A Map for Falasteen," from a suggested summer reading list for second graders.
Our favorite local music from July
This month's music roundup brings an angsty song layered with the irony of adulthood, a laid-back yet turned up hip-hop project, a compilation album inspired by a crowd-pleasing food, and...
Our favorite local music from June
This month's music roundup brings a punk rock concept album inspired by a deck of playing cards, an Americana take on a Revolutionary soundtrack, and an irony-laden album that deliver...