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Boston-born Bebe Stockwell opens the performances on the Green Stage with her set.

GALLERY: Cowboy hats, colored hair at Boston Calling 2025

By Kate Kotlyar and Holly Gustavsen May 30, 2025

Country, punk rock, hip-hop and countless other genres came together at the Boston Calling Music Festival, a three-day annual music festival held from May 23 to 25. This year spotlighted numerous Boston...

Crowd members put up their flashlights during headliner Avril Lavigne’s set on the second day of Boston Calling. The festival featured various genres — from alternative to country — throughout the weekend.

REVIEW: Boston Calling 2025: 3 days, 3 genres, 3 crowds

By Samantha Marshall May 29, 2025
Friday belonged to “emo cowgirls,” Saturday to rock lovers and Sunday to 1990s alternative fans. All weekend long, prominent headliners and small artists alike brought energy and variety to the Boston Calling crowd at Harvard Athletics Complex from May 23 to 25 — despite the gloomy weather. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The renaissance of early 2000s music

By Lavanya Menon February 28, 2024
From Britney Spears to Madonna to Nelly Furtado, 2000s music is coming back in full force, and here’s how I know: Its style and fashion are being revived by other artists. 

Music for every mood

By Maya Frankel February 6, 2021
Every day is a cycle of laughing, crying, anger, happiness, excitement and about every emotion possible. Here are a few playlists for those many moods we all feel every day.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Side profiles and beauty trends

By Bini Ollivier-Yamin February 1, 2021
Our definition of beauty is subjective, and it can grow and change to include a diverse range of features, traits and ethnicities. The first step is to get rid of the seemingly harmless trends that perpetuate Eurocentric beauty — they’re clogging up my “For You page.”
Maggie Lindemann released her debut EP “PARANOIA” Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Maggie Lindemann deviates from old sound in exciting debut EP ‘PARANOIA’

By Emma Vacirca January 24, 2021
Rather than the indie predecessors to “Pretty Girl” and its pop-y remixes, Maggie Lindemann's debut EP “PARANOIA” strikes a different chord, with a new alternative-rock sound more aggressive than the simple pop flair of her 2016 single.
Avril Lavigne on her Black Star Tour in September 2010. Lavigne's new album “Head Above Water” was released Friday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Avril Lavigne aims to keep her ‘Head Above Water’ with comeback sixth album

By Austin Pak February 19, 2019
Avril Lavigne released her sixth studio album, “Head Above Water,” Friday after a long six-year hiatus, only to disappoint with a stagnant sound.
Alan Cumming performs at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University Oct. 6. PHOTO COURTESY ROBERT TORRES/ CELEBRITY SERIES

Alan Cumming visits Cambridge to sing ‘sappy songs’

By Hannah Shearer October 13, 2017

“I’m here to sing you some sappy songs,” Alan Cumming said in the middle of his second tune last Friday. “Be warned. Have a hanky at the ready.” Cumming performed at a nearly sold-out...

NGAI: what do female friendships really mean?

NGAI: what do female friendships really mean?

By Robin Ngai September 4, 2015

It’s safe to say that one of my biggest regrets of the summer is not attending Taylor Swift’s “1989” tour. I was constantly reminded by my Facebook friends and Swift’s Instagram and Snapchat...

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