Allston Pudding Presents: The Puddcast

As one of Boston's finest purveyors of dance music grooves, VQnC is for sure a good source for high quality tips on self-care, living out a hot n' healthy summer, and whether or not HOUSE IS BACK BABY! She and Harry make plans to go thrift shopping. Eat your heart out, Macklemore (and Ryan Lewis).

If you don't know Cliff Notez... what the hell are you doin with your life, my dude? He's only one of Boston's most talented artists. Whether it's music, film, photography, painting, and more, he's an artist and organizer like the city has never seen. He sits down with us this week to talk about what he's been working on lately.

Do you want to know what the Puddcast's rising sign is, baby?

This week, local R&B singer/songwriter Ava Sophia joins us to talk about the myriad new possibilities that are possible when writing songs about that capital-L Love. swoon

Montreal pop singer Maryze really deserves a larger platform. Their unique blend of R&B, hyperpop, and mid-2000s influences comes shining through on debut album "8," which sees the singer placing herself in fantasy worlds and exploring mutable qualities.

Author Craig Lewis was an active member in Allston's vibrant punk rock/hardcore community in the 90s... for better or worse. His story is one of overcoming adversity, abuse, loneliness, and misdiagnosed mental health issues. Here and there, he regales us with stories of Allston back in the day.

Ajda the Turkish Queen has been a Boston rock veteran for 25 years, a journeywoman who has played in all sorts of projects. She joined us this week on the podcast to talk about some of her favorite artists, as well as her experiences playing shows around town.

Spring Silver (from Silver Spring, MD) lands somewhere on the precipice between math rock, metal, punk, and just plain good rock music. They join us this week on the show to talk about their latest album and upcoming show in Boston.

Alison Clancy is a singer, songwriter, and dancer based in New York (though she is a regular guest lecturer at MIT. The way she describes her spiritual relationship with art and performance is simply * chef's kiss *,

We've got our first interview with an artist from outside North America! International Puddcast of Mystery, baby! The Hit Factory is an afrobeat duo from Lagos, Nigeria that incorporate many elements of hip-hop and R&B in their production. Members Tom Lash and Harmony sat down with Harry for our first transatlantic episode.

Part two of our interview with Haasan Barclay. Hear tracks from his newest project "Dual Shock" and also why Mark Wahlberg definitely smart and should not sue us!

In the star-studded season premiere, we sat down with viral sensation Haasan Barclay, the embodiment of can't stop won't stop mentality, whose musical output is so eclectic that you never know what he's gonna drop next. Polar Seltzer come sponsor me and I will shill for you.

The Allston Pudding Puddcast is BACK BAYBEE!!!

In our JUMBO-SIZED season finale extravaganza, we had indie rapper Pink Navel talk about their music, but more importantly, talk with our host Harry about their mutual hometown (Marshfield, MA). A hyper=specific topic that very few will be able to relate to! Do you want to know wha the best pizza place is in a barely-on-the-map Boston suburb? No? Us neither.

'Tis the season for the Puddcast's first holiday special with this week's guest Naomi Westwater, a roots/americana singer-songwriter who recently released a holiday EP just in time for Christmas!

This week, pop artist Leo the Kind from Brockton stops by to walk us through his musical background, which started with an old school Playstation game and has led him to become a Boston Music Award winner.

MARI GETI is an alternative hip-hop artist who fully embraces their uniqueness both in personality and artistic output. This week, they tell Harry about a very specific nightmare they had in which fish took over the world.

This week, in part two of our interview with black metal artist Nevropathy, we go track-by-track through his debut solo album "The Deafening." Now that we know the basics of the genre as.a whole, we know how to appreciate this breathtaking ablum.

Solo black metal artist Nevropathy made some time to give us the 101 crash course on black metal.

This week, Boston Music Award nominated R&B vocalist Onbloom stops by to talk about her latest EP Momentum and to chat about our favorite tarot cards.

This week, we're joined by local triple threat – singer, dancer, actress – Destiny Claymore, who talks with Harry about her turn in the new Ryan Reynolds movie Free Guy, plus her music, what we can learn from video games, and which Marvel character she'd most want to play onscreen if given the chance.

Local producer and beatmaker Ximena Rivas joins us this week to discuss her debut EP "Lucuma" and to rejoice in the general euphoria that is being a huge nerdy adult as we talk Kingdom Hearts, anime, Halloween costumes, and more.

This week, local rapper Forté brought his band The Moons (aka Awnthay) to join us for a discussion on how the team got together and the unique way they combine hip-hop and rock to bring immense, unrelenting energy to their live shows.

In part two of our talk with rapper-producer Arkh Zeus, he walks us through the story arc of his album series The Tensai and how the character acts as a stand-in for the artist.

Everett's Arkh Zeus has been rapping and producing his own material since he was 15. This week on The Puddcast, we sat down with the up-and-coming prodigy about his process, Kid Cudi, and which of his hip-hop idols he'd want to go toe=to=toe with (amicably).