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Sean Maloney Staff

Sean L. Maloney is a North Reading, MA native that spent a decade creating and covering music in Nashville, TN before returning to Boston in 2013. He loves Ornette Coleman and Katy Perry and isn't really sure why most folks find that confusing. His wife and his cat are very patient with his eccentric tastes in media.

Stories by Sean Maloney

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The Parkways of Greater Boston, Ranked Worst to Best
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Sean Maloney

Boston: we’re America’s walking city! We’re also a city full of curmudgeons and contrarians, so it’s only natural that some of us actually enjoy driving this mangled web of cow paths. Sure, the parking is a pain and your fellow drivers are idiots of the highest order, but cruising around Boston can be beautiful, peaceful and downright enjoyable if you do it right. So in the spirit sharing good vibes and exploiting the super cheap gas prices, here are your best Boston parkways, ranked worst to first. More

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A Comprehensive Guide to ‘Jingle Bells,’ Medford’s Greatest Hit
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Sean Maloney

Greeting from Jingle Town, er, Medford! Did you know that Medford, the tracksuit to Somerville’s skinny pants, was the birthplace of the enduring Christmas classic “Jingle Bells”? We’ve got a plaque to prove it! James Lord Peirpoint wrote it right there on High Street, in the empty storefront next to the all-you-can-eat sushi place. OK, he was in a tavern because it was 1850 and you still had to order sushi by the roll back then. Savannah, GA claims that Peirpoint wrote the song while living in their sub-tropical sweatbox, but we’re going to treat that claim like we do everything else from below the Charles River. More

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Landlady’s Adam Schatz On Lessons Learned Playing in Newton High School Bands
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Sean Maloney

We’re big fans of New York City’s Landlady and their irascible lead Adam Schatz. Whether he’s leading his bunch or art-rock roustabouts, providing saxophone for primo indie rock acts like Vampire Weekend, Those Darlins and Man Man, or reviewing the latest installment of “Now That’s What I Call Music,” the Newton native brings keen insight, smart grooves and warm humor to every endeavor. Landlady has had a helluva summer, releasing Upright Behavior on Hometapes and traveling the country and wracking up kudos from critics across the nation. In honor of tonight’s sorta-homecoming show at Great Scott, BDCwire caught up with Schatz to find out where it all started and discover the lessons learned in the D.I.Y. scene of mid-’00s MetroWest. More