Posts By Tommy Bruzzese
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27FestivalsHow I Almost Met Khalid At Boston Calling
If you haven’t been following Affinity’s Boston Calling coverage about the IKEA dance party stealing the weekend and the emerging female artists...
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55FestivalsBehind-the-Scenes At Boston Calling: Interviewing Emerging Female Artists
With festival season upon us, there’s no better time to expand your music playlists with some fresh new artists. We did some...
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55FestivalsThe Winner of Boston Calling Is… IKEA! (Seriously Check This Out)
Hammocks. Ping pong. A personal DJ. Strobe lights. And good vibes. That’s what you will find (and more) at the IKEA Food...
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28FestivalsWhy Boston Calling Music Festival Is Every Teenager’s Dream
From Khalid to Paramore to BROCKHAMPTON and to many more, Boston Calling is a dream for teen festival-goers. The lineup is stacked...
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523MoviesWhy Teens Are In Love With ‘Love, Simon’
When I first saw the trailer for Love, Simon, like almost any other gay teen, I cried. Like genuinely, tears-rushing-down-my-face sort of...
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38InterviewMeet Mae Krell: The Non-Binary Music Legend Making Everyone Feel Welcome
(Note: Mae is non-binary identifying and goes by they/them) On the surface, Mae Krell looks like your average teenager. They wear their hair occasionally...
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12MusicAffinity’s 2018 Grammy Predictions
We polled our staff of over 400 teen writers about who we think is going to win the top Grammys (or at...
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27MusicAffinity Staff’s Top Albums Of 2017
We polled our global staff of teenagers about what 2017 albums they couldn’t stop singing and replaying. Here are the results: #5...
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MusicAn Interview With Teenage Electronic Rock Duo ‘Semblance’ And Their LGBTQ+ Activism
Meet Semblance, the electronic rock duo made up of two of the coolest 17-year-olds, Maeve Gorman and Connor LeFevre. The duo met...
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Image Credit: Kesha and Genius LyricsImage Credit: Kesha and Genius Lyrics44MusicKesha Just Dropped “Woman”: The Feminist Anthem Of The Year
Kesha wastes no time getting started on her powerful, feminist catharsis. The music video begins with very country-esque lyrics of “I wanna be...
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101MusicAllie X’s ‘CollXtion II’: A Track-By-Track Analysis
Love this. Thank you. https://t.co/xbG8Mgaobp — ALLIE X 🌃 "SCIENCE" OUT NOW 🌃 (@alliex) June 10, 2017 Allie X is the perfect...
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2408MusicHalsey’s ‘hopeless fountain kingdom’: A Track-by-Track Analysis
My fav reviews always come from fans who 👀 the details. Very observant interpretation of the narrative. Great work! https://t.co/LOWsW5HPYT — h...
