Stroll into Quack’s turquoise soundscape this Friday and odds of catching homegrown pop immediately triple. Sweet as sugar and bursting with Technicolor vibrance (both in sound and style), local self-dubbed pop royalty Kady Rain governs the genre in every form, serving everything from fierce pop punk (“Got Away”) to bubblegum bangers (“Take Me”). Bedfashion and Alexi 8bit bring the keys to the kingdom with synth-forward tracks and bubbly rhythms, like the latter’s new Dancin’ Bean EP.
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— Kriss Conklin