Alternative/indie-folk singer-songwriter Julien Baker has been out on her first pandemic-era tour this fall in support of her latest release Little Oblivions. We caught up with her as she played to a fully masked audience at a packed House of Blues in Boston, MA on September 17, 2021, along with supporting acts Mini Trees and Thao (of Thao & the Get Down Stay Down). The night started out with Mini Trees, the indie-pop solo project of songwriter Lexi Vega. Vega, who in the past has performed with other musicians backing her up, was on this night accompanied only by a drum machine. Her debut full-length under the moniker Mini Trees, Always In Motion, was actually released the day of the show—so it was cool to see how receptive the audience was to her music. Vega put on a great opening se...