They’re currently home to five bands but two that I’ll highlight here are The Scandinavian Half Breeds and the part Boston part NYC, Turkuaz.The first is a modern day hot jazz group that might as well be playing on some hot and humid row boat floating down the Ole’ Miss while the boys play a [...]
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Introducing Galaxy Smith Records
Bela Fleck at Coolidge Corner Theatre
Seeing Bela Fleck in person is a requirement for any music fan. Seeing Bela Fleck as he traverses the continent of Africa researching the little known source of the Banjo and getting to see him perform some of the music he recorded on this trip live is one hell of a treat.Guess what Boston, you [...]
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New music alert: Discovery Ft. members of Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot
A new collaboration between one heavy weight indie band member, Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) and one semi-heavy weight, Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot) are causing some waves. As my one friend put it, “this discovery album is effen serious”.The album is called “LP” (clever boys), and is due out on July 7th off of [...]
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Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
What a freaky day in icon world. Not only does every boys fantasy girl pass away after a long stand fighting cancer but the freaking KING OF POP dies! I don’t want to over shadow Farrah Fawcett because once again, she was and probably will remain to be every young male’s fantasy girl, [...]
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Review of Andrew Bird @ BoA Pavilion 6/19/08
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On this gloomy Friday, that turned into a partial sunny afternoon, we dragged our work week bodies to the Seaport Bar & Grill for some pregame beverages before walking over to the Andrew Bird / Calexico show at the BoA Pavilion with a clear understanding to catch all of the opener. Those unfamiliar with Calexico, [...]
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Passion Pit @ Paradise Rock Club 6/18/09
When I first heard “Sleepyhead” early last year I didn’t know what quite to think. Minus the vocals, the sound was familiar. Electropop is nothing new and is considered by some to be almost mainstream thanks to Matt Murphy and his LCD Soundsystem project and our friends across the pond, Hot Chip. But [...]
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Passion Pit tonight at Paradise in Boston (Sold Out)
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Going to the Passion Pit show tonight at the Paradise Rock Club. Should be a good time as it’s a home coming show for these Emerson students. Not even sure you can call them students anymore based on the media reaction to their latest album, Manners.Buy Manners: (Amazon) (iTunes) (Insound) (eMusic)Looking forward to [...]
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Remembering middle school with Better Than Ezra
If you grew up going to grade school in the 90’s, then you know you jammed out to “Good” by Better Than Ezra at one point in your life. Well, get ready, cause you have another chance to grab that girl across the dance floor you woosed out on asking to dance in middle [...]
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Andrew Bird @ BoA Pavilion this Friday in Boston
That crazy melody making whistler is gracing us with his presence this Friday at the BoA Pavilion. I’m excited cause it’s my first show at the pavilion (also known as Harbor Lights) this summer and it never officially feels like summer until I get down there. I’m hoping our weather will feel the same way [...]
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Tour Annoucement: The Big Surprise Tour w/ Old Crow Medicine Show and Felice Brothers
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This just in, great line up coming together in August to tour most of the northeast, down to North Carolina and then over to Tennessee. The line up includes Old Crow Medicine Show, Dave Rawlings Machine (Featuring Gilian Welch), The Felice Brothers and Justin Townes Earle.The tour starts in New Hampshire at the Hampton Beach [...]
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Grizzly Bear @ Berklee College of Music - 6/3/09
The brightest and the hippest were all out in pure force last night at the Berklee Performance Art Center on Mass Ave. in Boston. I was upset I missed the opener, Here We Go Magic, but we can blame Boston’s lack of free parking spots for that one. Who wants to pay $17 to park [...]
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Saber Bytes Ft. Zanderdanz from Brooklyn
Danny Saber is a veteran of the music industry and currently resides in L.A. where he’s had his hands in several types of music from pop artists such as Madonna, rock legends Bowie or the Rolling Stones and even metal such as Ozzy and Marilyn Manson. Danny’s also a well respected DJ in the L.A. [...]
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Brian Williams interviews Deer Tick
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Are you kidding me? Awesome news about the boys from little old Rhode Island. We’ve been all about these cats for two years now since they first released War Elephant. Read our review over at the Ajisignal.com. Watch the 3 minute interiview with Brian Williams: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, [...]
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Go see the Story of ANVIL in Boston!
Eat your heart out Spinal Tap. No, this isn’t a made up story. This is the real deal. Anvil were all set to take the metal world by storm. Many claim they set the path for bands such as Metalica and the Scorpions. Unfortunately, for what ever reason, things just didn’t [...]
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Waxploitations “Causes 2″ Dafur benefit album
I’ve been getting a lot of communications recently from a friend who’s a big cause fighter. Her biggest cause is supporting the victims of the Bhopal chemical spill back in the early 80’s. I hate saying I’ve been too busy to take part in some of the events she’s invited us to but [...]
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Free Concert Announcement: Galactic at Paradise Rock Club
We’re coming up on summer time here in Boston and as is the case with many major cities, we have lots of free concerts throughout the season.To kick things off, I was recently made aware of a freebie at the Paradise Rock Club - Galactic.Show is on Wednesday, May 6th and doors open at 7pm. [...]
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Weekend concert and dj grab bag
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Very excited to share with you my anticipation for Saturday night’s Great Lake Swimmers show at the Brattle Theatre here in Cambridge. Been digging Tony Dekker’s folky, melodic banjo sounds since his debut S/T album back in 2003. This isn’t a “lets get ready to rock and dance our socks off” show. A [...]
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Hello from Iceland
Ever wonder what it’s like to take a shower in a stink bomb? Well, come to Iceland and you’ll be close to the experience. I thought there may be something wrong with the pipes in our hotel, Leif Erickkson. Nope, that’s just the natural smell when you run hot water. The [...]
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New Song: “Le Flying Saucer Hat” by Chairlift
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It would be interesting to run a report on the origins of bands currently inhabiting both the island of Manhattan and the various neighborhoods of Brooklyn. If you were to tell me that Chairlift were recent transplants from Boulder I wouldn’t have believed you. This sound doesn’t come from any where else but NYC, Brooklyn, [...]
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