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With the September release of Era Extraña, Neon Indian translates the 20° winters of Finland into a cool-colored, dreamy album. The band’s sophomore effort, produced by Mom + Pop Records, takes the …
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Boston-based indie rockers You Can Be a Wesley (YCBAW) will release their full length EP, Nightosphere, on November 1st, and plan to celebrate with an album release show at the …
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Weird is good sometimes. On Saturday night, “Weird Al” Yankovic, the frizzy-haired, accordion-toting champion of the world’s fanboys, rocked the Orpheum. Yankovic is currently on tour to promote his thirteenth …
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Musical sampling is a hot topic. It’s become a fact of the music industry that at any given time, a great deal of the top 40 includes snippets from pop …
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On Tuesday night, the “Keep A Breast Tour” landed in Boston with the indie/electro-pop duo Uh Huh Her headlining at the Paradise Rock Club. Opening for the duo was Seattle …
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This week was a bummer: two major blows to pop- and alt-rock in Weezer and The Academy Is…’s headlines, more reports surrounding Amy Winehouse’s death, and a disappointing announcement from …
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One-man show John O’Regan, better known as Diamond Rings, redefined stage presence at the Paradise Rock Club Thursday night. Accompanied by fellow genre-straddler Twin Shadow, O’Regan went out with a …
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Written by Tara Jayakar and Kelly Dickinson The Head and the Heart headlined a show at Royale Boston this past Friday, where they kicked ass and took names. The Seattle-based …
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Overall Grade: A- Download Now: “Afternoon,” “July” & “17” Youth Lagoon is the music project of 22-year-old Trevor Powers, a native of Boise, Idaho. On September 27, Powers revealed his …
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I have the feeling that being a post-rock band is a lot like being a high-schooler: there’s a desperate need to differentiate and form a unique identity, all while still …
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I am no stranger to the sound of squeaky instruments. Not too long ago I was playing in my high school orchestra, pretending to sound like a virtuoso. However, the …
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This week was a heavy-hitter: the top story that was the talk of every music blog on the Internet, more cray-cray projects from Lady Gaga, and an unlikely Billboard record-breaker. …
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