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BARRY THOMPSON

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Group effort

Don't call Mark Lind's Unloved a solo project
If you're inclined to play punk rock, chances are you've got a self-esteem problem. It's not an æsthetic that attracts the well-adjusted. Exhibit A: Mark Lind. As bassist and frontman of the Ducky Boys, he's opened for Rancid, U.S. Bombs, and Flogging Molly.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  November 19, 2009

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Tegan and Sara | Sainthood

Sire (2009)
Tegan and Sara have always been background music for staring wistfully out a coffeeshop window, in a strange city, alone, hung over and/or going on no sleep, wondering what the fuck went wrong.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 28, 2009

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Anything and everything

StreightAngular just want to know what's now
People never like to label themselves. Or, at least they shouldn't.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 10, 2009

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A.F.I. | Crash Love

DGC Interscope (2009)
First they alienated hardcore kids; now they're alienating the Internet.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  September 29, 2009

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Dark matter

Soulsavers keep it eerie on the ears
To paraphrase some wisdom from Jake "The Snake" Roberts, if a man has power, he never has to raise his voice. Jake was explaining why, unlike his adversaries, he didn't keep screaming gibberish. But it's a universal truth.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  September 15, 2009

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Beat Circus | Boy From Black Mountain

Cuneiform (2009)
The subjects of the stories sung on this second installment of Beat Circus's "Weird American Gothic" trilogy attain greater awareness of family, culture, and the world by voyaging across schisms in perception.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  September 02, 2009

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Pilot program

Super Time Pilot rise from Quiet Desperation
People with steady jobs that pay well tend to harbor misconceptions about the day-to-day existence of creative types trying to make it.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  September 01, 2009

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Morgan Knockers | Loss of Reality

Second Rock (2009)
I thought Waltham mega-punks Morgan Knockers had neglected to send me Loss of Reality when it came out last month.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  August 25, 2009

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Crank it up

The return of the Marvels
Turning 21 was supposed to be the best thing ever, but the upgrade brought with it significant disappointment. Just as I achieved the required maturity for admission to grown-up clubs, the Marvels went and broke up.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  August 18, 2009

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Gloom merchants

The Warlocks’ psych is far from psyched
It would’ve been nice if Bobby Hecksher, songsmith and ringleader of the Warlocks, had spoon-fed me some anecdotes from back when he used to trip out with Timothy Leary.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  August 05, 2009

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The New Alibis | Hard Promises

Teenage Heart Records(2009)
Stick around any scene long enough and after a while everyone's been in a band with everyone else.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  July 01, 2009

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Wandering stars

Humanwine's mysterious substance
The line between art and entertainment gets thicker and darker every time someone opens a Facebook account. Most of us music types are entertainers, because entertainers just want attention.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  June 24, 2009

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The Detroit Cobras give new life to old soul

Blessed versions
There's nothing lazier than the typical cover band: musicians taking the easy way out for listeners who don't want to be challenged — or, worse yet, revisiting the glory years when their shitty taste in music was current and therefore socially acceptable.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  June 01, 2009

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Smashing success

The New Collisions start things off right
It feels as if all the music people these days were rushing toward a hyper-electro-modern future where they'll be programming drum machines hard-wired directly to their erogenous zones.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  May 27, 2009

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Something for everyone

Hands and Knees' vintage-to-Fraggle rock
In the last three years Hands and Knees have been signed to the Beatings' Midriff Records and racked up ample gold stars from critics; late last month they also dropped their splendid sophomore record, Et tu, Fluffy?
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  May 12, 2009

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Between rock and a soft place

Is the Everyday Visuals' likability a liability?
There's a blog post on the Everyday Visuals' Web site titled "Pop is fucking (aka. Everything to all people? / a/k/a. Coldplay is just as bad as Wavves)" that I was tempted to cut, paste, and submit in place of this article.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  May 05, 2009

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High drama

The glam amalgam of MEandJOANCOLLINS
It's a quintessential rock-and-roll love story. Sort of . . .
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  April 28, 2009

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Classing up the joint

World/Inferno Friendship Society at Paradise Rock Club, April 11, 2009
A substantial portion of the Paradise's clientele Friday evening wouldn't have looked out of place at a fancy dinner party. Thanks to the World/Inferno Friendship Society, punk rock and snazzy fashion sense are no longer mutually exclusive.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  April 21, 2009

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Faulty Conscience | Good Enough for Punk Rock

BPO (2009)
Of the innumerable punk bands who will release their debut full-length this year, Allston's Faulty Conscience will surpass the majority with their aptly titled Good Enough for Punk Rock .
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  April 14, 2009

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Screaming Females | Power Move

Don Giovanni (2009)
A while back, New Jersey's Screaming Females achieved the prestigious distinction of coolest band ever to crash at my apartment.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  April 06, 2009
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