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BARRY THOMPSON

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The kids are OK!

Boston Rules brings back the good old days of punk
There has been much debate — public, behind closed doors, and on message boards — as to whether Boston punk does in fact rule.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  March 31, 2009

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Bomb the Music Industry! | Scrambles

Quote Unquote/Asian Man (2009)
To Leave or Die in Long Island  (2005) and Goodbye Cool World  (2006) cemented this outfit's legacy as a band-type thing too self-consciously goofy to be taken seriously.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  March 23, 2009

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The Milky Way takes it to the streets

A parade from dead end to new beginning
Nobody likes gentrification, but everyone loves a parade.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  March 18, 2009

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The Swaggerin' Growlers | Keep Your Head Held High

Thugly Goose (2009)
The Growlers reckon their music is best heard while you're shit-faced.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  March 10, 2009

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Slay anything

Words fail the post-everything epics of Irepress
Boston's Irepress weren't supposed to be an instrumental band. What they've evolved into just happens to be too stylishly sinuous to lend itself to lots of words.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  February 09, 2009

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Three Day Threshold take pride in roots

The undiscovered country
Three Day Threshold take pride in their roots
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  January 26, 2009

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Review: Math the Band, Lima Research Society

Middle East Upstairs, January 5, 2009
Math the Band suck greasy elephant balls, I was told by a source.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  January 12, 2009

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Save yourselves

Fucked Up are not your father's hardcore
The media-propagated notion that the Canadian sextet Fucked Up are "saving hardcore" seems silly.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  January 13, 2009

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Review: Have Nots, Serf City U.S.A.

Bankshot
Poverty sucks, but buying stuff is awesome, so I have mixed feelings about capitalism.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  January 06, 2009

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Southern exposure

Beat Circus's Brian Carpenter returns to his roots
Multi-instrumentalist and Beat Circus patriarch Brian Carpenter has made his share of escapist music, but he's also written dozens of songs that confront real life.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  January 07, 2009

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Angst-free zone

Barnicle keep things nice and friendly
It’s possible I’m working backward from a bullshit conclusion, but I’m half-convinced the main topic of most arts-and-entertainment journalism isn’t actually arts or entertainment.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  December 16, 2008

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Jeffree Star | Cupcakes Taste Like Violence

Popsicle (2008)
Why am I listening to this pitch-corrected-to-death excrement when we should all be watching Jeffree Star's Cunt of Love (or something to that effect) on VH1?
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  December 02, 2008

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Psych out

The depunking of Darker My Love
Conversations about music can easily turn into conversations about geography.
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  November 24, 2008

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Punk buccaneer

Jonee Earthquake rumbles below the surface
Jonee Earthquake rumbles below the surface
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  November 24, 2008

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Mob rules

Bang Camaro gang up for round II
Bang Camaro gang up for round II
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  November 11, 2008

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O’Death | Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin

Kemado (2008)
O’Death, from the rural backwater town of New York City, are a little bit country and a lot more calamitous power-folk.  
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 28, 2008

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Cellars by strobe light

We Are The Seahorses, Killspree Burlesque, and Real Life Time Machines at an “undisclosed” basement location
The ensuing batshit hysteria of this gathering was probably as close as one can realistically and safely get to a temporary autonomous zone.  
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 24, 2008

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Scenic route to Hell

Easter Bloodhounds take their sweet time destroying you
When it comes to goals a band can strive to achieve, having an excuse to get hammered and make noise with your buddies is surely among the most practical.  
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 20, 2008

Soup to completely nuts

Rise Against at T.T. the Bear's, October 7, 2008
I half-expected Rise Against to play their obligatory hits for 20 minutes and say “goodnight”; instead, they tore it up for well over an hour.  
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 15, 2008

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Star Fucking Hipsters | Until We’re Dead

Fat Wreck Chords (2008)
Of course, one could argue that anything called Star Fucking Hipsters gets an automatic three stars.  
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 08, 2008
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