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IAN SANDS

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The bright stuff

The indie-pop smarts of Winterpills
After putting in calls to a manager, a publicist, and a record label to set up an interview with Winterpills, I’m finally on the phone with their vocalist and keyboardist. Winterpills, "Hide Me" (mp3)
By IAN SANDS  |  April 17, 2007

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Sideways

Lethem heads to the Left Coast
For his rock-and-roll novel You Don’t Love Me Yet , Brooklyn author Jonathan Lethem went west. No, not to Staten Island. Think farther. A lot farther. Los Angeles.
By IAN SANDS  |  March 20, 2007

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Great sex

How to write it
Call me a literary perv.
By IAN SANDS  |  February 19, 2007

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Danielson: A Family Movie

Do I have to wear a nurse's outfit?
J.L. Aronson’s documentary about Daniel Smith’s religion-inspired family rock band, who made a point of playing in nurse uniforms, has a lot going for it: a cast of cuties, cool cameos, fun costumes.
By IAN SANDS  |  January 31, 2007

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Gum for everyone

BJ Snowden, the Middle East Corner, January 23, 2007
BJ Snowden’s mom pelted me with sticks of chewing gum last Tuesday inside the Middle East corner.
By IAN SANDS  |  January 29, 2007

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Outer spaces

Jeff Chasse looks to the stars
During the first half of 2004, Jeff Chasse would often go to the Midway near his home in Jamaica Plain to drink alone.
By IAN SANDS  |  January 17, 2007

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Unorthodox Jews

"Good for the Jews," the Paradise Lounge, December 16, 2006
You won't hear feel-good Chanukah ditties in the style of the Leevees nor any pages out of Matisyahu's prayer book. This is a foul-mouthed, shtick-heavy act inspired by the borscht-belt comics and the seventies-era.
By IAN SANDS  |  December 22, 2006

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Northern neighbors

Ontario musicians worth listening to  
Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, is full of promising, undiscovered acts.
By IAN SANDS  |  November 28, 2006

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Who you callin’ a punk?

Down by law
Jamaica Plain–based freelancer and Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation staffer Steven Lee Beeber was waiting for a plane at the airport a number of years ago when his girlfriend let out a gasp.
By IAN SANDS  |  November 01, 2006

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Sex hunger

Stephen Elliott’s all-American education
Stephen Elliott’s harrowing collection of S/M stories is billed as fiction, but in his introduction he claims “most of it” to be true: “Recently there’s been a rash of crackdowns on practitioners of consensual sadomasochism.
By IAN SANDS  |  October 12, 2006

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Tales of the Rat Fink

A tale sure to satisfy Big Daddy
Pop-culture chronicler Ron Mann’s animated documentary is a playful tribute to the late Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (voiced by John Goodman), whose eccentric automobiles and monster caricatures helped shape Southern Cal’s “Kustom Kulture” craze in the ’60s. Watch the trailer for Tales of the Rat Fink  
By IAN SANDS  |  October 11, 2006

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Quiet riot

The Mountain Goats, Middle East, September 26, 2006
There was something about the Mountain Goats that always felt punk rock to me.
By IAN SANDS  |  October 06, 2006

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Rising star in Indieville

 M. Ward, Somerville Theater, September 17, 2006
Indie singer-songwriter M. Ward has been attracting attention of late — enough to fill the Somerville Theatre last night, September 17.
By IAN SANDS  |  September 18, 2006

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See you in the pit . . .

Rancid’s reasons to believe
For two consecutive nights last week, the bar at Avalon was stacked seven punks deep by swarms of screaming, spiked-out tykes and a few elder statesman, all of whom had come to see the only outfit that matters to them . . . Rancid.
By IAN SANDS  |  August 29, 2006

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Little drummer boys

Sound Team, Cold War Kids, and Midlake at T.T.'s
Cold War Kids took the old fashioned approach. Slideshow: Sound Team at T.T. the Bear's  
By IAN SANDS  |  July 27, 2006

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A musical marriage

Guillermo Sexo survive a break-up
Seated across from Jess Barnett and Reuben Bettsak, founders of Cambridge-based foursome Guillermo Sexo, I have little trouble believing that the two were engaged to be married. Guillermo Sexo, "The Cursing, The Drinking, The Crying" (mp3) Guillermo Sexo, "El Viento" (mp3)  
By IAN SANDS  |  July 28, 2006

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Gritty in Pink

Pink at Avalon, July 18, 2006
Why does she inspire in me the occasional death wish? Slideshow: Pink at Avalon
By IAN SANDS  |  July 20, 2006

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Pop in a hard place

The Young Republic stay DIY at Berklee
I’m crammed into a Berklee practice room with seven out of nine members of the orchestral folk-pop collective the Young Republic, listening to — but mostly laughing at — the awful grooves of a metal outfit down the hall. The Young Republic, "Modern Plays"  (mp3) The Young Republic, "Blue Skies"  (mp3)
By IAN SANDS  |  July 05, 2006

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Anglo-files

Next big things from across the pond?
Who will the British gush machine fawn over next? “Sexy In Latin,” Little Man Tate (mp3) | “Bang Bang You’re Dead,” Dirty Pretty Things  (mp3) | “Breathe,” The Cinematics  (mp3)
By IAN SANDS  |  June 14, 2006

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Inside AWAL

A behind-the-scenes look at the men who put the Arctic Monkeys and the Editors on the map
Playing middleman between emerging artists and the digital marketplace, Artists Without a Label is quietly reinventing the music industry, one download at a time.
By IAN SANDS  |  June 12, 2006
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