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MATT PARISH

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Sweet sorrow

A farewell to Pants Yell!
Everybody loves a tidy ending. Episodes of Seinfeld , fireworks finales, a sturdy hem at the base of a pant leg — these things give us faith that the designer knew what he was doing.
By MATT PARISH  |  November 11, 2009

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The evil deaf

The return of the Northeast Noise and Power Electronics Festival
Inside the dusty corner room of a dungeon-like warehouse basement, Karl Giesing dumps out a bag full of pedals, samplers, grimy cables, and homemade synth boxes. Their functionality seems questionable.
By MATT PARISH  |  November 05, 2009

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Drear leaders

The Black Heart Procession stick to the low road
On the Black Heart Procession’s first visit to Boston, back in ’98, the duo hunched on chairs at the Middle East downstairs surrounded by equipment — keyboards, guitars, a musical saw, an array of percussion.
By MATT PARISH  |  October 27, 2009

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Rhythm queens

The educational ecstasy of Zili Misik
It’s a chilly Monday afternoon, and at the head of the lawn in front of the Christian Science Center, Zili Misik are starting soundcheck, bear-hugging their instruments to keep them warm.
By MATT PARISH  |  October 21, 2009

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An unstoppable force

This time is (once again) right for Converge
Appreciation of Converge is one of those things that comes after you stop trying too hard, like driving stick without stalling at the red lights.
By MATT PARISH  |  October 15, 2009

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Crash proof

Arms and Sleepers are more than just a hard drive
I've never trusted music that's too engineered, too perfect. Headphones on the drummer and a hundred tracks running off a laptop? Most bands practice and practice to get things just right, but it's that threat of the unexpected that makes a show worth seeing.
By MATT PARISH  |  September 29, 2009

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Up and autumn!

New local rock to shake the leaves from the trees
Behold! The prime of the approaching fall local rock crop.
By MATT PARISH  |  September 15, 2009

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Band of outsiders

The Beatings are at home under the radar
The Beatings got back from their eighth US tour the day before, but they’re already reconvening over at frontman Eldridge Rodriguez’s misplaced little two-story beach house in Lower Allston. I do a double take on the way through the cute picket fence.
By MATT PARISH  |  September 09, 2009

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Delayed gratification

At long last, Autolux returns
"It's the most bizarre, perverse thing," admits guitarist Greg Edwards over the phone from LA. "I don't understand why people haven't abandoned us completely."
By MATT PARISH  |  September 02, 2009

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Feels like the first time

One Night Band could get a little messy
One thing you don't realize when you vow to support local music is that it involves sitting through the same bands month after month as they burn through drink tickets, rearrange their sets, and stall the record release.
By MATT PARISH  |  August 25, 2009

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Players only

A peek inside the world of Harmonix
Jessica Smith has spent years booking death-metal shows around Boston. On top of loads of meat-and-potatoes nights at O'Brien's in Allston and Dee Dee's in Quincy, two of her shows — Origin and Malevolent Creation — actually sold out the Middle East upstairs.
By MATT PARISH  |  August 24, 2009

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The best is noise

Howard Stelzer's tale of the tape
One night last winter, Thurston Moore and Swedish sax kingpin Mats Gustafsson popped into the Middle East upstairs for an off-the-cuff performance together. The loose group arrangement — Bill Nace and Chris Corsano joined in at the last minute — made for a thrill that you hardly ever get in rock-music circles.
By MATT PARISH  |  August 11, 2009

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The old is new

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic bring back Roger Miller
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic bring back Roger
By MATT PARISH  |  July 22, 2009

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Weekend trip

Rad four-day psych fest will free your mind, man
It pains me to have to ask this, but looking at the insane list of bands at Boston promoter Dan Shea's upcoming four-night "Homegrown" pysch fest at Church, I have no choice: what exactly does "psych music" mean at this point?
By MATT PARISH  |  July 15, 2009

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The odd couple

Jesse Gallagher meets Biff Rose
Apollo Sunshine's Jesse Gallagher recently announced that Biff Rose would be traveling from the Big Easy for a rare, one-night-only show this Wednesday at the cozy Lily Pad.
By MATT PARISH  |  July 10, 2009

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Technical difficulties

The trouble with Tristan da Cunha
Last week, Tristan da Cunha and I brainstormed some strategies by which they might finally hit the big time. Like, getting a charismatic frontman.
By MATT PARISH  |  June 23, 2009

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Screaming from the gallery

Dan Deacon, live at the ICA, June 12, 2009
Last Friday night, Dan Deacon dug frantically through tangles of cables for one that might get a live signal out of the duct-taped pile of equipment in front of him. A fire truck and an ambulance, pulling up outside the windows behind him, filled the room with dueling strobes.  
By MATT PARISH  |  June 15, 2009

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Revival of the fittest

The deep, dark Americana of the Low Anthem
While we all snoozed on eggnog during the 2007 holidays, Jeff Prystowsky and the rest of the Low Anthem were shacked up in a rickety old house on Block Island, a deserted little hamlet full of empty summer cottages off the coast of Rhode Island.
By MATT PARISH  |  June 08, 2009

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Review: The Thermals at the Middle East downstairs

The Thermals, live at the Middle East Downstairs, May 7, 2009
You know summer's almost here when the pipes that snake along the low ceiling of the Middle East downstairs start beading up with sweat in the middle of a show.
By MATT PARISH  |  May 11, 2009

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Hit the deck

Celebration's future is in the cards
It's not that Celebration were ever a bad fit for 4AD. The echo-chamber organs, the tribal drumming, and the caterwauling vocals of Katrina Ford added up to a kind of desert-peyote and fringed-suede-jacket version of the more twisted stuff in the label's catalogue, from the Birthday Party to Blonde Redhead.
By MATT PARISH  |  May 05, 2009
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