In the meantime, Ford and the crew are trying to learn some Web coding so they can make everything a full-blown in-house affair. (A friend is at the helm of the site for now.) "We're thinking about even getting an intern or something." And she goes on, "Everything has actually been more positive than ever since we've been working on this. People who want to talk to us seek us out and tell us they love it. And it's good to hear that. We're musicians — we need it."
CELEBRATION + NEPTUNE | Middle East upstairs, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge | May 9 at 9 pm | $10 | 617.864.EAST or www.mideastclub.com
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Like other East Coast indie-rock outfits such as Blonde Redhead and the Walkmen, Baltimore’s Celebration reflect their city’s tense energy with moody minor chords and complex rhythms that lurch and rattle like mass transit after midnight.
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A knowing sense of humor emerged between songs, legitimizing the chicanery as mere friendly artistic expression.
- Fortunate one
It was no surprise to find Chris Brokaw in Hawaii last week, just two Saturdays before he’s due back in Cambridge to pull a double shift upstairs at the Middle East.
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There’s a ton of imagination and energy at work in town redefining (for the umpteenth time) what Boston sounds like.
- RIP 3516
Over the years, hordes of bands have played 3516 (Darkbuster and many more), and this Monday at the Middle East upstairs, there’s a benefit for the displaced rockers.
- Arresting developments
Lack of talent, charisma, and/or personality can prevent a good band from achieving greatness — but too much of a good thing can also be a problem.
- Sweet release
I don’t want to waste your time waxing philosophical about the problematic logic behind qualifying music “good” or “bad,” much less pontificating on whether “sophisticated punk” is an oxymoron.
- Adoring public
If the goal was to bring to life for a night the strange beast that is cable access, they nailed it.
- Boo-ya!
Maybe it’s because dressing up as the economy would be kind of lame, but I’m haven’t heard Jack O’Shit in the way of truly scary costume ideas this year.
- What Should Never Be
On this Saturday afternoon, the legions of the School of Rock (Boston branch) were pretty much indistinguishable from the real Led Zeppelin, who were themselves teenagers when they formed in the late ’60s.
- Heavy mettle
It might have been in Lake Station, Indiana, that Hel Toro realized that, no, they were not all that metal.
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