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On the racks

June 20
Nelly Furtado, Frank Black, Pearl Jam, Fatboy Slim, and Luna.
By MATT ASHARE  |  October 27, 2008
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Arresting developments

Joan As Police Woman lets her guard down
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.
By MATT ASHARE  |  September 16, 2008
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Rock therapies

Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti work it out
A little over four years ago, the Boston music scene lost one of its cuter couples when singer-songwriter Blake Hazard and guitarist/producer John Dragonetti left town for LA.
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 22, 2008
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Boston music news: July 11, 2008

Notes on the New Year
The New Year, a band the Kadanes started with Chris Brokaw on drums a decade ago, are still a going concern.
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 08, 2008
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Fortunate one

Chris Brokaw is booked solid
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.
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 07, 2008
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Geography lessons

Street Dogs remain Boston to the core
"You could put us in Anchorage or Alaska or Antarctica or even somewhere in the Himalayas, and at heart we’d still be from Boston.”
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 24, 2008
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Boston music news: June 13, 2008

Notes on Ketman and more
After three EPs, Ketman are ready to release a full-length album.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 11, 2008
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Remasters of the universe

The ‘definitive’ Mission of Burma
The adage “All things come to those who wait” tends not to find too many useful applications in rock and roll.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 09, 2008
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Rock relaunched

Orbit resume their aborted mission
Jeff Robbins is something of a rock star — just not the kind who plays Super Bowl halftime shows or collects Grammys.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 02, 2008
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Boston music news: June 6, 2008

Notes on 7L & Esoteric, Travels, and Mission of Burma
The local rap duo 7L & Esoteric head east on their new full-length.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 02, 2008
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Quitting time

Lock and Key close up shop
Sometimes you just gotta eat shit.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 28, 2008
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’Round the outside

The most popular artists in our BMP have indie roots
Although music isn’t necessarily getting more political in content these days, it does seem to be borrowing a trope from the political world.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 19, 2008
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Boston music news: May 23, 2008

Notes on the Submarines and two great local benefits
There are two worthwhile benefits coming up this week.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 19, 2008
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Jazz hands

Geoff Farina’s new Glorytellers
There was a time when it was easy to hate Geoff Farina. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 19, 2008

Hot and cold

A revved-up Bang Camaro and techno Freezepop lead the way
Bands and artists do have a way of coming and going here in Boston.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 07, 2008
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Buggy

Chris Ballew’s POTUSA
Seattle’s Presidents of the United States of America were the right band from the right place at the right time when their homonymous debut flew up the charts back in 1995.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 06, 2008

Scoring points

Tiger Saw show some animation
A tap-dancer, a magician, and an eight-piece horn section. According to a recent Web-site missive from Tiger Saw, the latest incarnation of the Newburyport-based indie collective includes all three.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 09, 2008
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Dead Child

Attack | Quarterstick/Touch and Go
From the first monster-metal riff and warlock scream, it’s pleasantly obvious where Dead Child are headed on their full-length debut.
By MATT ASHARE  |  April 29, 2008
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Zedek’s æsthetic

Thalia continues to move beyond Come
Thalia Zedek is hunched over a pint at the Cambridge Brewing Company, looking a bit like a grizzled veteran of some sort of mythical rock-and-roll war.
By MATT ASHARE  |  April 29, 2008
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Indie gets the blues

The Gossip, the Black Keys, and the Kills
White rockers generally come by the blues one of two ways.
By MATT ASHARE  |  April 23, 2008
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Un-Unbusted

The Billionaires escape from the island
Unbusted. If that name rings a bell, chances are you were around Boston three years ago.
By MATT ASHARE  |  April 22, 2008
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Political dispatches

State Radio approach punk on Year of the Crow
Last summer, Chad Stokes (né Urmston) had the ultimate New England jam-band experience.
By MATT ASHARE  |  April 15, 2008
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Bonus rounds

Elvis Costello, the Lemonheads, and Whiskeytown get the deluxe treatment
How long before this year’s This Year’s Model becomes last year’s This Year’s Model ?
By MATT ASHARE  |  April 08, 2008
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Déjà vu

Spring Arts Preview: R.E.M., B-52’s, Counting Crows, Breeders: what year is it again?
Prepare yourselves: R.E.M. have decided to become a rock band again.
By MATT ASHARE  |  March 10, 2008
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Voices carry

Stephen Malkmus, plus Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan as the Gutter Twins
Stephen Malkmus never sounds like anyone other than Stephen Malkmus.
By MATT ASHARE  |  March 05, 2008
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Restless songsmith

Steve Smith finds a home for his rock in Boston
He wasn’t quite happy, and throughout Dirty Vegas’s two-disc career, he continued writing introspective, confessional songs on his acoustic guitar.
By MATT ASHARE  |  February 27, 2008
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Boston hits Detroit

Peter Wolf joins forces with Kid Rock
There’s a dirty little secret about the J. Geils Band — one that diehard Boston fans don’t always appreciate hearing.
By MATT ASHARE  |  January 29, 2008
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Doherty dos and don’ts

From the Libertines to Babyshambles
Not even Pete Doherty’s regular absences were enough to hold back the Libertines.
By MATT ASHARE  |  January 22, 2008
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A winning combination

Hot Stove, Cool Music at the Paradise Rock Club, January 5-6
Fans of the Sox and of local rock once had at least one thing in common: a big inferiority complex.
By MATT ASHARE  |  January 08, 2008
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Cold remedies

Stephin Merritt warms up on Distortion
One suspects all colds are terrible in the world of Stephin Merritt.
By MATT ASHARE  |  January 07, 2008

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