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Photos: George Clinton at the Berklee Performance Center

George Clinton | Wilbur Theatre | Sunday, February 12, 2012.

By KELLY DAVIDSON | February 22, 2012

George Clinton, "Dr. Funkenstein, PhD.," played the Berklee Performance Center on Thursday, February 16, 2012.

READ: "George Clinton takes a victory lap through Boston," by Chris Faraone.

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"I made the right decision," says Night Fruit vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Amanda Dellevigne, referring to her 2011 relocation back to Boston, while scanning the crowd at T.T. the Bear's Place after playing a packed Tuesday-night show with fellow local favorites You Can Be A Wesley and Slowdim.
Out: The emergence of Animal Talk
Last Thursday night in Cambridge, the common act of covering Joy Division suddenly went from timeless to timely.
Out: Speedy Ortiz come together
The kickoff weekend of new local show bookers the Dreamhouse Collective was coming to a close a week ago last Monday night at Great Scott, but the walls of the Allston venue were still vibrating thanks to the grungy guitar reverb of Northamptom trio Speedy Ortiz.
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Out: A Dark Horse at T.T. the Bear’s
"I made the right decision," says Night Fruit vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Amanda Dellevigne, referring to her 2011 relocation back to Boston, while scanning the crowd at T.T. the Bear's Place after playing a packed Tuesday-night show with fellow local favorites You Can Be A Wesley and Slowdim.
Out: The emergence of Animal Talk
Last Thursday night in Cambridge, the common act of covering Joy Division suddenly went from timeless to timely.
Out: Speedy Ortiz come together
The kickoff weekend of new local show bookers the Dreamhouse Collective was coming to a close a week ago last Monday night at Great Scott, but the walls of the Allston venue were still vibrating thanks to the grungy guitar reverb of Northamptom trio Speedy Ortiz.
Photos: Stephie Coplan and The Pedestrians at The Lizard Lounge
Stephie Coplan and The Pedestrians played The Lizard Lounge on Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Photos: Less Than Jake, Sam I Am, & A Wilheim Scream at The Middle East
Less Than Jake, Sam I Am & A Wilheim Scream played The Middle East on Sunday, February 19, 2012.
George Clinton takes a victory lap through Boston
We are all George Clinton's babies.
Slideshow: Mogwai live at the Wilbur Theatre
Mogwai live at the Wilbur Theatre, May 1, 2009
Dropping by with an old friend
Even before there were festivals like All Tomorrow’s Parties to formalize the concept, Sonic Youth have always given off a curatorial air.
Review: Magnetic Fields at the Wilbur Theatre
“Similarly, here’s another song about miserable death,” Stephen Merritt drolly informed us between songs.
Cross Town Traffic at the Wilbur
When bespectacled alt-comic icon David Cross paid a visit to the Wilbur Theatre last October, he giddily tore Boston “a new asshole” — but, hey, at least he was kind enough to have “stitched that new asshole up with jokes.”
Interview: Tom Green
For a generation of mischievous thirtysomething nihilists for whom no joke is out of bounds, Tom Green is a cultural influence on the order of MDMA and Eminem.
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