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CHRISTOPHER GRAY

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28 grunts later

With visions of zombies dancing in their heads
The second annual installment of Zombie Kickball was a great success.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  May 30, 2007

Out on the town

Music seen, Thursday, May 24-Sunday, May 27
I managed to see (or overhear) 19 bands over a four-day stretch.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  May 30, 2007

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Handsome Furs

Plague Park | Sub Pop
Playing Bruce Springsteen to Spencer Krug’s David Bowie, Dan Boeckner came across as the humble workhorse of Wolf Parade. "What We Had," Handsome Furs  (mp3)
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  May 21, 2007

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Off the record: Week of May 11, 2007

The National, Battles, Handsome Furs, and Deerhunter
The Battles album Mirrored plays like an impossibly taut hipster remix of an air strike from Star Wars .
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  May 09, 2007

The Constantines + Sontiago & Dilly Dilly + Kid Koala

Music Seen, at Hampton Beach Casino and SPACE Gallery, April 21, 2007
An interstate concert-going misadventure...
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  April 25, 2007

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Longing for a Reminder

Feist's inevitable breakthrough
The Reminder is a soundtrack for watching your lover walk out the door.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  April 25, 2007

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Maine pop star bids to get FedExed

Howie daze
Back in the late ’90s, Bangor native Howie Day was a hard-working, constantly touring local singer-songwriter armed with little more than a guitar and a four-track.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  April 11, 2007

Do Make Say Think

Music seen, at SPACE Gallery, March 26, 2007
Do Make Say Think packed SPACE’s tiny stage like I’d never seen it before.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 28, 2007

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Dexterous feats

Menomena + Field Music + Land of Talk, Great Scott, March 27, 2007
Those of us too poor to make it down to Austin for last week’s SxSW festival were treated to a mini-showcase of some of indie rock’s strongest up-and-coming bands.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 28, 2007

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Cheap trills

Hyperbole? Not even close.
As you’re hopefully aware, the Virginia coke-rap duo Clipse are coming to the Station on Saturday.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 28, 2007

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Grin + Bear it

Panda Bear gets cuter; Andrew Bird grows fangs
Panda Bear’s new album is built from striking found sounds and samples.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 28, 2007

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A million little pieces

The remains of a country in the midst of war
Iraq in Fragments is the first documentary about the war in Iraq without a political agenda.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 14, 2007

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Milk Man ballet hits DVD

Now screening
Next thing you know, footage of the show leaked onto YouTube, ears were perked, and the misinformation started flying.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 14, 2007

Bishop Allen

Music seen, March 1, Jack McGee’s Pub, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
The kids aren’t all right. They’re obnoxious, ignorant alcoholics, and they ruined my night.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 07, 2007

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Bankruptcy won't hurt Eggers's fundraising

Money matters
Scores of independent publishing houses have faced possible shutdown in the past two months, due to the bankruptcy of the corporation that owns Publishers Group West, a major distributor in the indie book world.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  February 28, 2007

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Indulge me

How the writer of a generation stopped speaking for himself
If Dave Eggers’s career is any indication, the best way to become a writer of importance is to convince everyone you’re a self-indulgent jerk and then pull the rug out from under them.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  February 14, 2007

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Dead of winter

February 10, SPACE Gallery
The theme of the weekend in Portland’s nightlife was “Fire and Ice.”
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  February 14, 2007

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Sounds like awesome

Citadel and Modern Syndrome put their influences to bed
Citadel sound like every great psych-rock band from the late ’60s, and Modern Syndrome sound like every great indie-rock band from the ’90s.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  February 07, 2007

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The new tastemakers

Does Pandora know you better than you do?
It’s a cliché by now, but the Internet allows you to be whomever you want to be.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  January 31, 2007

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Dreams do come true

Coming attractions
Longfellow Books confirmed Tuesday that Dave Eggers will deliver a reading at SPACE Gallery on Sunday, February 25.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  January 24, 2007
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