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BOB GULLA

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Steady rollin’ man

Duke Robillard on touring with Tom Waits, and more
“Right now I’m more happy than ever,” says Duke Robillard.
By BOB GULLA  |  September 19, 2006

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Wild and crazy

Erik Narwhal and the Manatees celebrate 15 insane years
This month, Erik Narwhal is celebrating 15 years in the business, a feat in itself and surely a reason to party.
By BOB GULLA  |  September 13, 2006

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The power of pop!

Hooray for Minky Starshine; plus, the Brother Kite
Dashing down the corridors of the hallowed power pop pantheon comes Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals, Providence’s latest, and perhaps most intermittent, aspiring hitmaker.
By BOB GULLA  |  September 05, 2006

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Grab bag

Fun in Charlestown, two new discs, and more
The 9th Annual Rhythm & Roots Festival hits Charlestown this weekend, in its traditional and very effective Labor Day weekend slot on the calendar.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 29, 2006

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Growing up in public

Ricky Valente’s compelling new Loveless Letters
Ricky Valente, former wiz kid, has transformed himself into a legitimate and gifted songwriter.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 22, 2006

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Life after gabba-gabba

Hey, it’s Uncle Monk, featuring Tommy Ramone
You might already know that Pete Depressed and his roving Irish rousers the Gobshites are amid a recording experience at Wellspring Studio, with Depressed and Huck Bennert at the console.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 17, 2006

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Raising Hell

Daughters’ hardcore mayhem; Eric Fontana; Coat of Arms
It could be that with the new Daughters album, Hell Songs , we’ve reached the end of the sonic line.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 08, 2006

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Life after Bizkit

 Fred Durst's 'new' career
Last week, Fred Durst made a quiet appearance in Providence, not trawling for nookie (though he did recently get engaged to a local woman), and not as a musicmaker.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 02, 2006

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Local color

Michael Corrente draws on his roots
Michael Corrente will be presented with the Creative Vision Award for his influential and ambitious work next week at the 10th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 02, 2006

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Knives out

The new sound of Neo Nouveau; plus Wetlands Preserved
A few years back I raved about a band called Holiday.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 02, 2006

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Ready for action!

Monty Are I go national with Wall of People
It’s hard to say how many showers they’ve missed or how many T-shirts they’ve gone through in the month-plus they’ve been on the road this summer, but it’s safe to say that the van they’re crisscrossing the country in is rife with man-stink.
By BOB GULLA  |  July 25, 2006

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Moore on the fringe

Sonic musings; plus, the Hope Anchor and a pair of fests  
Name-dropping has never been a favorite pastime on this page, but something came up in an interview I had with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore last week that I wanted to pass along.
By BOB GULLA  |  July 18, 2006

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Playing it smart

Black & White stick with it; plus, SoundSession ’06
If you’re a band looking to survive in this frigid social climate, you have to be either really smart or really stupid.
By BOB GULLA  |  July 11, 2006

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Lucky number seven

Jake’s big birthday bash; plus, the Marlowes fade away
To bend a line by Raymond Carver, what do you talk about when you talk about club anniversaries?
By BOB GULLA  |  July 05, 2006

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Good Grooves

Fever Dream heats up; Zawadi’s heady soul stew
For many reasons, much great music is created in the darker recesses of the mind, where dreariness, despondence, and desolation rule. Of course, it doesn’t always have to be the case.
By BOB GULLA  |  June 27, 2006

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Homegrown in Newport

The Sunset Music Festival; plus, Someday Providence
Of the many reasons to love Newport, the city in the summertime — with its uncertain drivers, parking nightmares, and stampeding herds — is not one of them.
By BOB GULLA  |  June 20, 2006

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Sonic experiments

Santa Mamba’s Saints and Sinners; plus RiverSing
Santa Mamba's new disc, Saints and Sinners finds the band’s chemicals growing a wee bit stale.
By BOB GULLA  |  June 15, 2006

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Blasting off

Neutral Nation goes south
You might not buy this, given the band’s propensity for reunion gigs, but the Neutral Nation show at the Living Room on Saturday will most likely be their last.
By BOB GULLA  |  June 06, 2006

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Local heroes

Mark Mulcahy, Alec K. Redfearn, and more  
Alongside the Feelies, R.E.M., and the Replacements, Mark Mulcahy’s Miracle Legion was one of the most promising of the indie bands of the mid-’80s.
By BOB GULLA  |  May 30, 2006

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Classic meets modern

The Audiocentrix’s ambitious and inspired Suicide Lust  
The Audiocentrix just celebrated the release of their second disc last weekend.
By BOB GULLA  |  May 23, 2006
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