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PATRICK MCDERMOTT
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On the Cheap: New Saigon Sandwich
Vietnamese worth battling standing-room crowds for
Sure, it's easy to walk right past New Saigon Sandwich — its unassuming storefront is nestled between some of Chinatown's flashier Dim Sum staples. But once you've tried their delicious, authentic, and obscenely affordable Vietnamese lunch specials, it's even easier to ignore its ostentatious competition.
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PATRICK MCDERMOTT
| April 26, 2012
Cloud Nothings | Attack on Memory
Carpark (2012)
With Attack on Memory , the third full-length from Cleveland-based Cloud Nothings, 20-year-old frontman Dylan Baldi approaches new, drastically darker material with the same empty-bottle angst that made his previous releases so appealing.
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PATRICK MCDERMOTT
| January 24, 2012
Now I'm Feeling Gothified
100 Greatest Goth Songs: The Spotify playlist
Plus, the WFNX goth special.
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PATRICK MCDERMOTT
| October 27, 2011
Sleep ∞ Over | Forever
Hippos In Tanks (2011)
Of all the underground scenes causing a stir in the online music community, the sleepy lo-fi that's been coming out of Austin might be the least effervescent.
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PATRICK MCDERMOTT
| October 04, 2011
Out: On a hot summer night at the Middle East, Dream Hits surf a garage-pop lullaby
Wake up the buzz meter
Following a lively opening set of Americana-infused indie rock from South Shore five-piece War Presidents, Dream Hits breezed through their show with the infectiously simple "Bummer" and the sweet melodrama of "Meat," a song that sounded so warm and familiar that even the most intoxicated coeds were bouncing and swaying in all the right places.
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PATRICK MCDERMOTT
| July 28, 2011
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[new punk] Nice Guys, "Mean Songs" demo, house show Saturday
[saturday in somerville] Veronica Falls + Brilliant Colors @ Radio
[live recap + phlipcam video] Youth Lagoon @ T.T. The Bear's Place
Masterstrokes: Pre-Vinylite Society sign-painting demo at Orchard/Extension Gallery this weekend
[retro video alert] Columbia House Record Club Ads from the '70s and '90s
O.G. Occupy Boston: Photos of protests from 1969-1980
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[playlist] Our music fall preview hits Spotify
Meet Ken Kelly, the man behind the metal-est Phoenix cover ever
[phlipcam video] Dream Hits + War Presidents @ the Middle East Upstairs