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SUSANNA BOLLE
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Assault and batteries
Geoff Mullen plugs in; Lord & Karlheinz freak out
After a brief stint in Pittsburgh, guitarist and electronic musician GEOFF MULLEN is back in his native Rhode Island, and the New England music scene is so much the better for it.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| February 20, 2009
So much in store
The Necks at the ICA; Weirdo Records opens up
Australia's the NECKS are the sort of band who thwart classification.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| February 10, 2009
A comprovisational what?
Free jazz at 186; Grizzler at Axiom
Local saxophonist and electronic-musician JORRIT DIJKSTRA combines a variety of styles ranging from jazz to electro-acoustic improv and noise to create his own emotive and often idiosyncratic music.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| February 02, 2009
Wintry mix
No Triangle, Subliminal Sessions, and the New Music Festival
There are so many interesting and unusual musical happenings this week, it's almost more than this little column can bear.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| January 26, 2009
Rare Frequencies: Callithumpian Consort, Thurston Moore and Bill Nace
Louder than bombs
Although composer JOHN CAGE is best known for 4'33" of silence, he could raise a ruckus when the mood struck.
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SUSANNA BOLLE
| January 20, 2009
Lows and highs
Martyn at Good Life; Infinity Window at Butcher Shoppe
Although he lives in suburban DC — a few thousand miles and an ocean away from dubstep ground zero in London — producer Martijn Deykers (a/k/a MARTYN) was one of the genre's pivotal figures of 2008.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| January 06, 2009
Here they come a-wassailing
Rock bands, throat singer, and a partridge in a pear tree
There's not a whole lot of Yuletide-themed activity on Boston's musical fringes this year, and that makes the holiday rock show at the Milky Way this Sunday all the more welcome.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| December 19, 2008
Quiet riots and class acts
The undr quartet at Open Sound; Student finals at Beat Research
The undr quartet at Open Sound; Student finals at Beat Research
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| December 09, 2008
Found sound and dance bits
The New England Phonographers Union; STU + 8GB
The New England Phonographers Union; STU + 8GB
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| December 03, 2008
Free-improv festivities
The first annual Smash Palace
The first annual Smash Palace
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| November 24, 2008
A fest for the brain
The triumphant second coming of Brainwaves
Before there was Pitchfork, Stereogum, Popmatters, or almost any other music site you can think of, there was Brainwashed.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| November 19, 2008
Speakers and listeners
Odd Couple at the Speaker Project; Ouest at Open Sound
With the three-day Brainwaves festival in town, you'd think there'd be little room for anything else this week.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| November 18, 2008
Best week ever!
Edgy gigs likely to be booked solid
Edgy gigs likely to be booked solid
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| November 11, 2008
Death rattles
Headhunter and Kid Blue so dope it’s scary
Headhunter and Kid Blue so dope it’s scary
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| October 29, 2008
Unsettling business
Kevin Frenette and Ricardo Donoso sound off
Kevin Frenette’s playing is warm yet cerebral, and his music lies in the middleground between avant jazz and free improvisation.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| October 16, 2008
Bubble and scrape
Chocolate Monk at P.A.’s, Preliminary Saturation at the Piano Factory
Chocolate Monk at P.A.’s, Preliminary Saturation at the Piano Factory
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| October 09, 2008
Booked solid
A week of deconstruction, dubstep, and drones
A week of deconstruction, dubstep, and drones
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| October 03, 2008
!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exclamation Point! diversifies its portfolio
The Exclamation Point! series started as an informal gathering of local poets, writers and theater folks, but this Saturday its organizers, the Fort Point Theatre Project, have broadened their scope and gone seriously eclectic.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| September 23, 2008
School daze
Sonorous studies at Oxfam
The shows that Tufts University’s Oxfam Café has hosted over the past year-plus are not your typical sweat-drenched college rock shows.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| September 17, 2008
Decisions, decisions
Excited strings, Swiss sound art and utter mayhem
Sometimes even when your cup runneth over, life still isn’t fair.
By:
SUSANNA BOLLE
| September 10, 2008
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