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New Music from Founding Members of The Slip

  The two brothers, Brad and Andrew Barr, from The Slip have put together a new outfit conveniently called The Barr Brothers. They’re currently working on a full length album due out later this year but the first song has been made available for our listening pleasure. Beggar In The Morning  by The Barr […]

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New Caribou track – “Odessa”

On April 20th, Caribou releases his new album, Swim, onto the masses on Merge Records here in the states and City Slang in the UK and Europe (released on 19th). The first track to come out is Odessa. While I’m excited for many albums this year (Hot Chip, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, etc), Caribou is definitely […]

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Beach House – Pitchfork Videos and that’s all

I’m not writing much about Beach House because enough has already been said but here are some videos from Pitchfork TV that I will share. For those who happen to stumble on my blog and have never heard of this band or about the hype surrounding their recent release, Teen Dream, I’d be curious to […]

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Toussaint and Buru Style @ Johnny D’s 1-15-10

Filed Under Live Show Back in November I stumbled upon an article in the Boston Herald discussing the return of a local legend – Toussaint the Liberator. For years, Toussaint played at Matt Murphy’s in Brookline with the China Band. Nights would get pretty hot and packed at the small Irish style pub in the […]

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Decade in Review: Yo La Tengo

When it comes to music geeks, you don’t have to look much further then the trio from Yo La Tengo – James McNew, Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley. What started out as a husband and wife project in the early 80s is now considered one of indie musics more sought after acts. It’s amazing to […]

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Review of Phish 3.0 – Summer 2009

Ah yes, the ever loving Phish heads and their plans to take over the music world by convincing every living soul that Phish is the gateway to complete and total consciousness. I will admit, when I was 16 and saw my first Phish show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia in 1996 I was set on […]

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Passion Pit @ Paradise Rock Club 6/18/09

  When I first heard “Sleepyhead” early last year I didn’t know what quite to think. Minus the vocals, the sound was familiar. Electropop is nothing new and is considered by some to be almost mainstream thanks to Matt Murphy and his LCD Soundsystem project and our friends across the pond, Hot Chip. But if […]

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Weekend Concert and Dj Grab Bag

Very excited to share with you my anticipation for Saturday night’s Great Lake Swimmersshow at the Brattle Theatre here in Cambridge. Been digging Tony Dekker’s folky, melodic banjo sounds since his debut S/T album back in 2003. This isn’t a “lets get ready to rock and dance our socks off” show. A typical night of […]

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New Song: “Le Flying Saucer Hat” by Chairlift

It would be interesting to run a report on the origins of bands currently inhabiting both the island of Manhattan and the various neighborhoods of Brooklyn. If you were to tell me that Chairlift were recent transplants from Boulder I wouldn’t have believed you. This sound doesn’t come from any where else but NYC, Brooklyn, […]

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