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REPORTING LIVE: EARTH

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Yes, Boston. There were some people in the city that were not watching the big Bruins game Wednesday night. But there were a few Bruins fans at the Middle East attending the Earth show that could not help but sit at the bar and watch the game, even though there was live music that they paid to see. Continue reading

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NEW ENGLAND ANIMATORS

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Every two years a program is assembled to showcase some of the world’s most renowned animators—as well as emerging local artists—for the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. This year, curator Branka Bogdanov, Director of Film and Video at the ICA, has put together New England Animators, the largest program of New England animations that has ever come of the bi-annual event. Continue reading

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ATWL: ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AT GREAT SCOTT

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It seems to be the case that every spring, the legendary Japanese psychedelic collective Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. makes their way through the United States. Photos, video, review, the works. We call it: ALL THE WAY LIVE Continue reading

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OLDE GROWTH

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Boston drums and bass duo Olde Growth packs a psychedelic punch with their self-titled debut. From the first track to the last, the album launches us into outer space and leaves us there to die. Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL HIGGS

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Daniel Higgs, best known as the singer of Lungfish, is currently on tour singing with the Skull Defekts from Sweden in support of their most recent release Peer Amid, which was released on Thrill Jockey February 22, 2011. I was lucky enough to sit in their tour van outside the Great Scott and have a conversation with the multitalented musician. Continue reading

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J MASCIS

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A journey of somberness brought on from time passing and anxiously waiting for what is coming next, Several Shades of Why is a whirlwind of gentle acoustic tunes layered with the famous whisper-groans that the 45-year-old is known for. Continue reading

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TRAP THEM

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What makes Darker Handcraft so beautiful is their perfected blend of thrash, punk and hardcore with a dash of grind that keeps the pit circling. Continue reading

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MCALISTER DRIVE

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You know that band you always listen to when you’re down in the dumps and feel like singing along to a whole album to subdue the somberness? Prepare to switch that band to McAlister Drive after listening to Missing Figures. Continue reading

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EYEHATEGOD AT WONDERLAND BALLROOM

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If you are doom metal fan in the Boston-Revere area, chances are you were as thrilled as I was that the southerners of EyeHateGod would be gracing The Hub soil once again with a performance at the Wonderland Ballroom, especially since there were five other bands that were sure to pack a punch. Continue reading

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DOOMRIDERS, RAMMING SPEED AT GREAT SCOTT

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Crust punks, stoner rockers, and thrashers united on the grim night before Valentine’s Day to kick out the jams with local metal favorites Doomriders and Ramming Speed along with sets from Sweet Cobra and Lunglust. Continue reading

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GABRIEL KURI

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After visiting Gabriel Kuri’s exhibition Nobody needs to know the price of your Saab at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, you’ll think differently about the next time you pick up a newspaper or receive a receipt in a store. Continue reading

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LIVE: KYLESA AT GREAT SCOTT

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Last Tuesday at Great Scott, Kylesa gave the crowd what they had been waiting for since the news came out that the Savannah, Georgian psychedelic mammoths were going to be ploughing (literally) their way through the east coast in support of their latest release: Spiral Shadow. Continue reading