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fIREHOSE: LOWFLOWS: THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY (’91-’93)
For a band that had its share of high water marks throughout its career, it’s curious that they’re remembered by a retrospective that lives up to its name a little too well. Continue reading
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FUTURITY: A MUSICAL BY THE LISPS
Are there two more diametrically opposed artistic mediums than indie rock and theater? Probably not. One prides itself on its bone-bred indifference to all things big and flashy and the other successfully employs, well, the big and flashy.
If that’s the case, Cesar Alvarez didn’t get the memo. The Lisps’s frontman is getting set for the OBERON debut of Futurity,
a wild-ass musical detour into an alternate Civil War history backed by a live, indie folk soundtrack from The Lisps themselves.
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DR.DOG: BE THE VOID
Beneath the beanies and charm-ingly zonked-out facade, Dr. Dog have real chops and a trained ear for quirky songcraft. Continue reading
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FEEDBACK: THE SPITS
Punk rock was born in the clubs, and the Seattle gutter punks want to keep it there Continue reading
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FEEDBACK: PATRICK COMAN
The man behind the For The Sake Of The Song cover series gets set to take on the legendary Tom Waits. Cool by us. Continue reading
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FEEDBACK: B FOR BRONTOSAURUS
Gee golly wow wilikers! B For brontosaurus? More like A for Awesome … amirite? Continue reading
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FEEDBACK: FOR THE SAKE OF SONG PRESENTS THE BAND’S MUSIC FROM BIG PINK
Goddamnit, for the sake of song can we just hear some music by The Band? Please? Continue reading
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THE BLACK KEYS: EL CAMINO
Remember when the Black Keys were just a couple of raunchy noisemakers decked out in sweat-drenched flannel and motley beards? Yeah, that was great. Continue reading
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FEEDBACK: FACES ON FILM W/ STEPHEN KONRADS, THE ABBADONS
Is Mike Fiore getting too big for his Boston britches? Maybe, and deservedly so. Continue reading
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FEEDBACK: BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES W/ THE NERVOUS EATERS, SATIN KITTENS
They say rock music is a young man’s game. We call bullshit. Continue reading
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