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FIELD REPORT

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“I think geography plays a big part in a personal identity, and I think in the Midwest, we’re really aware of that. We know as a band that we’re never gonna be cool.” Continue reading

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IN THE TUBES: BEIRUT – VAGABOND

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Lead singer Zach Condon has the kind of voice that feels just as natural in a playlist with Neutral Milk Hotel as it does in Lawrence of Arabia, and he takes advantage. Continue reading

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FIDELITY: CHAD PERRONE

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Chad Perrone became part of the Boston music scene 12 years ago when he was a freshman in college. I sat down with my friend and former hospital-lab colleague to talk a little bit about rock ‘n roll and not at all about sex or drugs. Continue reading

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THE MORNING AFTER: WEEKEND HANGOVER EDITION, 8.5.11-8.7.11

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Remember that time when we went to see the sold out Bon Iver show at the House of Blues and then Justin Vernon himself hit the decks at the after party in a safari hat? (I think it was a safari hat.) “THAT HAPPENED” seems to be the theme of last weekend. Here’s TMA. Continue reading

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FOTOBOM: JUSTIN VERNON DJ SET AT THE FOUNDATION ROOM

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You read that correctly. Bon Iver’s frontman spun for the show’s after party at the Foundation Room at the House of Blues last night, and the whole shebang was presented by our friends at Bushmills. This is what happens when you get a bunch of beautiful people together and they DANCE. (Especially when there’s Jess Hodge’s instant camera …) Continue reading

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BON IVER: BON IVER

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Bon Iver delivers us a cathartic indie canon, their best since the soothing “For Emma, Forever Ago.” Now, everyone’s bawled at least once through a listen of “Skinny Love” and the Wisconsinites are appearing on Letterman, so Bon Iver is under an immense amount of pressure to upstage everything the group’s done yet. Continue reading