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RUN FOR COVER: SILVER JEWS VS. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: “PET POLITICS”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 17, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

It's Friday, so it's time for our weekly cover track vs cover track mashup featuring Silver Jews vs The Mountain Goats.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2005, Acoustic, Column, Cover song, Indie Rock, Music, Nina Corcoran, Pet Politics, Run for Cover, Silver Jews, The Mountain Goats, The Natural Bridge

SOLE TRAIN: CONVERSE ANNOUNCES FREE FIVE-NIGHT TAKEOVER AT THE SINCLAIR

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 16, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Because the names are so huge, let's re-state that this is 100% free.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2015, Action Bronson, Baths, Bent Shapes, Boston, Chance the Rapper, Concert, converse, Converse Rubber Tracks, Descendents, Dig, DigBoston, Dinosaur Jr., Doomriders, Electronic, Emo, Free, hip hop, Indie Rock, King Tuff, live, Michael Christmas, Nina Corcoran, Passion Pit, Radclyffe Hall, rap, rock, Rozamov, Slayer, The Replacements, The Sinclair, The Young Leaves

BARGAIN BANDS: MAYFAIR LINEUP IS TOO GOOD TO BE FREE (BUT IT IS)

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 11, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC

"We’re excited to showcase a variety of some of the best music in the city at this celebrated event that ushers in the fair weather season.”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: 2015, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, Free, harvard square, local, Mayfair, Mayfair Festival, Music, Music Festival, Nina Corcoran

RUN FOR COVER: FUGAZI VS. RUBBLEBUCKET: “WAITING ROOM”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted April 3, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 13 Songs, 1980s, 1989, 2015, Boston, Column, Columnist, Cover, Cover song, Dance, Dig, Fugazi, Hardcore, Indie Rock, Music, Nina Corcoran, Post-Hardcore, Rubblebucket, Run for Cover, UVM, Vermont, Waiting Room, Washington DC

RUN FOR COVER: ALVVAYS VS. BEN GIBBARD: “ARCHIE, MARRY ME”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted March 27, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

There's something about sunny '60s pop that never gets old.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 1997, 2012, 2015, Alvvays, Archie Marry Me, Ben Gibbard, Boston, Chris Walla, Column, Columnist, Cover, Cover song, Death Cab For Cutie, Dig, DigBoston, Kintsugi, Music, Nina Corcoran, Oregon, Run for Cover, Seattle, Zooey Deschanel

DECLARING PEACE ON WAR: PEACE WITH AN ELECTRONIC TWIST ON NEW BELLE AND SEBASTIAN EFFORT

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted March 27, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

On their new album, Belle and Sebastian have gone electronic.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Belle and Sebastian, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance, house of blues, Indie Rock, Interview, live, Music, Nina Corcoran, Peace, Scotland, Scottish, stevie jackson, Twee, war

RUN FOR COVER: SLAYER VS. SEAN BONNETTE OF ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD: “SOUTH OF HEAVEN”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted March 21, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

Let's get one thing straight about Slayer: as easy as they are to make fun of, they're an important band.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 1988, 2015, AJJ, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bomb the Music Industry!, Boston, California, Column, Columnist, country, Dig, Download, folk punk, Free, Free Music, Jeff Rosenstock, metal, Music, Nina Corcoran, Run for Cover, Sean Bonnette, Slayer, South of Heaven, Thrash Metal

RUN FOR COVER: JIMI HENDRIX VS. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG: “HEY JOE”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted March 13, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. In this case, Charlotte Gainsbourg makes magic out of Jimi Hendrix's classic rock staple.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 1966, 1986, Boston, Charlotte for Ever, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Classic Rock, Column, Cover, Cover 2014, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix, Lars Von Trier, Nina Corcoran, Nymphomaniac, rock, Run for Cover, Serge Gainsbourg, Soundtrack

RUN FOR COVER: DIANE CLUCK VS. DM STITH: “EASY TO BE AROUND”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 27, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

The most casual, out-of-touch listener can find comfort in the soft tones and easy strumming that make folk the most accessible backdrop music.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, Boneset, Boston, Chamber, chamber pop, Column, Columnist, Cover song, Dark, Diane Cluck, Dig, DigBoston, DM Stith, Easy to Be Around, Folk, Freak-Folk, Grizzly Bear, Heavy Ghost, Heavy Ghost Appendices, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Music, My Brightest Diamond, New York City, Nina Corcoran, Oh Vanille, Regina Spektor, Run for Cover, singer songwriter, Sufjan Stevens

‘RILLEX-N-EFFECT: HUNDRED WATERS TURN EDM INTO AN OASIS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 25, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Live, their shows elevate the music to impossible proportions.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2015, Coca-Cola, Coke, EDM, Electronic, Folk, Hundred Waters, Indie Rock, Interview, Music, Nina Corcoran, Show Me Love, Skrillex, superbowl, superbowl ad, SXSW, The Moon Rang Like a Bell

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