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Out: Boston loses a musical ace

Ketman a go-go bye-bye
As the book says, it is best to follow the example set by Jesus Christ himself — live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse.
By BARRY THOMPSON | September 13, 2011

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Trabants | Highwire Surfing

Lifted and Gifted (2011)
Only the future knows whether Boston's Trabants made a commercially savvy choice by disseminating a record of scorching surf rock during one of the snowiest winters in memory.
By BARRY THOMPSON | January 19, 2011

Photos: Ketman live at the WFNX Clambake

Ketman | WFNX Clambake | Lansdowne Pub | June 27, 2010
Ketman live at the WFNX Clambake, Lansdowne Pub, June 27, 2010
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | July 01, 2010

Ketman | Ketman a Go Go

Lifted & Gifted (2010)
The winking disconnect between Ketman’s promotional art (swingin’ young people from a half-century ago enjoying the pleasures of their hi-fi system; Twiggy types with black bars across their eyes) and Ketman’s music (lean, pugilistic rock with 1980s American punk in its rear-view mirror) is now a little less disconnect-y.
By ZETH LUNDY | May 19, 2010

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The scene is now

What we can learn about Boston from the local winners
As newspapers cede arbiter status to random bloggers with Fios and afternoons off, the function of polls like our humble offering must change out of necessity. What once was a forecast is now more like a diagnostic — it's anthropology versus tastemakery.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | July 30, 2009

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Year in Local Pop: Local motion

Our 2008 playlist
Bands come and go, but songs stick around.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | December 22, 2008

Hump Day?

Ketman, Tristan Da Cunha, Thunderhole, and Paparazzi, Great Scott, January 10, 2007
It’s reassuring to know that one can walk into a small club in the middle of the week and still see four local bands without being bored or disappointed by any of them.
By JOE BERNARDI | January 11, 2007