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The Toasters look back at early days of stateside ska

30-year-old skank
Despite its seminal role in the creation of first-wave UK punk, ska in America doesn't get no respect.
By REYAN ALI | January 10, 2012

Class of 2012: Boston's 12 best new bands

A dozen fresh faces on Boston's music scene
If 2012 truly represents the End Times, then it's best to go out with a sonic bang.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | January 05, 2012

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Ladybug Transistor in Boston with Hallelujah The Hills

The Ladybug Transistor create a new pop shade

Growth spurts
Brooklyn might not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about overgrown blooms and country air. But for the past 16 years, Gary Olson of the Ladybug Transistor has made the city parks and street-lined canopies of Flatbush his own private garden.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | June 29, 2011

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Rumble winners John Powhida International Airport

Out: John Powhida International Airport wins the 2011 Rock And Roll Rumble

We have liftoff
The de-facto demise of WBCN might have been the best thing that could've happened to the Rock And Roll Rumble, if the finals Friday at T.T. the Bear's – capped off by a curtain call/group hug decreeing John Powhida International Airport the 2011 champs – was any indicator.
By BARRY THOMPSON | April 26, 2011

John Powhida International Airport wins rumble semifinals

Photos: 2nd night of semifinals at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble

Black Thai, Old Jack, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, John Powhida International Airport | April 15, 2011
John Powhida International Airport win the second night of Rumble semifinals
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | April 20, 2011

Gold dust at the semifinals

Rumbling
Two epic nights of Boston rock rolled through T.T. the Bear's Place last week for this year's Rock 'n' Roll Rumble semifinals. For fans there to see one band, it was a crash course in the Boston music scene's eclectic mix.
By SOOZ | April 20, 2011

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Boston band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

Photos: Fifth night of preliminaries at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble

Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling win the fifth night of Rumble preliminaries at TT's | April 8, 2011
Rock 'n' Roll Rumble at TT The Bear's
By KEN MARCOU | April 11, 2011

Sidewalk Driver at the Rock 'n' Roll Rumble

Photos: Sixth night of preliminaries at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble

Sidewalk Driver win the sixth and final night of Rumble preliminaries at TT's | April 9, 2011
Rock 'n' Roll Rumble at TT The Bear's
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | April 11, 2011

Photos: Rock 'n' Roll Rumble night #1 with The Blizzard of 78, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, Old Jack, McAlister Drive

Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents win the first night of the Rumble preliminaries
Rock 'n' Roll Rumble preliminaries | TT The Bear's Place | April 3, 2011
By KEN MARCOU | April 04, 2011

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Ron Sexsmith faces his doubts

Stepping out of the shadows
Shhhh. There's a middle-aged English music legend sleeping in the shadows. Look a little bit closer and you might see the outline of his fedora and iconic Buddy Holly glasses. I'm not going to say his name, but he's just one of the members of rock's royalty who frequently lauds Toronto-based songwriter Ron Sexsmith.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | March 24, 2011

Walter Sickert leads a band of musical misfits

A Broken Toy story
When Walter Sickert and his Army of Broken Toys played an official First Night show at the Hynes Auditorium on New Year's Eve, they ran overtime and the soundman pulled the plug — which isn't quite the smartest way of shutting down an acoustic band.
By BRETT MILANO | February 05, 2011

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Runner and the Thermodynamics catch up with their past

Reigniting powerlines
As sagas of rock-and-roll near-misses go, there's a cinematic quality to Runner and the Thermodynamics, who in the early 2000s channeled their reverence for '70s arena rock into a power-pop detonation that briefly cracked the glass ceiling of the music biz.
By BARRY THOMPSON | November 16, 2010

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