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Social Studies | Wind Up Wooden Heart
Antenna Farm Records (2010)
It appears that San Francisco indie-pop band Social Studies have a hit with Wind Up Wooden Heart .
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| August 04, 2010
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! | I Love You! I Love You!
I Love You! I Love You! I Love You And I’m In Love With You! Have An Awesome Day! Have The Best Day Of Your Life! on Luaka Bop (2010)
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! are a dance/electronica collective known around the Manhattan/Brooklyn scene for their elaborate live performances, where members wear outrageous costumes made of stuffed animals and have on-stage pillow fights.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| May 12, 2010
Bearstronaut | Broken Handclaps
Self-released (2010)
There's a distinct absence of wildlife or astronauts on Lowell electronica quartet Bearstronaut's latest release.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| January 13, 2010
Review: Fanfarlo at T.T. the Bear's
Fanfarlo, live at T.T. the Bear's Place, December 17, 2009
I wasn't expecting much from London indie-pop band Fanfarlo at T.T.the Bear's last Thursday evening. For the passed month, I had a live performance of theirs bouncing around my iPod, which I downloaded only because I thought their name was cool.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| December 22, 2009
Review: The Walkmen at Middle East
The Walkmen, live at Middle East downstairs on September 18, 2009
It was strange to see the sparse instrumentation from which NYC’s The Walkmen drew their atmospheric, honey-dipped sound last Friday at the Middle East.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| September 23, 2009
Review: Muse | The Resistance
Warner Bros. (2009)
English rock trio Muse here attempt a rock opera.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| September 22, 2009
Review: Boys Like Girls | Love Drunk
Columbia (2009)
Local power-pop foursome Boys Like Girls were initially viewed by some critics as the next Panic at the Disco.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| September 15, 2009
Street Sweeper Social Club | Street Sweeper Social Club
Epic (2009)
Rap-rock group Street Sweeper Social Club have been hyped as a supergroup.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| June 23, 2009
Review: Cattle Decapitation's The Harvest Floor
Metal Blade (2009)
Doom lite
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| January 27, 2009
Review: Akon | Freedom
Droppin', poppin', etc.
Back in April 2007, R&B singer and rapper Akon dry-humped a 15-year-old girl on stage, an incident that led to some overblown criticism in the conservative media.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| December 15, 2008
Monster Mosh
Bane at ICC, October 31, 2008
The intensity level may have been a hair tamer last Friday at the ICC in Allston — an unassuming DIY venue in a church's function hall — but Halloween gave the night a twist.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| November 07, 2008
Red Sparowes
Aphorisms | Sargent House
The brainchild of Isis guitarists Jeff Caxide and Bryant Clifford Meyer, this post-rock outfit is inspired by Mao Zedong’s attempted eradication of farm-pestering sparrows in the late 1950s.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| September 02, 2008
Hip-Hop The Hard Way
The Press Project at Bill's Bar, August 29, 2008
A smidge of DIY-punk ethos was probably the last thing anybody expected Friday at Bill’s Bar: no roadies were spotted as the Press Project's rhythm section set up their own equipment.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| September 02, 2008
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst | Merge
It’s just an Omaha boy playing some good old country pop — for once.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| August 26, 2008
Noise in the hood
Big Digits and Chinese Stars at Middle East Upstairs, July 5, 2008
A knowing sense of humor emerged between songs, legitimizing the chicanery as mere friendly artistic expression.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| July 07, 2008
Mark Lind and the Unloved
The Truth Can Be Brutal | Sailor’s Grave
It may all be very familiar, but it’s reassuring and refreshing to know that some people never change.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| July 01, 2008
Monsters unleashed
7L + Esoteric at the Middle East Downstairs, June 13, 2008
The best moments came when Eso ran down his action-figure collection — from Silver Surfer to Storm Shadow — while wearing an X-Wing commander helmet.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| June 19, 2008
The Morning Benders
Talking Through Tin Cans | + 1
It’s an ageless template that works well here.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| May 06, 2008
The Replacements: Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash;
Plus, Stink; Hootenanny; Let It Be (Deluxe Editions) | Rhino/Rykodisc
The Replacements have a well-chronicled history of sabotaging their own rock stardom.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| April 29, 2008
Hot Water Music
Til the Wheels Fall Off | No Idea
If nothing else, it’s a reminder that two guitars playing the same power chords isn’t always a bad thing.
By:
DAVID BOFFA
| March 25, 2008
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