• Looks like MARIE STELLA are calling it quits. This past weekend's gig at the Empire was billed as "one of our last shows." Bummer. We were pretty into their girl-fronted indie-pop thing.
• Similarly, the excellent pop-punk SOPHOMORE BEAT have got a goodbye party planned for August 12 at the Deering Grange. Bummer. We were pretty into their sneering, cynically upbeat thing.
• In the not-calling-it-quits department, DEAN FORD has put the polish on a new two-song EP (single?) called Control, which will be released August 2, the same night he'll be busting out the entirety of Purple Rain. Get ready for some serious glam.
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Without introduction or ceremony, a contained, violent dialogue erupted between one flanneled man and his guitar.
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