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8 new records that will give Boston rock a charge

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By MICHAEL MAROTTA  |  February 28, 2012

FUTURE CARNIVORES | Cambridge Elks Hall | March 31 | One could fill a large bathhouse with all the bands affiliated with Future Carnivores, but the dual-drumming orchestral indie-rock sextet is now more than a fanciful side-project for those in Guillermo Sexo, the Wrong Shapes, etc. Their homonymous debut record, to be released at the Tiger Mountain dance party, sparkles when it wants to and seduces when it needs to.| 55 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge | $7 | 617.354.0404

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