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PRETTY & NICE

Pretty & Nice just got back from what seems like their 50th tour of the year, their much-labored-over debut LP Get Young is out now and the CD release show is fast approaching.

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sosolimited

In the future, presidential debates will be conducted by life-size holographic avatars of the candidates that appear on giant screens and paint each other as either cutters or runners or some combination of the two.

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Passion Pit

The last time I spoke with Mike Angelakos, founder of Cambridge-based electro-pop group Passion Pit, it was at the Lily Pad in Inman Square.

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Apollo Sunshine

Apollo Sunshine are some hippie-dippy mofos. It doesn't matter what in the hell I say though, because the trio has crafted one of the year's best albums: Shall Noise Upon. It's the third release from the group which was once based right here in Boston. One of them remains, vocalist/keyboardist/bassist Jesse Gallagher, and in the friendly confines of Inman Square no less.


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THE REX COMPLEX

Forget everything you know about eclecticism in music, because Boston's The Rex Complex is about to blow up your spot. The inventive and genre-tripping duo,

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CLAWJOB

 

The anesthetic properties of ether were discovered when people inhaled it recreationally and developed bruises with no recollection of sustaining injuries. Con artists once sprinkled diamonds around a tiny plot of land in Wyoming and convinced people to invest in giant, utterly diamond-free swaths of the state.

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Pray for Polanski

Singer/guitarist Aviv Rubinstien formed Pray for Polanski in 2005 out of the remains of his old high school band, B&D Confusion,

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The Conversions

I should probably toss how "all good things must come to an end" into my lede, but here are the facts: After an LP, a couple of 7-inches,

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THE MAJOR LABELS

Usually supergroups are disappointments—but not these guys. The Major Labels are Boston powerpop favorites Bleu McAuley, Mike Viola and producer Ducky Carlisle.

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MOTHERBOAR

In Metal-land, there're basically two types of acts: bands that focus on the rock so hard and with such ferocity, they might as well be in the armed forces,


Featured Blogs

Tea and Sympathy: Multimedia art show by Peter Pizzi - Opening Reception 10/04

By magicman on Wed, Oct 1, 2008 11:00 am

ATLANTIC WORKS GALLERY PRESENTS Tea and Sympathy: Provocative New Work in Video, Photos, and Dioramas, by Peter Pizzi


Meet and Greet the Author of Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands

By UPPEditor on Wed, Oct 1, 2008 10:15 am Come meet Christopher Klein, author of the new guide, Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands, who will sign books and talk about the fascinating history of the harbor islands. Think: pirates, pilgrims, shipwrecked sailors, and prisoners of war. Enjoy your mid-week lunch break at Borders Back Bay. It's never too late to plan a day trip to the spectacular harbor islands--only fifteen minutes away, but a world apart. Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Time: 12:30pm-2pm Place: Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 Contacts:

Health and Human Services Public Hearing

By Naoko Yoshida on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 12:53 am

“One of the most heart breaking things for me is the great number of homeless veterans,” said Ralph Cooper, executive director of Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse. “As you can tell, I’m getting older and my gray hair tells the truth. You can’t imagine how painful it is for me to talk with men and women who served in Vietnam, men and women who are young, coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq and they are homeless. How disgraceful is that?”






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