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The Wonder Years, Future Teens, and Oso Oso // TLA Philly // April 11
By Wendy For a band with a following as loyal as the Wonder Years, it’s easy to feel like a fair-weather fan most of the time. Shocking that they slipped through the genre cracks for this listener, when you consider that most of their lyrical fodder waxes prosaic about summers spent in Pennsylvania, and the
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Marquis Lavoie & Aaron Gillespie & Friends // The Rockwell // March 18
By Wendy Music is a spectrum! It’s not out of the ordinary for a single musician to branch into different genres and bands as their oeuvre expands. And it’s always a treat to see popular musicians in a new element, which is what made Wednesday’s show at the Rockwell so special. Hometown hero Greg Marquis
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Tiffy, Bowling Shoes, Hands Free, & Really Great // The Cantab Lounge // March 14
By Wendy Last Saturday found us all in a bit of a Northeastern University reunion of sorts, with several bands, photographers, and friends in the Cantab‘s audience all connected to each other thru various on and off-campus organizations. (And what reunion would be complete without a little onstage kvetching about our alma mater?) But in all
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March Gigs
In like a lion and out like a….crowd exiting a show? Here’s hoping some more sunshine and more music boosts what’s been a rather tough start to the year. There’s a lot to see! Here’s what we’re mulling for March: Cat Power // Roadrunner // Wednesday, March 04 Let’s try to build a calming, reflective
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Strawberry Coffin // The Silhouette Lounge // February 25
By Wendy It’s bitterly cold in Boston, and it has been for months, and we’ve had historic snowfall that was cute the first time, but is now making everyone even grumpier. The back room at the Sil was doing its best to rally against weather on Wednesday night, despite Long Kate getting snowed in in Providence
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February Gigs
Anyone else have yet to thaw? It was six degrees most of January and we’re still shivering. But you know what? there are places to be and gigs to see and you just gotta chill out to the max about it. Literally. Here’s what we’re hype about: Andro Queen // O’Brien’s Pub // Sunday, February