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Today's Hotness: The Superman Revenge Squad Band, Joey Sweeney, Heyward Howkins 27 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
>> The brilliant Ben Parker doesn't owe us a damn thing, of course, but jeepers it is hard to keep up with his various enterprises. Our admittedly weak recollection was Croydon, England-based Mr. Park...
Today's Hotness: Winter, The Snowy Owls, Krill 25 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
>> We've been looking forward to the opportunity to put this blog post together because of the obvious parallels between the first two items. So here we have it: two Clicky Clicky faves, bearing wintr...
That Was The Show That Was: Bent Shapes Feels Weird Release Show With Potty Mouth And Krill 23 Aug 2013 | 08:19 am
[Photo courtesy of Brad Searles] Shows like Sunday's at Allston landmark Great Scott are the reason why our favorite bands seem to be getting more press in, say, Pitchfork than the Boston media these ...
Today's Hotness: Best Friends, Sapphire Mansions, Radstewart 22 Aug 2013 | 08:27 am
>> Art Is Hard Records continues to command attention, not only for its fine curation and great taste, but also due to brave and unconventional packaging concepts. Perhaps it's because of their singul...
Coming To Your Local Bandstand: Golden Gurls/Bored Spies 19 Aug 2013 | 07:46 am
Back in the early days of the blog we'd tell you about tours, you know, the important ones from bands that mattered, like Dirty On Purpose or Relay or Frightened Rabbit-back-when-it-was-a-three-piece ...
Review: Bent Shapes | Feels Weird 18 Aug 2013 | 07:17 am
With this long-awaited debut full-length -- and the years of work it represents -- Boston trio Bent Shapes can lay claim to a place among the nation's preeminent indie pop bands. Although we're hard-p...
Today's Hotness: Black Hearted Brother, The Young Leaves, Ancient Babes 15 Aug 2013 | 07:53 am
>> It's the sound of getting hit full on in the face by a massive, iridescent ocean wave. It's the kind of unbridled sound that Neil Halstead fans have been waiting to hear again since the 1990s, as h...
Review: Eros And The Eschaton | Home Address For Civil War 12 Aug 2013 | 12:32 am
Here's a thing that is true: a lot of dream pop is not dream-like; as beautiful and as subdued as certain of it may be, the descriptor often acknowledges an aspiration, not an actuality. There are, ho...
Today's Hotness: Edelweiss, Chestnut Road, The Weaks 9 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
>> Honestly, we were worried about these guys. We turned on to Edelweiss in 2011 and wrote about them here; the band caught our attention not only because the five-piece was making well-articulated, m...
Today's Hotness: Joey Sweeney, White Reaper, Sky Larkin 4 Aug 2013 | 07:54 am
>> Delaware Water Gap, Penn.-based label La Société Expéditionnaire disclosed late last month it will release new music from Philadelphia indie rock legend Joey Sweeney later this year. The label, hom...
