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Out this Tuesday is Belle & Sebastian’s “Come on Sister” 12” on Matador, i.e. their 18th single. I will admit that, despite pretentious critical praise, I’m not the biggest fan of B&S’s latest LP (Belle and Sebastian Write About Love). It’s not that I think I’m going to get...
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Mean Creek and myself would like to thank all of you who read the article I posted about the Boston band and planned to come see them this Wednesday at the North Star. Unfortunately, I talked to Chris Keene (vocalist/guitarist) a few hours ago and he’s suffering from strep...
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My favorite people in music are three guys and a girl from Boston. They’re in a band called Mean Creek. I met them during the snow storm of 2010. They played a show at the Khyber and I’m pretty sure the five of us and tour mates Destry were...
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Although you’re probably not familiar with David Nock’s name, I’m sure you’re familiar with his work. He has engineered, mixed, programmed, and drummed for the likes of Client, The Cult, The Futureheads, and The Orb. One of his current projects, Erland & The Carnival, has him teaming up with...
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Next week Tom Tykwer’s (Run Lola Run, The Princess and the Warrior, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) latest, Three, will be screening as part of Q Fest (Friday, July 8 at 5:00 at Ritz East 1 and Sunday, July 10 at 7:15 and Ritz at the Bourse). Three...
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I first met the ineffably lovely Charlene Kaye this May at The Fire. Since then, the singer/songwriter has continued to tour the country, continued to be name-dropped by (and seen alongside) one of cable TV’s biggest musical heartthrobs, and, most impressively, (in the span of five days) convinced her...
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Trollhunter by Andre Ovredal opens tomorrow at the Ritz at the Bourse. I normally wouldn’t have much of an inclination to see a mockumentary monster movie, but the fact that its US premiere engagement prompted Chris Columbus’ company to acquire the rights for an English-language remake (and no one...
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“…and this duct tape has opened my schedule,” is likely what Casey Anthony was thinking three years ago. (Okay, maybe just the second portion. I’m pretty sure that people who enter “hot body contests” don’t listen to The Smiths.) And as of today we are officially one month (the...
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Last week Elizabeth (of the Philthy staff) and I attended Those Darlins’ gig at Johnny Brenda’s. About mid way through their set of the most beautifully sleazy garage country on the planet (or maybe the most beautifully sleazy “anything” on the planet) I asked her who she thought was...
Out this Tuesday is Belle & Sebastian’s “Come on Sister” 12” on Matador, i.e. their 18th single. I will admit that, despite pretentious critical praise, I’m not the biggest fan of B&S’s latest LP (Belle and Sebastian Write About Love). It’s not that I think I’m going to get...
Mean Creek and myself would like to thank all of you who read the article I posted about the Boston band and planned to come see them this Wednesday at the North Star. Unfortunately, I talked to Chris Keene (vocalist/guitarist) a few hours ago and he’s suffering from strep...
