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RUN FOR COVER: GALAXIE 500 VS. JOANNA GRUESOME: “TUGBOAT”

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether...

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PEER PREVIEW: THE FEELIES AT SINCLAIR

The Feelies: Stan Demeski, Dave Weckerman, Brenda Sauter, Glenn Mercer, Bill Million. A few years ago, on our way to Philadelphia, my wife and I got stuck in New Jersey when our rental car crapped out...

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2013 YEAR IN REVIEW: BEST BOSTON BOOTLEGS

Let’s chalk it up to three 2013 appearances of Mercury in retrograde–it’s as good a bullshit excuse as any–but this was the year we spent all our spare time listening to bootlegs recordings from before...

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RUN FOR COVER: TALKING HEADS VS. LUNA: “THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL”

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether...

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RUN FOR COVER: LOU REED VS. TWIN SHADOW: “PERFECT DAY”

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LOU REED (1942-2013)

The rock world lost a deity of the highest order this weekend with the passing of Lou Reed. Though cause of death is still unknown, the New York Times is reporting through Reed’s literary agent that a...

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RUN FOR COVER: ST. VINCENT VS. JACKSON BROWNE: “THESE DAYS”

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EXIT POLL: DAWN AND GREG @ THE FEELIES

Greg Zero, an old Feelies fan, and Dawn Hurley, a new Feelies fan, chat with me after a show at the Paradise. How the hell do you know who The Feelies are? Dawn: I didn’t know who they were until...

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THE CULT OF POINT BREAK @ LIZARD LOUNGE

Courtesy of music re-animators The Cult of Point Break Society comes the first part of a two-show attempt to cover The Velvet Underground‘s complete catalog. Tonight at Lizard Lounge, it’s White Light,...

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NOT SO ACOUSTIC: BLACK FRANCIS

When I was in high school, I jokingly wrote the name Charles Thompson IV on a sign-out sheet that allowed seniors to go outside during study hall. I didn’t think that the teacher was actually gonna...

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REPORTING LIVE: ART BRUT

At Allston’s Brighton Music Hall Monday night, Art Brut lead singer Eddie Argos did not waste much time getting friendly with the crowd. It was a crowd that, Argos correctly noticed, was not at full...

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THIS WEEK IN THE BILLBOARD TOP 10: 1991

Being able to vividly remember going to buy an album that hit stores twenty years ago is an existentially crushing feeling. Back then, when I was a devoted fan of classic rock radio, the Pink Floyd...

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WARHOL ON FILM @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE

Before we proceed with this write-up, we’d like to extend a word of caution to our readers in Art school that the likelihood of their totally freaking the fuck out about what’s coming up in bold is...

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