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...Tags & Codes,” a darling album for indie rock enthusiasts. Since then, their music has been received with less than tepid ethusiasm. Some say that it was because they signed with Interscope. Some say that it was because Neil Busch, bassist and electro-noise maker, left the band. Some say that “Source Tags & Codes” was so perfect that anything that came after it would naturally pale in comparison. Whatever the case may be, Trail of Dead has been in a slump for the past seven years. The latest release from them, however...
...Seksu’s breakthrough album, “Citrus,” came out in 2006, it filled a gap in underground music. Loud enough to satisfy My Bloody Valentine fanatics but pretty enough to entice indie pop listeners, the album acquired a large and diverse audience. The band soon developed a reputation for intense live performances fueled by pounding drums and passionate vocals, but listening to their new release, “Hush,” one would find this hard to believe. Leaving rock sensibilities behind in favor of meandering pop musings, Asobi Seksu has transformed into...
...saying nobody wants to hear us and that we’re being too loud,” says Johnston. “A lot of people assume that if you’re playing on the street you’re not any good.... I have a band, I’ve made recordings, I’ve played in clubs, and I have had a CD reviewed by the Boston Globe.”BROTHER BLUE IN CRIMSON LANDIn addition to the common misconception that street performers are not talented artists, it is also easy to assume that...
...House of Blues, a former Harvard Square institution, broke in its new digs in Boston last night to the tune of a reunited J. Geils Band. Dan Aykroyd and Isaac Tigrett—who also founded the Hard Rock Café chain together—opened up the first House of Blues in Harvard Square on 96 Winthrop St. in 1992. It closed in 2003 after outgrowing its original space, which held only 180 people. After the House of Blues closed, Brother Jimmy’s, a southern-themed bar and restaurant, moved in for about two years. Tommy Doyle?...
...most people, the Boston Marathon is a race hosted annually by the City of Boston on Patriots’ Day in April. But to a select band of individuals from across the country, “the” Boston Marathon happens in February, and requires 24 hours, not 26 miles, of endurance. Every year since 1976, a few hundred fans have spent one full day enjoying the best and worst of the last century’s science fiction cinema. The festival’s location has changed since the event first began—moving from...