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...from Slint to Braid have reappeared for tours, only to fade back into legend. Even the Pixies are rumored to be in the studio again. These moves invariably beg the question of motive: music, money, or something entirely different? For Dinosaur Jr., the issue is much more complicated; few bands have as tumultuous a history. The band was founded in 1983 in Amherst, MA. J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Emmett Patrick Murphy (“Murph”) came together as Dinosaur, adopting junior status later due to copyright issues. J and Lou, who had recently broken up their hardcore...
...Ying Quartet. Part of the Houghton Chamber Library Music Series, this event will feature the Blodgett Artists in Residence performing a program of Beethoven, Michael Torke, and Dvorák. Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. 8 p.m. $20 general admission, $10 students. (CNC)Sand Machine. Boston folk-rock band Sand Machine plays selections from their EP “Running of the Tree Frogs Week.” A cross between late Beatles, The Band, and Neil Young, Sand Machine will play alongside fellow Bostonians The Gulf, Freighttrain, and Medina Sod. The Middle East Downstairs...
...release of this package was: why are the Roots’ fans so different from those of other rap groups? To be specific, a large portion of their fans inexplicably consist mostly of white college students who otherwise listen mainly to jammed-out college rock stalwarts like Dave Matthews Band, U2, and Phish...
...Roots also put on a great live show, and rarely do they fail to be at least good, if not often fantastic, in their albums. This compilation offers a worthwhile summary of a hip-hop band with a great sound, an interesting set of values, and a decent, if inconsistent, set of albums...
...fateful party was well-attended, and I drifted from circle to circle, trying to be sociable, but I felt like an old band-aid floating in a swimming pool: directionless, conspicuous for the wrong reasons, and a bit of a downer to anyone who sees...