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...with the Neighborhoods, Clouds, and Dana Colley for a raucous night of music. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. 18+. Tickets available from the Middle East box office or through Ticketmaster. $15. (PRC)Clandestino: Rock In Spanish Dance Party. The event will feature Lucybell, a noted, fiery Latin-American band. T.T. the Bear’s Place. 9 p.m. $12. (KF)Saturday, Nov. 19Jim Carroll and The Catholic Boys. Poet-turned-punk Jim Carroll, whose song “People Who Died” can be heard during the opening scene of “E.T.,” arrives...
...results were…eclectic. 1. Bebel Gilberto - “So Nice (Summer Samba remixed by Mario Caldato Jr.)”: Damn, thank goodness this song came up first…I love this song. It’s so chill. 2. Ken Oak Band - “Madness & Back”: Though this ain’t my favorite track on his newest album, this one still is a pretty defining piece…an angel, wings of guitars, robe of cello, voice of Ken. 3. Musiq (Soulchild) - “Girl Next Door ft. Ayana?...
...Intelligent Dance Music” (IDM) label, more justifiably for their Warp Records-killer debut as Manitoba than for Snaith’s more recent pastoral glitch. But instead of the timid knob-twiddling and reclusive laptopping characteristic of the genre, Caribou played like a real live band. In fact, there were no computers in sight: the album’s dense programming was accurately reproduced with only keyboards, a guitar, and two drum sets. While in general a second drummer on stage means either a gimmick or an inability to keep rhythm, these performers actually put them to good...
...floor on hands and knees, and both are equally titillating to unfunny sometime-comedian David Cross, whose inclusion in the video merely serves to justify indie sex and swagger. The sexually dubious hotness only furthers the confusion one feels about the band’s new sound. The band speeds up to a climax that seems to say “Look, we have heard the Vines before,” only to slow down to the familiar Reptilian garble that we love to pretend not to love. New Strokes? Old Strokes? Which is better? More posturing, more cool outfits...
...Gimme Fiction” LP, with at least one song from each of their past releases. Luckily for all, Spoon did not fail their ever-so-trendy minions, delivering an earnest collection of new and old favorites that owed its occasional hollowness not to the spirit of the band but to the acoustics of the venue. The band began the set with a progression of older songs, to the warm response of an audience understandably acquainted more with recent hit singles. Both parties seemed much more comfortable once the band brooded into the well-delivered “The Beast...