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Though its disorganized stacks make finding the right record a game of Where’s Waldo?, In Your Ear carries a wide selection of used vinyl and CDs. Owner Mark Henderson TK [check] focuses on acquiring a collection of hard-to-find classic vinyl as well as cheap used CDs. In Your Ear has a friendly, hands-on staff that is more than willing to chat it up with the costumers. And even if customers cannot find exactly what they wanted in the Cambridge location, employees will direct them to In Your Ear Boston...
...with basic subs, clubs, sandwiches and an extensive all-day breakfast menu. Servings are generous to a fault, and most orders come with a choice of various classic breakfast sides. Be sure to try the ham, cheese and mushroom omelet (5.50) and the soft home-fried potatoes [TK! Price? CONSISTENCY...
...Title TK" is an adroit recreation of the Breeders' early '90s sound, although more atmospheric than the other Breeders albums, as well as slower and more and contemplative. At bottom, the chord progressions, simple guitar lines, and laid-back angularity of the arrangements are still there. But something else is missing, and it's the energy a band tends to give off when it's functioning like a band as opposed to recording artists with back-up musicians. Call it bandness...
...real band, the members each assume the right to contribute a part to the song and to some extent make their playing interesting in its own right, even as they uphold a group rhythm and harmony. There is an audible ongoing struggle between competition and collusion. "Title TK" represents an effort on the part of the Deal sisters to make something that captures the spirit of their long lost band, with a hired drummer and bassist taking orders. It's half a band and two employees impersonating a dead band. The songs are smart and pretty and delivered with feeling...
...Songwriting still counts for a lot, and "Title TK" is a good album even though it's the worst Breeders album. There are worse revivals afoot, one of the most unfortunate being that of Gary Wilson, who recorded an album of eccentric funk tunes in his parents' basement in the '70s called "You Think You Really Know Me" that attracted a cult following. Wilson is now back on stage doing an imitation of his old self. At his sold-out show in Manhattan last week, Wilson sang the songs from that record with a well-oiled back-up band, dropped...