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Glasgow’s Best Band Is Growing Up So Fast!new
While Sons and Daughters proclaim a fondness for that suddenly very popular first wave of post-punk, their sound is far more raw, aggressive and surly than today’s coiffed roster of ripoffs -- forget Chairs Missing, this is chairs smashing.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
08-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sons and Daughters
Due for Departurenew
Bluesy garage band Mr. Airplane Man are breaking up, but not without a final flight.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
08-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mr. Airplane Man
Cross-Cultural Soul Revivalnew
A seven-piece band, a stint in Clarksdale, Mississippi and some time spent tickling a church organ on the South Side of Chicago? Yeah, it's Boston native Eli Reed and he has got soul.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
08-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Christ: "Thanks, but Could You Turn It Down Just a Smidge?"new
Amps for Christ pushes the boundaries of Americana music and gleefully injects it into the hardcore scene. Amen.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
08-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
One Hot Outfitnew
The Keys To The Streets of Fear declare their love for Dior Homme menswear director Hedi Slimane and his ties.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
08-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Quit Looking at Kid606new
Kid606 is busting out his laptop full of dub-laced tracks. Just don't stare at him anymore.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Resilience, Kid606
Beatseria Unonew
Straight out of the Midwest, Chicago's DJ Heather focuses on the beats, not the gimmicks, in her new set from the Fabric series.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Heather
The Son Also Risesnew
Femi Kuti, the son of Nigerian Afro-beat creator Fela Kuti, carries on the musical revolution while fighting poverty and injustice.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Femi Kuti
Worth Far More Than 60 Seconds of Your Timenew
A documentary provides a slice of the early punk scene through the rough and tumble tale of the Minutemen.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-06-2005 |
Reviews
Intel Outsidenew
Kieran Hebdan of Four Tet navigates the murky depths between rock and electronic music...and talks about laptops.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet
Don Henley, Don Quixote: Whichevernew
The Dirty Projecters wander through the windmills of California, in search of love, wisdom and the "Boys of Summer".
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Grrrls Gone Wildnew
The new album by riot grrrl renegades Sleater-Kinney is catchy to the point of suspicion, and raw to the point of surprise.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
Love, Frustration, Mystery and Bullshitnew
The Weekly Dig finds out why James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem doesn't give a damn about the post-punk revival or the New York City scene.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
ON “PWN3D!!1!”new
That’s pronounced "owned" -- an exciting variant of schadenfreude; as cultural attitudes go, it’s blowing up. All across the Web, people are tuning in for quick peeks of other people hurting or humiliating themselves.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
05-19-2005 |
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