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Why I Will Never Attend Another Arena Concert

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DOM

Last night during The Pill at Great Scott I saw DOM, the latest up and coming group from the bustling central Mass. music scene. It was a 5 dollar show; certainly one of the cheaper shows I’ve been to in awhile. The sound was great, the crowd of about 60 or so was into it, and the band was a mere six feet away from me playing their hearts out. A good time had by all. For some reason, I couldn’t help comparing the experience to an arena show I went to a few years ago when I saw The Who play the TD Banknorth Garden.
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Lo-Fi Sunshine: Woods – At Echo Lake

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Woods - At Echo Lake

Artist: Woods
Title: At Echo Lake
Label: Woodsist
Release Date: May 11, 2010

I had the good fortune of catching Woods open for my favorite psychedelic Swedes, Dungen, last August at Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect. One band member kneeled on the floor the entire stage with an old cassette tape player and a mic making all sorts of static noise loops while the rest of the band appeared to be playing on equiptment that was swiped out of a 60’s pawn shop. Little did I know I would be getting some sort of wonderful fusion between The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, and Animal Collective. Now upon the heels of glorious SXSW buzz and hype they’re releasing a most anticipated follow up to their very stellar Songs of Shame LP.
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Eye Witness Records New Album

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Eye Witness on WRBB

I recently took on the project of managing the Worcester, Massachusetts based husband and wife folk duo Eye Witness. As I write this they’re busy as bees in the recording studio working on tracks for their debut album. After seeing Rainy and Milo Logan perform live on numerous occasions I’m thrilled that they’re finally satisfied enough with their current material to cut their first record.
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