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Imagine a long, straight stretch of desert highway in the dead of nighttime. All is quiet. There’s no cars for miles and miles away, and you’re so far from light pollution that every speck of illumination is visible. You find yourself staring into an endless vacuum that’s equal parts cold…
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Looking for a deep analysis of music? Craving those beautifully crafted descriptions? Look elsewhere on our site for that. Jim goes to shows. He has thoughts and these are them. Well I went to a show and what a show it was to have gone to. All the things I…
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As I began listening to Space in My Noggin, the latest full-length from the Dirty Dottys, I started to feel a little anxious. I started to feel this strange twitching in my glutes. I considered calling my doctor, but then I realized what the issue was. My booty was shaking.…
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Toluca Lake’s Breath in Passing: A Show of Power and Grace Very rarely does a release from the local scene immediately make you think of widespread appeal. Buried in the textures and melodies of Toluca Lake’s Breath in Passing is an artistically complex yet accessible attempt at true indie pop…
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Looking for a deep analysis of music? Craving those beautifully crafted descriptions? Look elsewhere on our site for that. Jim goes to shows. He has thoughts and these are them. This time I went to the Worthen and I watched the show. Could you even believe that I was some…
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One of the busiest hip hop acts in New England have returned with a new album showing why they are relevant in the present as well as the future. The Fitchburg based duo, JoE GriZzly which is comprised of MCs Shotyme, J. Jordan the Architect with in house spinner DJ…
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Roughly 200 miles from East Durham, New York to my Massachusetts residency and I completely f*@ked up. Fret not; I won’t waste your time by covering my weekend at GJK Fest – mostly because this review isn’t about me. But you should know a few things: 1.) I actively seek to…
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The Squires of Soul’s Shape Your View: A Groove for Every Beat Lowell-area favorites The Squires of Soul are a group that has achieved something truly admirable—they’ve mastered their own corner of stripped-down, funk- and reggae-inspired soul. With their latest full-length release Shape Your View, they prove this mastery can…
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I’ve seen a small handful of instrumental rock bands play in the greater Lowell area. Most of them have sounds characterized by angular and complex riffs, even more complex drumming, guitar effects, looping, extensive vamping, gradual volume build-ups, odd time changes etc. Most of these aforementioned musical traits commonly fall…
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Supergroups generally are pretty bad. When you think of the term, what comes to mind but bizarre configurations of multi-millionaire musicians, crafting versions of their pre-existing material that is either tepid at best, and unlistenable at worst? Think of how many people are nostalgic for musical mistakes such as SuperHeavy,…
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