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Rock Album Review: Sigur Rós’ “Kveikur” — Still Mystifyingly Poetic

June 24, 2013
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In terms of composition, the songs on “Kveikur” are structured more straightforwardly than those on “Valtari,” but Sigur Rós remains determined to deny the listener the grand post-rock climaxes.

Rock Concert Review: Channel Reunion — Reviving Memories of a Legendary Rock Club

June 24, 2013
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The crowd emptied into the humid Boston night having bridged the past and the present, thanks to the incredible talent of the city’s local music scene, reunited in tribute to a club that hosted many such moments over its 11-year history.

Fuse Theater Review: An Exhilarating “On the Town” in the Berkshires

June 23, 2013
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What fun!! I’m so glad to have seen “On the Town,” a hard-to-get-right musical in this lovely, lusty and lithe production.

Theater Review: “The Merchant of Venus” — Shakespeare, Politically Corrected

June 22, 2013
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This production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice” tries to have it both ways: a show about intolerance, bigotry, and hatred is set in a ‘politically correct’ past.

Fuse Commentary: Letter from the Hinterland — Cheering on Children and the Arts

June 22, 2013
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What is perhaps most astonishing is that families of every economic stripe, even those for whom it is a great sacrifice, are seeing to it that their children experience these pleasures, despite the sad fact that schools all over the country are cutting back on arts programs.

Theater Review: “Not What Happened” — Exploring History’s Vanishing Presence

June 21, 2013
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What Ain Gordon’s play demonstrates is that even when records are indecipherable and incomplete, we still have the right, and perhaps the responsibility, to imagine what happened.

Film Review: “Journey to Italy” — A Compassionate Masterwork About Marriage

June 21, 2013
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Despite all the irritating behavior exhibited by both spouses in “Journey to Italy,” the film is ultimately a work of great compassion.

Film Review: “The Iran Job” — Basketball and the Search for a Common Ground

June 20, 2013
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“The Iran Job” is an engrossing documentary that cannily integrates basketball and a look at Iranian street life in the months leading up to and including the Green Movement protests.

Music Feature: Rolling With Ezekiel’s Wheels

June 20, 2013
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“We’re in this really great place now where the music [klezmer] can sound fairly traditional in style but at the same time we can do more in-depth arrangements.”

Music CD Review: Kanye West’s “Yeezus”—Taking on the Mainstream

June 18, 2013
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Every aspect of “Yeezus” has been shaped to alienate Kanye West’s fanbase – from the lack of cover art to the undernourished track list of ten songs.

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