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Music Preview: Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade — Turning the Prosaic into the Psychedelic

June 25, 2023
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Bass-wielding provocateur Les Claypool is an expert at warping the seemingly conventional into carnivalesque oddity.

Book Review: “Happy Forever” — An Entertaining Oral History of the Turtles and the World of Pop Music

June 18, 2023
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This offbeat bio of Turtles vocalist, songwriter, and clown prince Mark Volman has been assembled from amusing, insightful, horrifying, honest, and candidly told stories from friends, family, and even some foes.

Music Interview: Talking with Samantha Fish about the “Death Wish Blues”

June 9, 2023
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Samantha Fish is coming to the Cabot Theater on June 16. Her latest disc, produced by Jon Spencer, currently sits atop “Billboard”’s Blues Albums chart.

Folk/Rock Album Review: The Cowboy Junkies’ “Such Ferocious Beauty” — No Comfortable Retreat

June 3, 2023
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Such Ferocious Beauty ranks among the best of the Cowboy Junkies’ work — you can feel the band challenging itself, thriving in the tumult it generates.

Album Review: Minx’s “The Cloistered Order” — A Captivating Blend of Tempos and Dynamics

June 1, 2023
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Like Thin Lizzy, Minx marries metallic thunder with melodic structures and lyrics worth listening to.

Festival Review: Boston Calling 2023 — Pummeling Pleasure and Popular Sentiment on Sprawling Fields

May 31, 2023
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Boston Calling reached some highs this year, sealed by perfect weather.

Concert Review: Plenty of Boston at L.A. Festivals

May 29, 2023
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So why am I going to write about the Nuggets concert for a New England outlet? Because, totally surprising to me, there was a lot of Boston in the show.

Rock Album Review: The Latin Dead’s “Eyes of the World” — Revolutionary Pop/Rock/Latin Fusion

May 28, 2023
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Until this album, I had no idea that the Grateful Dead and salsa could blend together with such force and fun.

Album Review: Paul Simon’s “Seven Psalms” — A Prophet’s Message to Us All

May 25, 2023
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This album may be too mellow, too grim, too serious for the average listener but hear me: This is an amazing and important work of art, quite possibly the legendary songwriter’s own elegy.

Heavy Metal Album Review: Enjoying the Bleak Emotional Seas of Gozu’s “Remedy”

May 24, 2023
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On Remedy, Gozu sharpens and refines the strengths in its earlier recordings as it infuses into these new songs a finesse that doesn’t undercut the power of the music’s brute force.

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