indie rock

Rock Album Review: Andrew Bird’s “Outside Problems” — Weighty Experiments

August 14, 2023
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The album may be loose and jagged, but there are no half-baked moments because Andrew Bird’s ear for rhythm, and his impressive improvisational skill, are too inventive to ever be dull.

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Book Review: “Your Band Sucks” — Plying the Murky Terrain of Indie Rock

August 21, 2015
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Guitarist Jon Fine’s memoir is an intriguing blend of history, sociology, entertainment, and a healthy dose of after-hours pulp.

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Fuse CD Review: The Old Ceremony – Not Just Cool By Association

July 25, 2015
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None of these pedigrees guaranteed that The Old Ceremony’s music would live up to the promise. After all, cool by association does not equal great on one’s own.

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Rock Review: The Ego and the Ecstasy of Deerhunter’s “Monomania”

June 5, 2013
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Dramatizing the essence of punk was Bradford Cox’s chief goal while composing “Monomania,” which he describes as a “very avant-garde rock & roll record.”

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Pop Music Review: Death Cab For Cutie Drives With the Big Boys

July 9, 2011
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Death Cab for Cutie’s newest album isn’t a big departure from their usual sound, but it is a step in their evolution: the group has a new theme — adulthood.

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Coming Attractions: Popular Music in August 2010

August 13, 2010
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Ambient indie-pop and summery surf sounds take over Boston in the second half of August. By Thomas Samph August 13, Deerhunter at Royale At a Deerhunter show, the sight of frontman Bradford Cox’s skeleton-like figure striding on to the stage through a thick mist (sometimes wearing a dress) is as ethereal and spooky as his…

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Popular Music Review: Light and Darkness in The National

June 8, 2010
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Perhaps independent music’s biggest “it” band right now, The National have recently released their fifth album, and appear on the brink of crossing the threshold from well-kept secret to mainstream sensation, if their recent back-to-back sold out shows at Boston’s House of Blues are any indication. By Justin Marble In college, I took a comparative…

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