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Review: Varsity Drag| Night Owls [MP3]

It neither sounds like it was recorded in a metal shipping container, nor does Night Owls completely hew to the straight pop-punk for which Varsity Drag fronter Ben Deily has long been known. But...

That Was The Show That Was: Sonic Youth, The Feelies| Wilbur

[PHOTO CREDIT: Michael Piantigini| We welcome back to these digital pages longtime friend and occasional contributor Jay Kumar, who you may recall hosts the podcast Completely Conspicuous. -- Ed.]...

And Then This Happened: Sonic Youth, Feelies| Wilbur| 11.22.09

Sonic Youth and the Feelies at the Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA; 11/22/2009; Photos by Michael Piantigini

Review: Calories| Let's Pretend That We're Older EP [MP3]

OK Calories EP review go the idea of a Calories EP is sort of laughable because the brilliant Birmingham, England-based power trio's no-bullshit approach to melodic, sculpted punkwhatever already...

Coming To Your Local Bandstand: Lilys' California Mini Tour

Well, they didn't take the stage for either of the Slumberland shows last weekend, but Kurt Heasley and his current cohorts (who knows who that is; the band's redesigned MySpace hacienda is...

Footage: Lorelei Cover Lilys' "February 14th"| Slumberland 20th Anniversary

Inveterate, jet-setting shoegaze junky and friend of Clicky Clicky mgrooves flew in from the left coast for the Slumberland 20th Anniversary shows in D.C. and Brooklyn last weekend, and captured the...

Rock Over Boston| drivin n cryin| TT the Bear's| 11.15.2009

[Photos by Michael Piantigini]It would be easy to go on for a thousand words about drivin n cryin (in fact, when I started this review it was starting to look like I would), because theirs has been a...

YouTube Rodeo: Johnny Foreigner's "All Mosely Gardens" Rehearsal

We're working on a write-up about this song for Sweeping The Nation's "Noughties By Nature" best songs of the decade thing. Yeah, surprise, surprise, we're writing about Johnny Foreigner again. This...

If We Ran The World: Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Edition

Venerable indie pop label Slumberland Records marks its 20th anniversary with special shows in Washington, D.C. Friday night and Brooklyn Saturday night. Full details and links to tickets can be...

Review: Nosferatu D2| We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The No

Here is England's greatest contemporary lyricist, Ben Parker, coupling his words and fairly singular guitar playing with the punishing drumming of his brother Adam to create perhaps the greatest...