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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Susanna Jackson
Whatever genres and prefixes you pair up to label Bent Knee's music will hint at its uniqueness, but fall short of encapsulating the dynamic sound the ensemble has conjured up for Shiny Eyed Babies. But to avoid being dramatically enigmatic, let's go with symphonic avant-indie epic art-rock. See where the power and the problem lies?
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Susanna Jackson
Five minutes into "Traces," the man to my left shouted, "Shit!"In the remaining 85 minutes of the acrobatics and dance infused production at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, the man would yell, "Damn! ... Jesus! ... No! ... How?" As the seven artists dare-deviled about stage, his unbridled reactions weren't the only exclamations to ring through the audience - waves of gasps, oohs, and aahs rose above the music and soundscape, before erupting into applause.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Emily Hopkins
Images by Emily HopkinsBy 1:15pm this afternoon, only a couple dozen Boston University students had gathered on Marsh Plaza for a #HandsUpWalkOut action to show support for Michael Brown and other victims of racism and police brutality.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
If you had to select the one day of the year conventional wisdom suggests would be the worst day to open a new retail storefront, the easy pick would be Black Friday. Yet that was precisely the day partners and couple Ryan Habbyshaw and Kim LaFoy decided to open Loyal Supply Co. in the heart of Somerville's Union Square.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Tak Toyoshima
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Scott Murry
HANG (available now)GENRE | PUNK (MASTER'S DIVISION)LABEL | FAT WRECK RECORDS It's been nine years since Lagwagon's last proper LP, and that's because of lead man Joey Cape's creative sincerity. Countless bands produce an album, and spend the next few years and albums trying to capture that first charming buzz. Lagwagon took their time and it shows. Hang is the four-block shape in Tetris you wait anxiously for, but when it arrives, its a perfect fit, harmoniously restoring order.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Tak Toyoshima
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Martin Caballero |Martín Caballero
LABEL | PRIMORDIAL SOUNDS GENRE |(END OF SUMMER) TREAT RELEASE DATE | 10.14 In July, CreaturOs dropped their ode to psychedelic summer bliss, "Short Shorts." That was just a preview of what they have in store on Popsicle; just as the weather begins turning from cold to f-ing freezing, a last potent dose of fuzz guitars and tambourine slaps before hibernation sets in.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
Legendary Kenmore Square festering petri dish of an iconic and career-launching rock club, The Rathskeller, needs no introduction here. But if it does, say if you weren't even born yet when it launched in 1974 (or even when it closed in 1997, for you wee tykes), The Rat is more than just a missed-mark tribute room in a posh hotel nearby (which it also currently is).
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
digboston.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
For over a decade, Middlesex has been at the epicenter of all manner of dancing, rocking, DJ'ing, special nights-ing, and all around revelry for those who stomp through the night with swelled chests and an inkling to get wild. They also served lunch. Well, it appears that's about to change as a notification that was sent out tonight by manager Nate Brown details the decision to make the shift, shut down at the end of December for some renovations, and what that means in the coming months.