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Stream New Caspian Album "Waking Season"
posted: September 19, 2012
Massachusetts post-rock band Caspian have been picking up steam this year. With a fall tour on the horizon, opening for Minus The Bear and Cursive, they’re sure to be making a strong impact across the…
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Live Wired [Review]: Ra Ra Riot 10/20
posted: October 25, 2011
During the first weeks of Live Wired, we talked all about Guster and Jack’s Mannequin when they toured together over the summer. The opening band on that tour, Ra Ra Riot, are now on their own…
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Exclusive Q&A: Stephen Kellogg Shows Thanks For 'Gift Horse'
posted: October 13, 2011
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers are one wild animal that won’t be tamed. Passing through a multitude of record labels as varied as the folk-based country/alternative rock sound the band generates, SK6ERS have taken their…
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Teenage Dream
posted: September 21, 2011
Ria Eaton may be young, but she’s got an old soul and an impressive resume to boot. The Billerica, MA, singer has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, battled bands at the Hard Rock Café…
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Metal Monday: The Summoned
posted: March 14, 2011
What happens when a band is influenced by acts such as Death, Necrophagist, Cynic, Origin, Between The Buried And Me, Decapitated, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Faceless, Into The Moat, The Dillinger Escape Plan &…
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Metal Monday: Dysentery
posted: February 7, 2011
Dysentery is one of two things: what you get when you try to ford rivers in Oregon Trail, or one of the most crushingly heavy bands to ever come out of Massachusetts. Given this column,…
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