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Owl City Electrifies Boston
posted: June 27, 2011
I wasn’t sure what to expect as I headed to Owl City‘s June 26th show at Boston’s House of Blues. After all, Adam Young’s electropop project is famous for earning a 1/10 from those notorious…
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The Boy Band Boom
posted: June 27, 2011
Do you ever miss the days when boy bands reigned supreme? When *NSYNC dominated the charts and when having a crush on Nick Lachey was totally acceptable? At the risk of losing all of our…
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Sound And Vision: Cover Me — Ten Remakes Of Great Songs That Are Better Than The Originals
posted: June 24, 2011
“Have you lost your mind?!” That’s the thought bubble I could have sworn I saw spring from my friend’s head several weeks ago when I mentioned that my all-time favorite remake is Aretha Franklin‘s 1971…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Thomas Dolby Dreams Of A Floating City
posted: June 22, 2011
Even if you have only a passing knowledge of ˜80s new wave, it’s likely that Thomas Dolby has a place in your heart for lending some class”not to mention the occasional touch of funk”to the…
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Sound And Vision: Top 40 Show Tunes — Seven Music Icons Whose Songs Should Rock Broadway
posted: June 17, 2011
Though I’ll probably never be a huge fan of the Broadway musical, occasionally, they rock. Such has been the case for Great White Way song-and-dance productions based on the music of the Who, Bee Gees,…
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Q&A With Sondre Lerche
posted: June 14, 2011
Sixties pop, melodic indie rock, contemporary jazz, Brazilian psych-folk, singer-songwriter”these labels don’t quite do justice to the ground that Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche has covered in his ten-year career. Which is why it’s amazing that,…
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