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Needle In The Haystack: My First Tooth

posted: January 31, 2011

One need not look any further than My First Tooth‘s OurStage profile to hear praise about this week’s Needle In The Haystack. Described as “jaunty”, “gorgeous” and “a triumphant victory parade”, My First Tooth is…
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Drifting Thoughts

posted: July 14, 2010

If nautical-themed rock (naut-rock?) sets your heart sailing, then you’ll want to chart a course to Seattle indie rockers The Thoughts. Singer Ian Williams is the proprietor of a haunting Yorkeian falsetto. Like the Radiohead…
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AUGUST'S LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT LARGE, JAY SWEET

posted: August 3, 2009

I’m sitting backstage at Folk Festival 50” a celebration of 50 years of music history in Newport, RI” listening to 90-year-old Pete Seeger headlining a sing-a-long with a phalanx of younger artists armed only with…
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ARTISTS RALLY AROUND THE SAVE PASTE CAMPAIGN

posted: May 15, 2009

From Seattle to Boston, economic hardships are hitting many major players in the world of print media and the entertainment titles are not exempt. The latest would-be causality is the independently published entertainment magazine Paste,…
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1090 Club, the Natural Selection

posted: March 23, 2009

Most bands wouldn’t be able to thrive in the rural countryside, but the 1090 Club didn’t take this as a setback. On the contrary, they capitalized on being a “big fish in a small pond”…
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3 things you don't know about SXSW

posted: March 13, 2009

If you’re looking for things to do at SXSW we have plenty to add to your itinerary: a list of must-sees from Paste Magazine’s Jay Sweet, a TON of OurStage artists live on stage and…
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