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LOVE INKS: E.S.P.
GENRE | MINIMAL DREAMS VERDICT | SWEETNESS AND SPACE LABEL | HELL, YES / CITY SLANG RELEASE | 5.10.11 You have to hand it to a group that leaves their recordings so empty. It’s a hard thing to do, like...
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ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI: MOMENT BENDS
GENRE | PLUCKY POP FOR PAST AND PRESENT VERDICT | UNIVERSAL VINTAGE LABEL | V2 RECORDS RELEASE | 5.3.11 Architecture in Helsinki are known for their bizarrely costumed, puppet-featuring music videos...
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GOMEZ: WHATEVER’S ON YOUR MIND
GENRE | PERFECTLY BALANCED POP-ROCK VERDICT | CONSISTENCY OF VANILLA LABEL | ATO RELEASE | 6.21.11 GOMEZTHEMAN.COM Nothing about this album feels under-produced. Each track features at least a horn...
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THE DODOS: NO COLOR
GENRE | GAP/VW COMMERCIAL SOUNDTRACK VERDICT | MONOCHROMATIC LABEL | FRENCHKISS RELEASE | 3.15.11 Okay, Dodos, you’re getting there. While the percussively danceable duo’s fourth album doesn’t carry...
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DIG THIS: GRACEFUL EXIT 12″ RELEASE
the jokes write themselves Before we begin, we’d first like to say two things—one, we had to get this Dig This spread custom-made in order to handle the added beefcake load of mentioning Machine twice....
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THE ANYMEN: ESPERANTO
GENRE | LACQUERWAVE VERDICT | BACK IN BEIGE LABEL | SELF-RELEASED RELEASE | 6.10.11 THEANYMEN.BANDCAMP.COM With a sleek mix and retro-futuristic sonic décor, The Anymen’s Esperanto has the feel of a...
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MAJOR LADIES OF BOSTON @ CHURCH
Every now and then, we here in the Calendar Department like to dabble in a little light didacticism in these blurbs, typically in regards to adopting of a policy of not fucking with certain...
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KITSUNÉ MAISON
KITSUNÉ MAISON COMPILATION 11: THE INDIE DANCE ISSUE GENRE l FRENCH BOOGIE VERDICT l CLUB KID PARADISE LABEL l KITSUNÉ MAISON RELEASE l 5.17.11 KITSUNE.FR European twenty-something’s, stylish in...
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DIRTY DISHES: THE MOST TARNISHED BIRDS
GENRE | ‘90s HEAVY MASCARA VERDICT | LEFT TURN IN WONDERLAND LABEL | SELF-RELEASED RELEASE | 3.4.12 DIRTYDISHES.BANDCAMP.COM Ahhhh snap. Dirty Dishes have finally emerged from the studio with their new...
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AUDREY RYAN: SIRENS
GENRE: SOPHISTI-FOLK/POP LABEL: FOLKWIT RECORDS VERDICT: WILDLY AMBITIOUS RELEASE: 6.16.12 AUDREYRYAN.COM Audrey Ryan certainly does not grade her records on a curve. The Maine-born Boston-based...
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LOCAL PICK: THE MILLING GOWNS @ RADIO
While it’s still too early for the hackneyed “Here Comes Valentine’s Day” alt-weekly calendar intro (just wait, they’re coming), you have to hand it to The Milling Gowns for combining the tragically...
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CHRIS AKA CHIEF “NEW DAY” LISTENING PARTY @ KULTUREZ
We got this e-mail from Chris AKA Chief about this listening party of his new mix CD, New Day, hosted by DJ JSaki in The Garage in Harvard Square, and it’s about a new start and shit and it’s around...
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