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Billy Bragg live @ Chevalier Theatre, Medford, MA [10-14-24]
LIVE MUSIC

How do you even define Billy Bragg’s music anymore? Nowadays it almost sounds like easy listening, but with a leftist political leaning. The man has always worn his heart on his sleeve and although his political songs can seem a little too on the nose and simplistic,...

Tuesday, 15 October 2024
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TV Party Tonight! #152
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Civil War The only thing better than Civil War is the press tour Kirsten Dunst did for it. Not that anything she said was controversial, but because she came across as a cool-headed actress with perspective and confidence. She spoke out against genocide (wow!),...

Friday, 11 October 2024
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Vinyl Vlog 654
COLUMN

Dog Party Dangerous Good things come to those who wait, and for me, that’s the new Dog Party record “Dangerous.” Listening to Dog Party brought back some sweet memories from my college days. Days when I first starting getting into the Ramones. I had...

Monday, 07 October 2024
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SPOTLIGHT: Smoke & Fiction
FEATURES

WHO: X WHAT: Smoke & Fiction WHY: Let’s round up the week with more X, shall we? It’s easy to point at bands that are still going and overstaying their welcome, but X certainly isn’t that. On Smoke & Fiction, the band shows they can still create inspiring...

Friday, 04 October 2024
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X live @ The Wilbur, Boston, MA [09-23-24]
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Monday, 30 September 2024
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Vinyl Vlog 653
COLUMN

A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Undefeated LP by Frank Turner. After releasing nine albums in seventeen years (and that’s just the studio albums – there are more comps and live albums that have appeared, as well), many fans may have a bit of...

Friday, 27 September 2024
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X live @ The Wilbur, Boston, MA [09-23-24]
LIVE MUSIC

In Penelope Spheeris’ Decline of Western Civilization Part I, X are depicted as the gatekeepers or elder statesmen of LA 70s punk rock. It’s hard to say whether that label really stuck, but whatever the case, they never asked for it. One thing is for sure, X have...

Wednesday, 25 September 2024
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Stress Dolls – [Album]
REVIEWS

Stress Dolls Queen of No (Sun Pedal Recordings) Queen of No, the new Stress Dolls album, lives up to the band name. It is a journey through head Stress Doll Chelsea O’Donnell’s anxieties, ranging from health issues (she suffers from Crohn’s Disease),...

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
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Cool Club and the Lipker Sisters – [Album]
REVIEWS

Cool Club and the Lipker Sisters Dancing Into Your Dreams (CD Baby) One of the recurring pleasures I’ve experienced over the past few years has been attending concerts by Cool Club and the Lipker Sisters. It’s always fun, always energetic, always a...

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
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SPOTLIGHT: Infants Under the Bulb
FEATURES

WHO: Minneapolis Uranium Club WHAT: Infants Under the Bulb WHY: Like if Minutemen and Dead Milkmen had a very loud baby. There’s a certain edge with the clean sound of guitar, and smarts to these lyrics you just don’t hear anymore. The songs in Infants Under the...

Friday, 20 September 2024
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TV Party Tonight! #151
4K/Blu-Ray

Rocky: Ultimate Knockout Collection Growing up I was both a Schwarzenegger and Stallone fan. Maybe more a Schwarzenegger fan because he seemed tough, scary, and a lovable goof. Of course I loved Stallone in Rocky, Judge Dredd, and Demolition Man, but I think at the...

Thursday, 12 September 2024
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Vinyl Vlog 652
COLUMN

Dune Part TwoOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrackby Hans Zimmer Can you believe they made a Dune movie AGAIN? And that it turned out THIS good? Jodowosky’s Dune opened my world to the mythos surrounding the book and to Jodorowksy himself. My cultural world was changed...

Monday, 09 September 2024
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