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[new musics] Streight Angular's rise of the "Muhsheenz;" tonight @ Rosebud

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:34:00 GMT

Continuing this theme of New Music Friday we touched on earlier, local favorites STREIGHT ANGULAR have recorded and released a new track today, the wordy “Muhsheenz Machines Meschynes (We were...

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[new musics] Dear Leader "Make The Music Loud Enough"

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:50:00 GMT

Been a busy Friday for new releases around Boston, as DEAR LEADER just joined Streight Angular, Bearstronaut, and others in suddenly posting fresh musical sounds for the world to enjoy. And it comes...

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[nickTunes] Black Keys call on Harmony Korine

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:42:00 GMT

So, it seems HARMONY KORINE made a video for THE BLACK KEYS' single “Gold on the Ceiling,” the latest track from their 2011 release El Camino. Those words actually would have excited me a while...

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[awesome video alert] Vio/Mire "Foxes," live @ Cambridge's Red Hot Box Studios

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:06:00 GMT

There's a chance that you may not know too much about Providence's VIO/MIRE. But by the end of this clip shot a few weeks ago by Cambridge-based Red Hot Box Studios, you'll be desperate...

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[Q&A] The Cult's Ian Astbury on life, death, the void, the Cult, the Doors, existential dread and the Bhagavad Gita

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:37:00 GMT

Ian Astbury of the Cult doesn't do anything unless it's epic; he's not going to just write a song, he's going to write a primal scream that will put him in a trance when he performs...

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[Q&A] The Cult's Billy Duffy on hard rock, post-punk, getting good-looking girlfriends, and, uh, taking a lot of drugs at the time

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:09:00 GMT

Let's face it-- nowadays we have popular musicians or buzzworthy bands but we don't really have rock stars. There are still some left, though, walking the earth as proof of the...

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Mp3 of the Week: The Lights Out "Today Was The Day" -- Friday @ T.T. The Bear's

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:07:00 GMT

It’s long been said that a concertgoer holding up a cellphone is the new flashing of the devil horns, which makes the cover of the LIGHTS OUT’S new record On Fire all the more symbolic of the times:...

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[awesome video alert] M83 "Reunion"

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:03:00 GMT

How great is it that M83 debuted (via Pitchfork) the fantastic new video for the single version of “Reunion” on New Comic Books Day? I can guarantee you that I’ve read probably five different titles...

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Tickets on-sale alert: Yeasayer, Mumford & Sons + St. Vincent + Dawes, Peter Gabriel, Tony Lucca, Polica, and more

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:03:00 GMT

Yeasayer are at the House of Blues on September 11 On Sale Friday, June 1 AT 10 AM Evanescence + Chevelle + Halestorm + Cavo+ New Medicine | August 6 at the Bank of America Pavilion | $25-$50 |...

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[nickTunes] Shake it up and get down @ Middlesex Lounge's SM Night

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:26:00 GMT

Throughout the last two or three days, several earthquakes hit major metropolitan areas -- Los Angeles had a minor shake yesterday, and a severe one in Italy killed 16 while injuring 150 --...

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[live review + video] Garbage's beautiful daze of future past @ the Paradise

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:50:00 GMT

It’s nice when you set your expectations low out of fear of disappointment, then find out your doubts were utterly, completely misplaced. There were plenty of reasons to brace myself for a letdown...

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Video: Liz Pelly interviews Kitty Pryde in a Florida parking lot

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:23:00 GMT

Things you probably didn't know about KITTY PRYDE, Florida's least likely underground rap sensation: She works at Claire's and wrote her breakout hit "Justin Bieber" after...

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Amanda Palmer hits million-dollar mark on Kickstarter, celebrates by posting nude photo on Twitter (NSFW)

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:59:00 GMT

That's pretty much the size of it, actually. As most of you are aware, this is not by any means the first time Amanda has tweeted n00dz. But this time the photo by one of our fave photogs, Kelly...

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[wednesday fun times] Grass Widow + Shepherdess + Bent Shapes @ Great Scott

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:06:00 GMT

This picture is of GRASS WIDOW playing to some gorillas at the Franklin Park Zoo, where they filmed the video for their track "Milo Minute." The dreamy lo-fi trio will visit Great...

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[live review] Afghan Whigs 05.23 @ Bowery Ballroom NYC, first show in 13 years

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:14:00 GMT

Midway through the first full show of the long-awaited return of THE AFGHAN WHIGS at New York City's Bowery Ballroom last week, frontman extraordinaire Greg Dulli began to give a brief (but...

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