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[nickTunes] Discovering the Gruff Rhys video for "Just War," from Dark Night of the Soul

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:42:00 GMT

Dark Night of the Soul, the 2009 masterstroke from SPARKLEHORSE, DANGER MOUSE (with some help from DAVID LYNCH), has been largely forgotten by pop culture at large aside from the notoriety...

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[pretty growl] The National release song for Games of Thrones' soundtrack

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:58:00 GMT

In the Song of Ice and Fire series of books and HBO’s TV adaptation of them, Game of Thrones, lots of growly-voiced men drink heavily, often while talking about the macabre. On THE NATIONAL'S...

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[monday in allston] The Mob @ Great Scott / File under: UK punk on Memorial Day

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:44:00 GMT

Has the ticket price for Radiohead’s show at the Comcast Center got you down? Is your rent paid but you don’t know what to do with all those quarters you’ve saved up from busking and they’re causing...

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[new musics] Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian, "Feel The Morning"

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:00 GMT

I’m going to be completely honest, here. I’ve never been the world’s biggest BELLE & SEBASTIAN fan (my kind of sorrowful British twee-pop aligns itself with other artists better), but I’ve always...

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[walshed out] A last-ditch 2012 Movement Electronic Music Festival preview

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:50:00 GMT

Previewing a niche festival like MOVEMENT -- some six states and 832 miles away -- only two days before it gets underway is always a rather moot effort. Either it's been on your radar for...

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Tickets on-sale alert: The xx, Foxes, Bear Hands, Andrew Dice Clay, Sebadoh, Adam Carolla + more

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

[listen] Nu Life's Queer Issue mixtape, "Nu Life Turns 3 Then Dies"

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:34:00 GMT

In this week's Phoenix -- the Queer Issue -- we profiled local DJs D'hana and Rizzla of NU LIFE. The duo made us an exclusive mix as well, titled NU LIFE TURNS 3 THEN DIES. >> READ:...

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Mp3 of the Week: Hallelujah The Hills "Get Me In A Room" -- Saturday @ Middle East

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:19:00 GMT

In the four years since the Silver Jews toured with HALLELUJAH THE HILLS, Jews singer David Berman retired from the music biz to do whatever it is he does otherwise, and the erstwhile lo-fi stalwarts...

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[listen] Evan Greer's mixtape of radical, queer and pro-queer artists

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:43:00 GMT

In this week's issue of the Phoenix -- the Queer Issue -- we profiled local transgender political folk-punk singer Evan Greer. Greer has toured nationally and internationally for over ten...

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[tonight in cambridge] Meet Your Beat one-year anniversary @ Middlesex

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:35:00 GMT

I first heard about MEET YOUR BEAT several months ago, when co-founder AARON ESKEETS posted a video of Andre Obin's performance at Radio. It wasn't just a single-song video clip, shot by...

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[Q&A] Handsome Dick Manitoba on Dictators, White Castle, and being the "heel" of metal / Thursday @ Church

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:39:00 GMT

The greatest revenge, in some ways, is persevering long enough to prove your detractors wrong. In the case of mid-'70s rock/punk/metal misfits The Dictators, they somehow went from being...

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[tonight in allston] Henry Wolfe aided by Streight Angular + Into the Alpha + Bryan Murphy @ Great Scott

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:16:00 GMT

The problem that most of the internet has with HBO’s Girls is that the showrunner, 24-year-old Lena Dunham, is the daughter of famous artist Laurie Simmons. Tons of the cast and crew are the children...

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[Q&A] Ross The Boss talks Manitoba, Dictators, Manowar and his quest for the hardest, the heaviest, the fastest, the slowest and the most epic music imaginable

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:13:00 GMT

Success in rock and roll is often about being in the right place at the right time-- but sometimes it's also about adapting enough to eventually make your aesthetic matter in the ever-shifting...

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[posted playlist] Adam 12's final show on WFNX

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:36:00 GMT

It's been five days since ADAM 12's final broadcast last week on WFNX 101.7 FM, the result of the sale of the alt-rock station's FM frequency to Clear Channel, and people both online and...

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Allston DIY Fest lineup announced

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:00 GMT

We'll most certainly have more deets on this in the pages of the Phoenix as the July date draws near, but here's a quick heads up: ALLSTON DIY FEST has released its 2012 band lineup. Looks...

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