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[hub capped] Getting hitched in Portland, and clubbing it with Vice Device + Litanic Mask + Blood Beach + others

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:12:00 GMT

Vice Device photo by Melissa Shea After a month on the west coast, things are really starting to happen for us here in Portland! Since my last update, I married my girlfriend and RUBY RIDGE...

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[walshed out] Ibiza invades Boston, sort of: Richy Ahmed + Damian Lazarus @ Felt

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:06:00 GMT

This is the premiere post of my new blog, WALSHED OUT, which will focus on electronic music of all varieties, and not ever chillwave as the remarkably punny title by way of my music...

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[for sale] Mark Sandman's bass amp head + cabinet shows up on eBay

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:26:00 GMT

Early to bed And early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on ...Mark Sandman's bass amp?! We think we finally found the perfect piece to rest beside Billy Ruane's ashes at the...

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[tonight] "Re:Generation" (starring Skrillex!) screens @ the Commons + the Regent in Arlington

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:11:00 GMT

"It is worrisome to me that cultures prefer dancing to a machine," says John Densmore around the halfway point of RE:GENERATION, which screens tonight at the Common and Arlington's...

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MP3 of the Week: J/Q "Binary Life;" tonight @ Radio in Somerville

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:56:00 GMT

Those privy to the cochlear destruction caused by a live Clouds performance should brace themselves appropriately for the band’s new side project. Retaining much of the heaviness of Clouds, J/Q have...

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Tickets on-sale alert: Dom, Mayer Hawthorne, Roger Waters, Boysetsfire, The Cranberries, Bad Rabbits, The Boxer Rebellion, RJD2, DJ Shadow + more

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:13:00 GMT

Mayer Hawthorne is at the Paradise on April 21 On Sale Now Black Box Revelation w/ DJ Carbo | March 5 at Great Scott | $10 | On sale @ ticketweb.com Immortal Technique + DJ G.I. Joe + Chino XL |...

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[saturday in allston] Tijuana Sweetheart go "Under the Gun" @ Great Scott

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:46:00 GMT

At every crappy punk show I've ever been to, at least one band dialed a Misfits cover in for some easy audience approval. I really hate it when that happens. It’s unimaginative, it’s lazy,...

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[boston blackout] William Bennett of Cut Hands + Whitehouse on inspiration, African percussion, and power electronics

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:12:00 GMT

Since the late-'70s, WILLIAM BENNETT has released and performed extreme noise and industrial music. He played guitar for sax-driven post-punkers ESSENTIAL LOGIC in their early days and formed an...

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Is Bruce Springsteen's new single "jingoistic"?

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:07:00 GMT

According to the New York Times -- and more specifically, to former Phoenix critic JON CARAMANICA -- that's affirmative. It's amusing to us that in 2012, anyone is still arguing about Bruce...

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[live review] Karmin take to the SNL stage

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:31:00 GMT

Well, shit. Hope y'all placed your bets early and high on ex-Boston sweethearts Nick Noonan and Amy Heidemann of KARMIN. Those crazy kids appeared on SNL this past weekend, and pulled off a...

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[oh shit] Bad Brains, April 16 @ Paradise

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:34:00 GMT

You know a live performance warrants your attention when you immediately think the show flyer is fake. But apparently it's true -- DC hardcore punk legends BAD BRAINS will be in Boston on Monday,...

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[tonight in cambridge] Screaming Females + Parasol + Modern Hunt @ Lorem Ipsum

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:55:00 GMT

I'm feeling very visual right now, so I'm gonna lean heavily on MATTHEW WELCH of Tampa's Transitions Art Gallery for the flyer above, and LIZ PELLY for the blurbage below. Rad show...

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[i adore mi a malden] Color Me Badd @ Rain

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:14:00 GMT

In 1991, it was hard to avoid C.M.B., the debut record from Oklahoma City quartet COLOR ME BADD. But nobody -- at least nobody my age, anyway -- wanted to avoid it; their sound, an amalgam of...

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[in memoriam] Whitney Houston, 1963-2012

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:39:00 GMT

In the end, life is a struggle, even for those who seem to have (almost) had it all -- double so for anyone who chooses to make articulating that struggle through art their life's work. ...

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Boston Accents playlist 02.13.12: Sand Reckoner, Autochrome, Looks Realistic, RIBS, Twin Berlin, Ducky Boys, Vessel

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:16:00 GMT

Up against the Grammy’s and everyone’s self-important live-tweeting, the sonic tanks rolled hard through the rugged land of Boston rock and pop this Sunday evening. We debuted a few jams, recapped On...

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