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It’s Christmas (Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Yule) time again, Charlie Brown, and before you toss your last nickel into Lucy’s cup to lament the rapacious commercialization of the season, take some advice right...
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What terms have been as grossly abused in music circles as “emo” and “core?” “Emo” has come to mean a specific type of heart-on-Hot-Topic-sleeve music, far from its roots as short for “emotional.” The...
View ArticleEXIT POLL: DELILAH OUTSIDE CEREMONY @ AN TUA NUA
DELILAH OUTSIDE CEREMONY AT AN TUA NUA, MONDAY 11.26.12 What brings you here tonight? I’m a regular. I dance for a lot of the goth nights around Boston. It’s kind of my crowd. What are you tonight:...
View ArticleALL THAT REMAINS: A WAR YOU CANNOT WIN
GENRE | POWER METALCORE VERDICT | THRASHTASTIC GLORY LABEL | RAZOR AND TIE RELEASE | 11.6.12 All That Remains, like their Masshole brethren in Shadows Fall and Killswitch Engage, have been toying with...
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View ArticleFIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE FERDINAND: MUCH MORE THAN A COFFEE WAR
It’s a Friday afternoon at Haley House Bakery Cafe in Roxbury, and the place is hopping. The scene screams community; at a table close to the counter, a well-known local hip-hop activist and his...
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