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Show Review: Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Future Islands at the Royale

Published on June 9, 2011 By Mike K

June 8, 2011 For Fans Of: MGMT, Postal Service, Black Keys, Walkmen, Fleet Foxes, Mumford and Sons Future Islands play music that sounds like it should be the sound-track to your dream right as it’s turning into a nightmare. I joked that the keyboardist and guitarist put up an ad on Craigslist to find a singer for [...]

2011.05.05 Concert Review: Aunt Martha with Jim Bianco at Middle East

Published on May 6, 2011 By Mike K

“If you were human, you’d be lonely by now.” For fans of: Tom Waits, Bon Iver, Rural Alberta Advantage, Phosphorescent, Fleet Foxes,  etc. Jim Bianco, ‘To Hell with the Devil’: Aunt Martha, ‘Bloodshot’: http://vimeo.com/18711024 I was really close to skipping the concert Upstairs at the Middle East in Cambridge last night. I wasn’t super-familiar with [...]

Twin Shadow at Paradise: 2011.05.03

Published on May 4, 2011 By Mike K

Twin Shadow opened for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (“the Pains”) tonight at Paradise and, as you  might expect, they absolutely stole the show. As soon as George Lewis Jr. stepped on the stage you could tell that’s where he belonged. His jean jacket and strange under-cut accented with a mustache that would make a [...]

Surfer Blood at Middle East: 2011.04.30

Published on May 1, 2011 By Mike K

Just got home from seeing Surfer Blood and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead at Middle East in Cambridge. …Trail of Dead has been around for a while and I’m never opposed to seeing a band with enough talent/popularity to record 7 (relatively popular) albums. However, I’m not really that into [...]