August 2007

Briefly: Free Download Festival Tickets

We came across quite a deal for our Boston readers: free tickets for tomorrow’s Download Festival at the Tweeter Center. Modest Mouse, Guster and our boys Apollo Sunshine are among

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Friday’s Leftovers: Deer Creek Lives

We’re pleased to report that the news of Deer Creek’s demise has been greatly exaggerated. Live Nation has decided to keep the venue after nine unfruitful months on the open

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Friday Mix Tape: DoubleCovered

It’s Uncle Neddy‘s semi-regular opportunity to unleash another six’er on the masses, and so he does. This time he’s chosen to display his jewels with both double vision, and cleverly,

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Archival JJ Cale Material To Be Released

A trove of previously unreleased songs recorded by American music icon J.J. Cale during his early, and arguably most influential, years will at long last be released.  Featuring vintage tracks

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Karl Denson Trio Wrap Up Lunar Orbit

Karl Denson has just wrapped up the recording of “LUNAR ORBIT”, his newest endeavor, featuring THE KARL DENSON TRIO (KD3).  KD3 will debut LUNAR ORBIT on September 18, 2007. KD3

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Dax Riggs: Mercury Lounge, New York, NY – 6/13/07

While Dax’s voice can successfully range all over the map, his song writing focuses in one realm – darkness.  His soon to be released album is titled We Sing of Only Blood and Love and that sums up the content nicely, with the love being more on brooding tip as opposed to puppies and flowers.

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The New Pornographers: Challengers

Bolstered with an impressive arsenal of instrumentation—piano, strings, banjo, harp, flute, French horn, harmonica and more—Challengers, the much-anticipated fourth album from The New Pornographers, is a positive step forward in the development of a band that has continued to evolve with each subsequent record.

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