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Music

Speedy Ortiz blazing a trail to the 7th Street Entry

by Zach Simon
Published April 15, 2014

Speedy Ortiz is a hard band to catch, not only in their fast-paced fret work, but also as they busily zip cross country from one show to the next. These hard-rocking Bay Staters are making 7th Street Entry...

Be Thankful For What You Got

by Grant Tillery
Published April 11, 2014

You’ve definitely heard the hazy percussion before, and the lyrics “You may not drive a great big Cadillac/Gangsta white walls, TV antennas in the back” definitely ring a bell. ...

A career out of serendipity

by Jackie Renzetti
Published April 10, 2014
The Coathangers’ drive and humor persist
Indie rock legend Dean Wareham stops by the Turf Club on Saturday.

Dean of the students

by Grant Tillery
Published April 10, 2014
A&E catches up with indie rock progenitor Dean Wareham
The Persuasions have the dynamic duo on their side: talent and charm.

No backing band necessary

by Joe Kellen
Published April 10, 2014
They may not have invented it, but the Persuasions have kept a cappella alive for nearly five decades.

Ed Sheeran’s new song sounds weirdly like Justin Timberlake

by Melanie Richtman
Published April 9, 2014

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran released a new song on April 7 titled “Sing” that sounds a lot like early Justin Timberlake, with a poppy beat in the background and a beautiful falsetto....

Marvin Gaye, 30 years later

by Grant Tillery
Published April 4, 2014

I was first introduced to Marvin Gaye when my dad bumped the oldies station in his Honda Civic while driving me to school as a kid.  When Marvin came on, he always turned the radio up just a little...

Lana does disco

by Grant Tillery
Published April 4, 2014

Forget everything you know about Lana Del Rey — her vocals that get knocked as weak and forced and her allegedly fake persona.  Del Rey’s new single, “Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight,”...

The Meat Puppets minus gristle

by Emily Eveland
Published April 3, 2014
A&E gets up close and personal with the Meat Puppets

The Arditti Quartet celebrates 40 years of playing new music

by Joe Kellen
Published April 3, 2014
From composers like John Cage to the University’s own James Dillon, the Arditti Quartet premiered it all.

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