The big anticipation around Lexington is the re-opening of Buster’s. We’v already heard they’d be playing host to Silversun Pickups and likely Os Mutantes and Faust, but now we’ve got a lot more information to get excited about. Below is a partial list of bands playing their first month. Kicking things off is Wax Fang, [...]

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In what was easily the best free show to hit Lexington in some time, Cursive stopped by CD Central to do a quick acoustic show before their spot at the Dame later that night. Fans arrived almost two hours early, milled about, purchased a few things and then stood directly in front of the stage [...]

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Last night while we were waiting for Cursive to show up (pics + MP3 coming soon!) I was killing time on Twitter. At the same time, Questlove from the Roots was writing about how much he loved Fallon’s musical guest, Bat for Lashes. Here’s part of the reason why: her performance is sah-weet! Thanks to [...]

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Deerhoof’s Daytrotter session was just posted today over at Daytrotter. Both the songs are acoustic reworkings of two album tracks. Sadly no unreleased stuff, but this is Deerhoof like you’re probably never going to hear them again. Listen to/download Deerhoof’s Daytrotter session And if you still hunger for Deerhoof, check out that “Let’s Dance the [...]

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Just a quick reminder that Cursive will be playing a free instore at CD Central in Lexington today at 7pm. This is likely to be one of our biggest (up there with the Black Keys, Andrew Bird and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), so show up early! Cursive instore at CD Central Tuesday August 11 [...]

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Cotton Jones (aka: “most of the people from Page France, that band that rocked our socks back in 2004-2006″) have a new EP coming out very soon. The “Rio Ranger” EP is out in Sept 8, but you can pre-order it now and even have one of the songs! MP3: Cotton Jones – Where You [...]

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It’s time again for another installment of My First Time, the series where I ask some of my favorite bands to share stories about their musical “firsts.” Everything from the first song they ever wrote to the response they got when they first played their songs for their family. It’s all here. Because after all, [...]

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l to r: Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Dan Deacon, Randy Randall (No Age) I almost didn’t go see the “No Deachunter” show on Tuesday. At first I thought the weather would prevent us from traveling; we had dark gray skies, flash floods and occasional losses in power for over an hour. But then that cleared up [...]

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Weeks ago my friends were telling me about this hilarious spot they’d seen for the new season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Well, I finally remembered to youtube it and have laughed out loud every time I’ve watched it (3 times and counting!). So even though I’m a little slow with it, that makes [...]

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