I don’t mean to suggest that the E6 Holiday Surprise Tour wasn’t one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, but the Circulatory System’s performance this weekend was even better than what they did last fall. For starters, they have a fantastic new album full of great songs to perform. Hearing all the new songs, [...]

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It’s going to sound crazy to say, but in a bill loaded with the most important members of the Elephant 6 collective, the band that made me feel the most like I’d been transported to Athens in 1998 was Nesey Gallons. Nesey has everything that first drew me to the E6 bands. His songs are [...]

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The Circulatory System show at Al’s Bar last night got off to a bit of a rocky start. I showed up when the first band (Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t) was slated to go on, only to find a semi-empty venue with no instruments or band in sight. I panicked at first, but ultimately [...]

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Just read over at Rawkblog who read it at Brooklyn Vegan that the Harlem Shakes are breaking up. Total bummer, since I really loved their album Technicolor Health. Both Daves (Rawk and BV) point out that we still have ARMS, which is Todd Goldstein from the group, but it’d be nicer if we still had [...]

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It’s no secret that I’ve become a big Local Natives fan over the past few months. They’re probably my favorite young band and defintely one on my list of groups to see. For that reason, I was pretty excited to see that Aquarium Drunkard posted a session with them. Go check out their unreleased songs [...]

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Last year I have the supreme pleasure of seeing the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise tour in Lexington. Now, just under one year later the Circulatory System have released their long-awaited second LP and are going on tour again. This Saturday, they’ll be stopping in Lexington again along with Nesey Gallons and Pipes You See, Pipes [...]

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M Ward was one of my most anticipated acts of Monolith. I caught his solo show at SXSW but was really looking forward to seeing him play with a full band. But due to my poor sense of time, I wound up sprinting down the steep steps of Red Rocks just as Matt started into [...]

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When WOXY snatched up then-buzz band Cymbals Eat Guitars a few months ago to play their stage at Monolith, I knew it was a genius move. They’ve got one of the year’s best debuts and a good live show to boot. What I didn’t know is that it would ultimately be a genius move that [...]

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Hey Lexington, were you hoping that our already-good fall concert lineup would somehow get better? Well wish no more! Mission of Burma were just confirmed to replace Shipping News, who had to cancel because of an illness. Man, with a lineup that includes Os Mutantes, Faust, Atlas Sound and a ton of others, this is [...]

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