Photo by Karly Grawin I didn’t put it together until this year, but I admired Richie Follin’s work years before Cults or Guards put Bandcamp on the map. When I went to CMJ in 2006, his band Willowz opened for the Mooney Suzuki and I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately for me I didn’t follow up, [...]

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A few weeks ago I got an email saying that Alan from Neon Indian was going to be in Lexington for a few days and was available for an interview. I agreed without looking at a calendar and it wasn’t until the day of the interview that I realized I would have about 15 minutes [...]

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Toward the end of last year, I picked up the album The Satanic Satanist by Portugal. The Man and fell in love with it. Now, a few short months later, they’ve released their follow-up record American Ghetto online and are almost done writing the next album (as well as a pair of EPs). Lead singer [...]

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You might not know the rapper Childish Gambino, but there’s an above average chance that you’re familiar with Donald Glover’s other work. When not assembling mix tapes under the name Childish Gambino, he’s spent the past couple years writing for 30 Rock, playing Troy on Community and writing and performing skits with the Derrick Comedy [...]

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The start of this year brought us the official confirmation that Honus Honus of Man Man and Nick Thorburn of Islands have teamed up as the “doom wop” group Mister Heavenly. The pair have been working together during time off from Man Man’s recording session for their upcoming record — which is yet another reason [...]

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Local Natives’ upcoming record Gorilla Manor is easily my favorite debut in a good long while. In fact, I’d say the only one to give them a run for their money is Cymbals Eat Guitars. I’ve been enjoying this record so much that I gave Local Natives’ Andy Hamm a call on the eve of [...]

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Local design wizards Cricket Press just put out a great new book compiling all their work into one convenient spot. Not only is it a completely beautiful addition to anything you already own, but they were nice enough to ask me to write the intro! Unfortunately that left me a little tuckered out, so I [...]

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I have no idea who made this picture, but it wasn’t me. It’s very pretty, though; so good job to whoever did it! I’ve been a fan of the Hidden Cameras for a good long while. They were one of the first bands I got into in college thanks to a mixture of WRFL and [...]

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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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