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First Life: Quadeca at Citizens House of Blues 10/23
There’s an authenticity, a willingness to bare the soul, embodied by Quadeca, his band, the artists opening. It’s a serious skill to hold a room the size of Citizens House of Blues, and none of them seem to have any…
Car Seat Confessions: A How to Leave Town 12 Year Anniversary Retrospective
How To Leave Town is a lonely drive down a darkened highway deep into the pits of night. Its production is unnatural, robotic, like an early draft of an FL Studio project that never really finds a way to escape…
Staff Pix 10/30: Spooky
“Phobophile” by Cryptopsy Listen, I know it might be no “Monster Mash,” but “Phobophile” may as well be the best possible alternative. After all, Cryptopsy offer something for everyone here: eerie, atmospheric piano intro? You got it. Gut-busting levels of…
Staff Pix 10/23: Karaoke!
“All I Wanted” by Paramore Is there a moment from the 2000s pop-punk wave that hits harder than Haley Williams’ seminal high note in this song, and the subsequent monster of a chorus? Debatable, for certain (after all, Paramore have…
Ryan Beatty at House of Blues: Artist and Audience are One
Extending their arms towards the stage, the crowd reached for Beatty. A blend of voices echoed off the walls, every pause lifted with a word of encouragement. The sound surrounded the audience, a symphony that united the space.