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Music Album Review: Kongos - "Egomaniac" (9/10)
Arizona’s South African-born siblings Kongos prove their popularity is no fluke with this sophomore recording extraordinaire. Squeezing comfortably inside an unclassifiable alt-rock subgenre, their amiable, canny lyrics coast merrily upon ... -
Music Album Review: Vanna - "All Hell" (5/10)
For their sixth full-length recording, Boston’s Vanna throw down 10 fresh slabs of melodic, post-hardcore sludge. On the plus side, All Hell is chockablock with riffs so malevolent they’ll flush ... -
Live Review: Vapors of Morphine at Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge, MA
Material: In 1999, Mark Sandman, lead singer of Morphine, died on stage in Italy of a heart attack. A decade later, the remaining members of the groundbreaking alternative delta blues/ psychedelic ... -
Signing Story: Bernard Flowers
Growing up on the mean streets of Memphis, TN, Bernard Flowers fell into music when his sister’s boyfriend brought him to a local studio. The die cast, he moved to ... -
Executive Profile: Lawrence Vavra, Co-Founder Deckstar Mgmt
As a student at Hastings School of Law, Lawrence Vavra, otherwise known as LV, would throw concerts with his buddies. One artist he booked was the soon-to-become-legendary DJ AM. After ... -
Music Album Review: Andrew Bird - "Are You Serious" (7/10)
The former Squirrel Nut Zippers violinist, Andrew Bird, gets more personal than ever before, exploiting windswept lyrics bound by dramatic instrumentation to sizable effect. Guest appearances by Fiona Apple and ... -
Signing Story: The Baltic
Producer Eric Halborg discovered The Baltic via Bandcamp two years ago, subsequently introducing them to Pittsburgh indie Misra Records. Though the label lacked the money to take the group on at that ... -
Live Review: Black Diamonds at Middle East in Cambridge, MA
Material: Established in February 2009, Black Diamonds united at just 7, 8, 10 and 11 years old. As such, they’ve been declared the world’s youngest professional band by Guinness World ... -
Exec Profile: Jeff Anthony, SVP Iron Mountain
People know Iron Mountain for its work storing and shredding documents, but few are aware of its entertainment side. Serving movie and TV studios as well as the recording ... -
Signing Story: Tate Kobang
Somewhere between a month and six weeks after “Bank Rolls” began climbing the charts last April, 300 Entertainment knocked on rapper Tate Kobang ’s door. Although wary, his concerns melted away after ...
