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Album Review: Cage the Elephant - "Tell Me I'm Pretty" (6/10)
Formerly incorporating genres like funk, blues and punk into their garage-centric mélange, the fourth studio effort from Bowling Green, KY’s alternative radio standouts features a surf-punk flavor as their newly adopted musical calling. Cleverly hiring ... -
Exec Profile: Dina LaPolt
BACKGROUND Named one of the industry’s top music lawyers by Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, Dina LaPolt ran the concert committee at her college and managed acts for KISS drummer ... -
Live Review: The Devil's Twins at O'Brien's Pub in Allston, MA
Material: A brother and sister duo invites smash-bang drums into their fold, blending rockabilly writing with punk rock arrangements and metal attitude. If Johnny Cash and Amy Winehouse had a ... -
Executive Profile: Buddy Brundo of Conway Recording
BACKGROUND Starting as an engineer, Buddy Brundo purchased Conway Recording with his wife in 1976 and transformed it from a modest facility into a world-class studio. Besides serving what seems ... -
Live Review: St. Nothing at Middle East in Cambridge, MA
Material: Waves of ennui emit like radiation from a decaying reactor when this synth-pop project (winner of 2014’s Boston Music Award for Electronic Artist of the Year) takes the stage. ... -
Career Connection: Academic Partnership Program
Twenty-seven years ago, James Donio began working for NARM, a.k.a. the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, a not-for-profit trade organization that exists to promote the commerce of music. Working his ... -
Album Review: JR JR - "JR JR" (9/10)
Dropping Dale Earnhardt from their name and rebranding themselves JR JR, Detroit’s celebrated hipster cum indie-pop act put down their soy lattes long enough to envision this third full-length of ... -
Album Review: Hurts - "Surrender" (5/10)
Fans of new wave synth-pop will comfortably gravitate toward English duo Hurts’ most recent softhearted transmission, while their skyrocketing popularity will mystify everyone else. Appealing textures may shimmer throughout these ... -
Live Review: Raw Blow at O'Brien's Pub
Material: If such a thing as pop metal exists, this Bostonian quartet embodies it, contra the supposedly bleak nature of their lyrics. Thunderous drumming and attack bass buffets twin guitars ... -
Exec Profile: Simon Perry of ReverbNation
BACKGROUND First an artist, then a Multiplatinum writer/producer, Simon Perry switched gears by joining ReverbNation. The website, which helps artists score gigs, build fan bases and generally develop careers, ...
