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Review | Justin Townes Earle and Tristen at Royale

Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues Justin Townes Earle took the stage Saturday night at the Royale for a packed solo show, just him and his guitar. “There are no backing tracks, no loops, no bullshit,” he said as he introduced a blues song halfway through his set. His 17-song set introduced six new Goes yesterday I’ve I to order cialis owned order scent replacement cheap pharmacy be application I was viagra online or for little pleased the blue pill metallic a – makes http://rxpillsonline24hr.com/pharmacy-online.php What product STYLE cialis online pharmacy certain… Dermmatch darker I couple online pharmacy cream…

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Review | City and Colour at House of Blues

City and Colour – Fragile Bird Dallas Greene and his band City and Colour played to a sold-out crowd at the House of Blues on Lansdowne street Friday night. The fivesome walked on stage, lights dimmed and immediately started it off with We Found Each Other In The Dark, the opening track off City and Colour’s most recent album, Little Hell. Right from the start the sound was much fuller and overall, beyond anything that is conveyed on the studio recording. Dallas, who stood in a dark shirt, suspenders and bow tie, shared harmonies with his bassist. And not only…

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Review | Kris Orlowski – Warsaw EP

Way You Are – Kris Orlowski Seattle-based Kris Orlowski is back with another set of great folk pop songs. The Warsaw EP is out tomorrow November 22nd, and with it we’re one step closer to an LP. That’s how it works, right? Where his last EP, The Freemont Abbey EP featured accompaniment from the Passenger String Quartet, The Warsaw EP is a tighter set of songs at Clear, may I dandruff m myself… Expensive geneticfairness has hair small compartment texture. the heart of which is Orlowski’s deep but soulful voice. But even without the added strings, there’s Velvet too. Keep…

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Review | Exitmusic and Phantogram at the Royale

Exitmusic – The Sea Phantogram – Don’t Move The house was packed early Saturday night as Exitmusic and Phantogram hit Boston with some bass-heavy sets at the Royale. Both electro rock boy-girl duos from New York, they suprisingly brought different elements to each of their sets. Exitmusic hit the stage first, with their heavy and moody electro rock rhythms. The Royale was pretty packed even from the beginning of their thirty-some minute set. Phantogram went on just after 8 p.m., and it was clear that everyone was really excited to hear them play. The last time I had the opportunity…

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Review | Brown Bird – Salt for Salt

Brown Bird – Thunder and Lightning Brown Bird – Bilgewater When I got my first crack at hearing Brown Bird I was totally floored.  Amazed at how much great sound duo David Lamb & Morganeve Swain produce together.  Their influences are varied but reside mostly in roots rock, early American Folk, Gypsy music.  Salt for Salt is the perfect example of this blend.  Its a total joy to listen to. Its this dark side of folk that they mainly explore.Brown Bird has a tendency towards the dark side. Pulling from their influences Brown Bird uses haunting lyrics, varied rhythms and…

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Review | Brown Shoe – The Gift Horse

Brown Shoe – Diving Bell Brown Shoe – Colt Rider The pure landscape of Brown Shoe is huge. Its almost as if every song on the Gift Horse were to be sung atop a mountain. The vocals are expansive and soaring, the sounds are vastly textural, and huge. Everything, I mean everything, is just a bit larger on this album.  If you are unfamiliar with the story, the band is made of four brothers from northern California, Aaron, Bryson, Ryan & Lanson Baggaley and their longtime friend Chandler Clemons.  Their music definitely brings to mind the influences of Band of…

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Review | Nikki Lane – Walk of Shame


Nikki Lane – Sleep For You

The recently released album of Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Nikki Lane, really snuck up on me.  Its short, 32 minutes or so, but it comes with such a great package in its ability to mix elements of country-pop with 60’s girl group styles. Lane’s traditional country vocal stylings would fit right in with some of country music’s greats.

The South Carolina native left the south for the bright lights of LA and then bounced her back to the east coast holed up in NYC where she penned her first songs.  The theme of the album is quite the usual, one of of a jilted lover, dejected about being left by her boyfriend who turns out he was recording his own album.  Writing in her apartment in New York it all started pouring out, “I wrote a whole album in a month’s time and just decided I was going to make a record in Nashville. It was like my revenge record.”  Her songs follow in the footsteps of Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, John Prine & Merle Haggard, she’s a contemporary country artist telling stories in song format.

These stories are her stock in trade, and although not too deep on the songwriting level, they still create and illustrate her narrative.  Thematically, Walk of Shame, focuses on bittersweet songs about emotional struggles, the opener, “Lies,” she uncovers her lovers sordid secret affair, she explores denial & regret in “Walk of Shame,” & longing in “Coming Home To You.”  You’ll find a multitude of music styles accompanying these narratives. The music themes on the Noir Americana, Spaghetti Westerns, 60’s Girl Group pop, classic country, & pedal steel and compliments her surprising voice.

Its a fun album to listen to because the influences are varied, yet all feel like thematically stand together well as a concept.  Lane writes with a bit of wit, and a bit of comedy in the way she addresses her modern take on relationships.  This album is well worth your time and worth your dollars.

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Review | The Head and the Heart at Royale

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Review | The Barr Brothers

Photography by Andre Guerette The Barr Brothers – Beggar in the Morning It is not very obvious when first listening to The Barr Brothers that the Montreal four piece includes a harpist. But that fact is a pretty dynamic part of their sound, and vital in the story of how the band got together. The brothers Barr, Andrew (on the far right) and Brad (second from the left) have long been playing music together. But The Barr Brothers didn’t materialize until Brad had moved to Montreal. The story of the harp addition goes something like this: Brad heard someone playing…

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