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Concert Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra/Foxygen/Wampire
(Photos: Leslie Kalohi) It’s a rare feeling to walk into a triple-bill rock show excited about all three acts. I’ve trudged through plenty of lackluster opening sets only to get to the band I
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Concert Review: Major Lazer/Dragonette
As advances within hardware and software have eased a DJ’s trade, proponents of old school mixing and crate digging have generally condemned upstarts that work the floor with assistance from Native Instruments, Serato or
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Concert Review: Alabama Shakes
(Eddie Janssens, Belgium) As Jack White moves further away from his White Stripes incarnation and towards his Jack White the Rocking Bluesman persona, he seems to grasp for a slippery authenticity, one that feels
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Concert Review: Lotus/Moon Hooch
In the last decade, the Cleveland area has become a home-away-from-home for the members of Lotus. Founded in Goshen, Indiana and now based primarily in Philadelphia, the band continually rolls through Northeast Ohio, including
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Concert Review: Two Fresh/Blackbird/Smoke Screen
At times, it is frustrating to be a music fan in a mid-market. Sure, Cleveland has no less than six trusted venues for live performances, but sometimes the people from North East Ohio simply
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Concert Review: Emancipator/Eliot Lipp
Although Douglas Appling and Ilya Goldberg (known collectively as Portland’s Emancipator) and Brooklyn’s Eliot Lipp are separated by the contiguous US, the producers share a strong appreciation for the more organic, emotional aspects of
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Concert Review: The Mountain Goats
I don’t know which one of John Darnielle’s seemingly unlimited rabid fans did it, but someone posted an online petition in late December to name the Mountain Goats singer the United States Poet Laureate.
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Concert Review: How to Dress Well/Beacon/GRADES
(Photos: Jason Stoff) December 14, 2012 was undoubtedly a sad, scary day. The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut hung in the air, an ominous reminder of how fragile life really
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Concert Review: Yo La Tengo/Sun Ra Arkestra/Fred Armisen
(Photos: Sarah Dorman) The coolest thing about walking in to Maxwell’s for the first time is that the stage area of the restaurant/music club almost feels hidden, akin to a secret clubhouse. When you
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Concert Review: Sufjan Stevens
(Photos: Renee Barrera) What do hipsters really want for Christmas? Do they dream of turntables, mustache wax and pork belly bánh mì? Or do visions of sugarplums dance in their heads like all other
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