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Month: May 2009

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May 14, 2009 / Leave a Comment

  Be on the lookout for a review of the Dan Deacon + Ensemble show at the Middle East Downstairs on Bostonist in the next day or two. As a side note/review preview, it was interesting to note a certain conflict between the ritualization of a performance and Deacon himself, and the thankfully positive resolution … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Bostonist, Dan Deacon, Dan Deacon + Ensemble, emo, emocore, music, Revolution Summer, the Middle East

When Emo Went to Egypt Land

May 12, 2009 / 2 Comments

Lookout Russia and Mexico, there’s another country that’s got emo in the public’s depress-ed eye. Egypt was recently over-run with anti-emo fervor, and as The Guardian‘s Jack Shenker tells it, the authorities and media took things way out of proportion. Go figure. As Shenker tells it, Cairo recently saw a bloom of graffiti in the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: "Emus" Terrorize Cairo, anti-emo groups, Arabic, culture, Dream TV, Egypt, Egyptian Chronicles, emo, Facebook, graffiti, Heavy Metal Islam, Jack Shenker, Mark Levine, metal, Mexico, Middle East Features, music, Russia, The Guardian, Youm 7

Interview with Sam Zurick

May 11, 2009 / 1 Comment

When I last dropped in an interview with an artist that will be featured in America Is Just A Word, it was with Dismemberment Plan frontman Travis Morrison. Today’s post features selections from an interview with Sam Zurick, a multi-instrumentalist extraordinare of Chicago’s esteemed post-hardcore scene. Zurick is probably best known for his work as … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Cap'n Jazz, Chicago, emo, Friend/Enemy, Ghosts and Vodka, Joan of Arc, Make Believe, music, Owls, People Dick, Sam Zurick, Ten Boy Summer, The Dismemberment Plan, Tim Kinsella, Travis Morrison

Still Jamming Econo…

May 7, 2009 / Leave a Comment

  Caught Mike Watt and the Missing Men at TTs this/last evening… quite a set and great to see a genuine punk rock legend (not to lead into paradoxical statements, just take it as you will). Considering the impact the Minutemen have had (including on emo, as the Minutemen’s DIY ideology was a shared practice … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Bostonist, emo, hardcore, Mike Watt, Mike Watt and the Missing Men, music, punk, Revolution Summer, the Minutemen, TT the Bears

There Are Too Many Songs About Love: An America Is Just A Word Update

May 5, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Another day, another addition to the growing list of interviewees for America Is Just A Word. Joining the ranks is Mike of San Jose’s Shinobu. Whereas some of the other bands that will be included in the book have a large enough cult audience to be noticed, such as Cap’n Jazz or Heroin, Shinobu are … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Cap'n Jazz, emo, music, Panic! At The Disco, Quote Unquote Records, Shinobu, Strange Spring Air

Bamboozled!

May 5, 2009 / 3 Comments

Tonight at Harpers Ferry, Enter Shikari‘s singer Rou had something rather stunning to say about performing at Bamboozle the previous day: “Every band sounded exactly the same.” There was more in that quote than just the one line, pretty much along the lines of how terrible all the bands were, which is a bit interesting … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Bamboozle, Bostonist, Brokencyde, EA Sports Madden Football 2008, EA Sports NHL 2008, emo, Enter Shikari, Harper's Ferry, music, scrunk, Take to the Skies, Taking Back Sunday, trancecore, Twitter, UK

Cave In Reunion Show

May 1, 2009 / Leave a Comment

That’s right! The Massachusetts post-hardcore metal maelstrom known as Cave In is doing a reunion show. So far, it looks like it’s just one show, at Great Scott in Boston. Tickets went on sale this morning at 10 am and sold out. I’m currently trying to grab frontman Steve Brodsky for an interview for Bostonist. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Boston, Bostonist, Cave In, Great Scott, metal, music, Newbury Comics, post-hardcore

iMusician Meme

May 1, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Stumbled upon this video through the 100 Bands in 100 Days Project: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0VX74alwk] iBand… one of those many “phenomena” that might not be called such if it weren’t for the Internet. And these folks aren’t the only ones in on the iPod/Phone-as-an-instrument idea. The number of videos of people either screwing around with a Metallica … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: AC/DC, Benny Benassi, Black Sabbath, Drop It Like It's Hot, emo, Fall Out Boy, iBand, iMusician, IPhone, iPod, iPod touch, Kanye West, meme, Metallica, music, Snoop Dog, The Police, Weezer
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