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(Nine Mile Recordings, CD)

More often than I care to admit, I find myself cross-legged in the midst of CDs strewn about the room, reconsidering some of the albums I crated in the wake of Sarah McLachlan’s late-’90s traveling femme-fest, Lilith Fair. Not the headliners, mind you, but the 5 p.m. slotters who held my heart and attention one afternoon long ago with the promise of great things to come — or at least a recognizable single on “Dawson’s Creek.”... Read more

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(Jack Squat, CD)

Reigning darlings of the diminutive New England country-music landscape, Boston’s Girls Guns and Glory have received glowing accolades for their fantastic live performances. The band recently captured a victory in WBCN’s Rock N’ Roll Rumble, one of Boston’s most renowned live music competitions. That’s a rare and impressive feat for a country band in a city where the genre is consigned to a handful of cover acts and is a largely ignored blip on the radio.... Read more

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Wayne Hobbs isn’t answering his email. But who can blame him?... Read more

TAGS: opera, performing arts, state of the arts, vergennes

In this edition of “Soundbites” I’d like to take a few moments to discuss some of the ins and outs of band promotion, specifically with regard to getting some ink in the esteemed pages of Seven Days.

Rule #1: Never, ever drop your CD off at 8:30 on a Monday morning, hoping to have it reviewed in that Wednesday’s paper.... Read more

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The members of Montréal’s Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band hold passionate social and political beliefs, reflected by an equally passionate international fan base. However, their music itself is rarely explicitly political, which leads to inevitable misconceptions about TSMZ’s motives and inaccurate designations as a “political” band. Thanks, Pitchfork!... Read more

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The Inner Fire District (MySpace) are hard to define. When pressed they call themselves Radical Yiddish Balkan Culture Folk but their sound sidesteps labels. TAGS: burlington, culture, folk, music, musician profile, stuck in vermont, video

Early last Thursday morning, fire consumed an apartment building at 144 North Union Street in Burlington. Fortunately, all of the building’s nine residents were able to escape unharmed. But the house and virtually everything inside it was a total loss.... Read more

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(Fat Cat Music, CD)

It’s tempting to assume that a group claiming to blend jazz and rock is really just another aimless jam band. But once upon a time — as far back as the 1960s with Can, or even more recently with post-rock bands of the 1990s — jazz and rock came together in an innovative fashion, and was appreciated by more than stoned college kids.... Read more

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(Thrill Jockey Records, CD)... Read more

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“I heard a guy ask a guard if he’d ever jerked off with his own tears. It was stunning,” says Chaim Rochester, 32, guitarist for local metal band Amadis. Rochester, a.k.a. J.J. Harris, is speaking about his recent 45-day stint at the St. Johnsbury Regional Correctional Facility. “You know, it was relatively low-key. No one tried to shank me,” he says. “The number-one question I’ve been asked is if I had to eat the Nutraloaf,” he continues. “The answer is no.”... Read more

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