The Band Next Door: You Can Be A Wesley

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Boston’s You Can Be A Wesley is singer/guitarist Saara Untracht-Oakner, guitarist Winston Macdonald (above), bassist Nick Curran, and drummer Dylan Ramsey. Together, they are like the band next door. They don’t seem to try too hard or take themselves too seriously, and their music is fun…sex pop. Right before their last show at Cameo in

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Canon Blue’s Whole Other World of Music

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Daniel James of Canon Blue Canon Blue is one of those bands that you need to let the music sink in and really permeate to fully appreciate it. Having done collaborations with amiina, Sigur Rós’ string section, and Efterklang, their compositions reflect layered and thoughtful sensibilities, like the kind that are best experienced when you

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ANNOUNCING THE BEST SONGS OF 2010!

Your voices have been heard, fair readers,and here are the Top Ten Songs of 2010, according to YOU! #10: “SILVIA” BY MIIKE SNOW AND “AIRPLANES” BY LOCAL NATIVES– TIE In an interview with Todd Prodanovich last September, Local Natives band member Taylor Rice said: “Airplanes” has been a song that has really connected with a

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ANNOUNCING THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2010!

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You did it! You voted, and now we can share the list of the Top Ten Albums of 2010– according to YOU! The National performs at Sasquatch! 2010 #10: HIGH VIOLET BY THE NATIONAL When Kelly Montgomery reported on Sasquatch! in Washington this June, she confessed to an obsession with this top-ten album from The

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