Gamble House’s Visionary Song Writing

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Ben Becker’s project Gamble House has blossomed from a one-man-show to a full throttle indie rock band. While I cringe at the blithely tossed around term ‘indie’, Gamble House is the absolute definition of independent or perhaps that other seemingly amorphous word ‘alternative’. They frequently dabble in ambient rock, pop, noise, surf without giving away

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Oy Vey in a Manger: Holiday Shows

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For those of us itching for an official musical kick off to our holidays, we’ve got three (Spaceland!) options of BCTV favorites fast approaching. First off is Eagle Rock’s finest, Princeton (taking a cue from Yo La Tengo’s tradition of offering a Hannukah show) at Spaceland on the 12th, with the merry jangle pop of

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