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Tennis

Marathon If the typical description of Tennis―the married couple from Denver who sailed along the Eastern Seaboard for almost a year and then wrote an…

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New Forms Festival

10:30 p.m.: The doors open for what promises to be a bone-rattling extravaganza, headlined by three rising dubstep practitioners from the U.K.. Distorted warbles and…

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Liars

Angus Andrew was a bundle of nerves as he ambled on stage at Venue to announce that Liars would be playing sans guitarist Aaron Hemphill,…

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St. Vincent

For fans of St. Vincent, Annie Clark’s thin face and tousled hair are quite familiar, dominating the covers of her two full-length albums. It’s no…

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Sunny Day Real Estate

It’s tough to explain the Big Deal about this band to someone who doesn’t already know about it. One has to convey that in the…

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Klaxons + Mystery Jets

Mystery Jets were a treat, playing hooky Britrock that almost reminded me of the Kaiser Chiefs (without any pejoratives that might imply), but leaning more…