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Live at the Wilbur Theatre, May 1, 2009

By CHRIS DEMPSEY | May 5, 2009

Mogwai live at the Wilbur Theatre, May 1, 2009

Photos by Chris Dempsey

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Hipster University
On-campus concerts — for us graduates or college abstainers — offer a lot to complain about, but it’s worth taking a chance on a college gig or two this year.
Hard act to follow
Shortly after Dirty Projectors completed their mind-blowing set opening up for TV on the Radio at the House of Blues, vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman came back on stage.
Photos: TV on the Radio at House of Blues
TV on the Radio at House of Blues
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Hipster University
On-campus concerts — for us graduates or college abstainers — offer a lot to complain about, but it’s worth taking a chance on a college gig or two this year.
Hard act to follow
Shortly after Dirty Projectors completed their mind-blowing set opening up for TV on the Radio at the House of Blues, vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman came back on stage.
Photos: TV on the Radio at House of Blues
TV on the Radio at House of Blues
Photos: Major Lazer, A-Trak, Matt and Kim
Bacardi B-Live Tour | June 18, 2009 at House of Blues Boston
Photos: Dirty Projectors and Vieux Farka Touré live at Somerville Theatre
Dirty Projectors and Vieux Farka Touré live at Somerville Theatre, June 18, 2009
Are Animal Collective a jam band?
Like many white males in their early 30s with slowing metabolisms and dorkish concerns, I never really got what the big fucking deal was about Animal Collective. I was turned onto them years ago by a friend at an old workplace; he had better taste in music than me.
Photos: Animal Collective at House of Blues (2009)
Animal Collective + Grouper | May 14, 2009 | House of Blues, Boston
The long good-byes
Some time in the late 90s, Trent Reznor holed himself up in a house near the ocean. Ostensibly, he was there to write some music. And while he did use that time to begin piecing together some of the songs that would become Nine Inch Nails's 1999 double-album The Fragile , Reznor.
Suite relief
For Longstreth, the pressure's been ratcheted up following the online leak a couple of months ago of Dirty Projectors' fifth LP, Bitte Orca (Domino) which is finally, officially out this week.
Photos: Bonnaroo 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Elvis Costello, and more at Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, Tennessee
Unextinct
The convo is already off to a bumpy start with one Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr., phoning in from his Los Angeles residence at 10:30 am PST.
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