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The Walkmen live at the Middle East downstairs, September 18, 2009

By SARAH VIERA | September 21, 2009

The Walkmen live at the Middle East downstairs, September 18, 2009.

Photos by Sarah Viera.

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Review: The Walkmen at Middle East
It was strange to see the sparse instrumentation from which NYC’s The Walkmen drew their atmospheric, honey-dipped sound last Friday at the Middle East.
Photos: One Night Band 2010
Boston Band Crush presents One Night Band 2010, live at the Middle East Downstairs, August 21, 2010
The Walkmen refuse to break stride
"My lord, where's the satisfaction? It's all uphill for me," croons Hamilton Leithauser in "Victory," a standout track from the Walkmen's new Lisbon (Fat Possum), and a perfect example of the sort of musty and swelling anthems the New York band — who come to Royale next Thursday — have mastered over the past decade.
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Review: The Walkmen at Middle East
It was strange to see the sparse instrumentation from which NYC’s The Walkmen drew their atmospheric, honey-dipped sound last Friday at the Middle East.
Photos: One Night Band 2010
Boston Band Crush presents One Night Band 2010, live at the Middle East Downstairs, August 21, 2010
The Walkmen refuse to break stride
"My lord, where's the satisfaction? It's all uphill for me," croons Hamilton Leithauser in "Victory," a standout track from the Walkmen's new Lisbon (Fat Possum), and a perfect example of the sort of musty and swelling anthems the New York band — who come to Royale next Thursday — have mastered over the past decade.
Tribute: Friends remember Billy Ruane
Billy Ruane died on a Tuesday night.
Photos: Man or Astro-man? at the Middle East
Man or Astroman?, live at the Middle East downstairs, November 14, 2010
A wild night for Billy Ruane
The clock struck midnight at Billy Ruane's Memorial Birthday Bash last Wednesday night in Central Square, and suddenly, as if on cue, things kicked into high gear.
Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker display their indie artifacts
It was on a whim roughly 25 years ago that a young David Lowery called up a friend at SST Records to see how SST had been promoting records that year. "He just said, 'Hey, we've been sending a lot of our stuff to college radio stations, and they seem to be playing them a lot.' I mean, this is literally like how this all started."
Mistle Thrush reunite, remain indefinable
It's a fun bit of Boston rock trivia that on September 23, 1991, homegrown post-punk band Bullet LaVolta played WFNX's fifth-birthday show at Axis with two relative unknowns: the Smashing Pumpkins and, on the eve of Nevermind 's release, Nirvana.
Photos: One Night in Boston 2011
STUFF Magazine presents photos taken in Boston's streets over eight hours on the night of July 15, 2011; here are a few of our favorites.
Photos: Age Rings + Taxpayer + Pretty & Nice at Middle East Downstairs
Age Rings, Taxpayer, and Pretty & Nice perform live at Middle East Downstairs on May 21, 2011.
Photos: Peter Murphy + She Wants Revenge at the Middle East
Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge played The Middle East Downstairs on November 17, 2011.
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