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On the Cheap: New Saigon Sandwich

Vietnamese worth battling standing-room crowds for
Sure, it's easy to walk right past New Saigon Sandwich — its unassuming storefront is nestled between some of Chinatown's flashier Dim Sum staples. But once you've tried their delicious, authentic, and obscenely affordable Vietnamese lunch specials, it's even easier to ignore its ostentatious competition.

By: PATRICK MCDERMOTT | April 26, 2012

Cloud Nothings | Attack on Memory

Carpark (2012)
With Attack on Memory , the third full-length from Cleveland-based Cloud Nothings, 20-year-old frontman Dylan Baldi approaches new, drastically darker material with the same empty-bottle angst that made his previous releases so appealing.

By: PATRICK MCDERMOTT | January 24, 2012

Now I'm Feeling Gothified

100 Greatest Goth Songs: The Spotify playlist
Plus, the WFNX goth special.

By: PATRICK MCDERMOTT | October 27, 2011

Sleep ∞ Over | Forever

Hippos In Tanks (2011)
Of all the underground scenes causing a stir in the online music community, the sleepy lo-fi that's been coming out of Austin might be the least effervescent.

By: PATRICK MCDERMOTT | October 04, 2011

Out: On a hot summer night at the Middle East, Dream Hits surf a garage-pop lullaby

Wake up the buzz meter
Following a lively opening set of Americana-infused indie rock from South Shore five-piece War Presidents, Dream Hits breezed through their show with the infectiously simple "Bummer" and the sweet melodrama of "Meat," a song that sounded so warm and familiar that even the most intoxicated coeds were bouncing and swaying in all the right places.

By: PATRICK MCDERMOTT | July 28, 2011

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[ 05/24 ] "Adbusters & the Art of Modern Activism" @ Harlow Gallery

[ 05/24 ] Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real + Mallett Brothers Band @ Empire Dine And Dance

[ 05/24 ] No Exit @ College of the Atlantic

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[new punk] Nice Guys, "Mean Songs" demo, house show Saturday

[saturday in somerville] Veronica Falls + Brilliant Colors @ Radio

[live recap + phlipcam video] Youth Lagoon @ T.T. The Bear's Place

Masterstrokes: Pre-Vinylite Society sign-painting demo at Orchard/Extension Gallery this weekend

[retro video alert] Columbia House Record Club Ads from the '70s and '90s

O.G. Occupy Boston: Photos of protests from 1969-1980

[goth100] Now I'm Feeling Gothified: the Spotify playlist + WFNX goth special, 10.31.11

[playlist] Our music fall preview hits Spotify

Meet Ken Kelly, the man behind the metal-est Phoenix cover ever

[phlipcam video] Dream Hits + War Presidents @ the Middle East Upstairs