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Out: Preparing for one H.E.L.L. of a weekend in Cambridge

Protecting your interests
Next weekend at the Democracy Center in Harvard Square, Vermont DIY label Get Stoked! Records and bike safety group Helping Everyone Live Long (H.E.L.L.) will co-host a weekend with a stacked line-up of Northeast punk, hardcore, indie rock, pop-punk, and emo bands.
By LIZ PELLY | February 15, 2012

Out: Parasol and Inky Skulls soundtrack the Anarchist Bookfair kickoff party

Sweet democracy
"This is a song to put on a mixtape for the next person you have a crush on," laughed Parasol singer/guitarist Lily Richeson last Friday night before launching into "Firecracker," a super-cute two-minute love song that balanced big distorted riffs and driving drums with doo-doo-doo's and baa-baa-baa's.
By LIZ PELLY | November 16, 2011

Photos: Quilty + Girlfriends + Curmudgeon + Bil Nils at the Ladyfest Fundraiser

Democracy Center | August 6, 2011
Quilty, Girlfriends, Curmudgeon and Bil Nils perform live at the Ladyfest Fundraiser at the Democracy Center on August 6, 2011.
By ALI DONOHUE | August 12, 2011

Out: Getting loud with spawn of Sonic Youth at the Ladyfest Boston benefit in Cambridge

Democracy Center in action
The room filled to about 40 kids for Big Nils, a four-piece teenage punk band from Western Mass fronted by 16-year-old singer Coco Gordon Moore.
By LIZ PELLY | August 09, 2011

Play by Play: July 23, 2010

Theater listings, week of July 23, 2010
Candyland: A Recession Comedy, Quills, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and more.
By MADDY MYERS | July 21, 2010

Drawn together

Comic Koffeeklatsch
Boston needs more superheroes. Not because our metropolis is gripped by an unprecedented crime spree, but, says Dave Kender, because our comics are perhaps not muscular enough for their own good.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 03, 2009

Ride the Snake

Label moves towards reality
The ancient lake has no idea what it's got coming.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | February 09, 2009

Boo-ya!

When bands dress up for Halloween, it’s creepy
Maybe it’s because dressing up as the economy would be kind of lame, but I’m haven’t heard Jack O’Shit in the way of truly scary costume ideas this year.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | October 28, 2008

Keeping the faith

Mobe turns 30
Boston has a good rep in progressive circles for being on the right side — most of the time — on every social/political issue since slavery.
By CLIF GARBODEN | May 07, 2008

The rest is noise

WHRB presents Record Hospital Fest 2008
If, heading home from Chet’s Last Call one night in 1984, you happened to tune into The Record Hospital , you might have caught a Swell Maps track, followed by some F.U.’s or the Contortions.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | April 15, 2008