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8 new records that will give Boston rock a charge

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By MICHAEL MAROTTA  |  March 7, 2012


DEVIL'S DETAILS The Doctors Fox describe their sound as "postmodern, multiple-crossoover, semi-classical, bebop lemon marmalade."DEVIL'S DETAILS The Doctors Fox describe their sound as "postmodern, multiple-crossoover, semi-classical, bebop lemon marmalade."

THE DOCTORS FOX | Great Scott | April 14 | All genre labels are served as shit sandwiches in 2012, but when the ADHD-addled Doctors Fox describe their sound as "postmodern, multiple-crossover, semi-classical, bebop lemon marmalade," well, you know the violin-sporting quartet is on some next-level ambition. A mash-up of styles that marries distant relatives like disco and klezmer, the devil is truly in their frantic details. | 1222 Comm Ave, Allston | $10 | 
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