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    1. Nada Surf at Paradise Rock Club
      8 April 2012

      Nada Surf with An Horse - Paradise Rock Club (Boston) - Friday, April 6, 2012

      This enchanting power pop group put a spell on the entire audience during this Good Friday show at the Paradise in Boston. Well worth the trip.

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      EJ Hagen and Alex White of Highspire
      8 March 2012

      EJ Hagen of Highspire

      I quit painting many years ago to focus on music. And shoegaze / effect-based music was a natural fit for me due to the experimentation and lush beauty involved. It’s like painting for your ears.

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      27 February 2012

      Joey Shanks of The Blurries

      Everything we like about the Blurries is born from what we were doing wrong as Slider Pines. Even now, we use that band name (which is god-awful) as a reverse rally cry for doing things better, or just differently.

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      press photo of The Morning After Girls
      23 February 2012

      A Brief Interlude with Sacha Lucashenko of The Morning After Girls

      Never attempt to recreate what’s already been done, where’s the thrill in that?

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      Engineers at Union Chapel
      6 January 2012

      Mark Peters of the Engineers

      “I would hope that the real connection people would make with our music is a spiritual one…that lifts you to a higher mental state, and away from everyday consciousness.”

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    2. Elizabeth Klisiewicz’s Top 10

      Week of April 22

      April 2012

      1. M. WardA Wasteland Companion

      2. PolicaGive You the Ghost

      3. The ShinsPoint of Morrow

      4. Winter PillsAll My Lovely Goners

      5. Still CornersCreatures of an Hour

      6. YoungteamDaydreamer

      7. Active ChildYou Are All I See

      8. World PartyArkeology

      9. Frankie RoseInterstellar

      10. Spotlight KidDisaster Tourist

      About Elizabeth Klisiewicz

      Music has always inspired me and continues to define my existence. During my college years and afterward, I had a weekly radio show at WMUA and also at a community station in Springfield, MA. I also wrote music and concert reviews for my college paper. When I am not writing technical manuals, I read mysteries, write fiction, and can always be found with a camera and a maxed out iPod.