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Starhead
Escadrille (The Wow Signal Music Company)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: March 19, 2009
Escadrille, the debut album from Denton's Starhead, captures a riveting combination of Ira Wile's passionately delivered poetry over contemplative, hushed accompaniment. It...
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Bsides
Thursday Atones for the Sins of Emo
By Arielle Castillo
Published: March 19, 2009
As frontman of the New Jersey band Thursday, Geoff Rickly helped pioneer many of the main motifs of today's landscape of contemporary punk-inspired rock. From his group sprang...
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Film
Duplicity: Finally, a Chance to Laugh at Corporate Shenanigans
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 19, 2009
Whether it's the amnesiac super spy of the Bourne franchise or the weary law-firm fixer of Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy specializes in characters who wear so many masks that,...
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Critics' Picks
The Death Set, Team Robesphere, Ninja Sonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Totally Michael
Saturday, March 21, at The Lounge on Elm Street
By Michael Roberts
Published: March 19, 2009
Death Set partners Johnny Siera and Beau Velasco are pros at getting fans onto the dance floor and keeping them there—not that their songs sound anything like the stuff...
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Inner Frequency
Surge EP (Self-released)
By Darryl Smyers
Published: March 19, 2009
If there is a good side to the term "corporate rock," local quartet Inner Frequency may have claims to such a region. Singer Cara Young and the rest of the band look marvelous;...
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Critics' Picks
Andrew Bird, Haley Bonar
Sunday, March 22, at the Granada Theater
By Elliott Johnston
Published: March 19, 2009
Along with eccentric one-of-a-kinds like Sufjan Stevens and Joanna Newsom, Andrew Bird would make a fine professor at some school for indie overachievers. Flying around in a...
