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T.T. the Bear's Place | April 6, 2012

By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | April 11, 2012

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Pray for Polanski at T.T. the Bear's' Rock 'n' Roll Rumble Prelim Round #5, Friday, April 6, 2012.

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Photos: 2012 Rock 'n' Roll Rumble Prelim Round #6
The Grinds + Sherman Burns + Motherboar + Streight Angular at T.T. the Bear's' Rock 'n' Roll Rumble Prelim Round #6, Saturday, April 7, 2012.
5 for '10
I love baby bands, and I hope the ones I mention here don't mind my calling them that.
Review: Magnetic Fields at the Wilbur Theatre
“Similarly, here’s another song about miserable death,” Stephen Merritt drolly informed us between songs.
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Photos: 2012 Rock 'n' Roll Rumble Prelim Round #6
The Grinds + Sherman Burns + Motherboar + Streight Angular at T.T. the Bear's' Rock 'n' Roll Rumble Prelim Round #6, Saturday, April 7, 2012.
5 for '10
I love baby bands, and I hope the ones I mention here don't mind my calling them that.
Review: Magnetic Fields at the Wilbur Theatre
“Similarly, here’s another song about miserable death,” Stephen Merritt drolly informed us between songs.
Sounds for older kids
If there were a missing chapter in Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life , it would be about Unrest, the DC-based experimental-pop trio whose leader, Mark Robinson, has called Cambridge home for the past 10 years.
Photos: Organ Beats at T.T. the Bear's
Organ Beats perform live at T.T. the Bear's Place on August 20, 2010.
Changing rooms
The only big difference between the Carolina Chocolate Drops' show at the Paradise Saturday night and the one at the Somerville Theatre back in January was the venue.
Interview: Pat McGrath on the strange, cruel, beautiful life of Billy Ruane
Longtime Ruane friend Pat McGrath talks about Billy's mania, his wealth and his ignorance of money, his tragic family history, and the epic task of keeping him (just barely) on track.
Photos: Linkin Park at the TD Garden
Linkin Park perform live at the TD Banknorth Garden on February 1, 2011.
OUT: Ribs shine through a strobe in Allston, kick off East Coast tour
Whereas most bands nurse hangovers on Saturday mornings, the dudes in Ribs spent the one before their tour kickoff party at Home Depot, wandering the tall aisles of suburban fix-it wonderland in search of multi-colored floodlights and thin, four-foot-long fluorescent bulbs.
Out: Never mind the rapture, here's Pretty & Nice
There's a sense of calculated jubilation in Pretty & Nice's frantic brand of caffeinated pop, one that's a bit paranoid, a bit euphoric, and always on the verge of spinning out of control.
Out: Spicing up Brooklyn’s Hillstock fest with The Toothaches, Honey Dos, and confetti
On the first morning of Hillstock — a three-day Brooklyn-based DIY music fest split among a backyard, a warehouse, and a block party — I awoke wearing face paint and covered in confetti and bruises.
Out: On a boat with the fraternity of Deer Tick
Deer Tick's energy was met with unbridled enthusiasm by the drunk bro-dudes grabbing each other's shoulders and screaming the chorus to "Easy," while girls decked in Urban Outfitters' latest went wild during "Little White Lies."
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