I headed down to Off Broadway on Friday night to join folks
primed and ready for a true potpourri of local music: One-man spazz show
Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, retro-pop power trio Blind Eyes, the
bartender-meets-Brit-prep of the Hibernauts and the shiny, neon synth-punk
theatrics of the Makeshift Gentlemen.
The turnout was impressive, considering the cross-town
competition of Pomegranates, Ocean Rivals and the Mhurs at the Bluebird. (How'd
it go?) (SYYR)
Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship's s
One of life's greatest mysteries is the enduring popularity of Third Eye Blind, which is headlining the Rib America Festival on Sunday night at 9 p.m. Despite the fact that the group hasn't had a monster hit in nearly a decade, it's more popular than ever now -- especially with kids who were barely out of elementary school during the band's heyday. (Really: Young bands such as Panic at the Disco, the Maine and All Time Low frequently cite 3eb as an influence, and the act does big business playin
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REVIEW BY MATTHEW JACKSON
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Fall Out Boy's concert Wednesday night at the Pageant afforded many opportunities, but primary among them was the chance to answer, in one continuous sitting, that ancient question: What are the precise differences between prattle, drivel and patter? To compile a highlight reel of between-song chat, you would have experienced prattle about Bruce Wayne, patter ab