Blog: Hip To Be Square

Kurt Vile at The Sinclair and Somerville’s Porchfest

May 15, 12:26pm Hip To Be Square

TweetWhat more can you ask for. We have Kurt Vile and the Violators at The Sinclair on Friday night. This will be my first show at the new Harvard Square venue. Then all throughout the day on Saturday our lovely city of Somerville is having their annual Porchfest! What is Porchfest you ask? Why it's [...]

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New Kurt Vile song – “Never Run Away”

Mar 22, 6:42pm Hip To Be Square

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RIP Jason Molina (aka Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.)

Mar 19, 10:00am Hip To Be Square

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Stream every Phish show available online dating back to 1983

Mar 18, 9:29pm Hip To Be Square

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Listen to Hearsay’s Best of Playlists from 2001 to 2012

Mar 17, 5:58pm Hip To Be Square

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Join me on This Is My Jam

Jan 13, 9:52am Hip To Be Square

Tweet Just signed up for this site where you can post a jam you are currently listening to, like, right at this very moment. The folks who follow you will see your latest jams, letting you show off your coolness ... Read more :

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Phish releases live DVD from Summer 98 – Star Lake

Oct 29, 2012, 7:49pm Hip To Be Square

TweetThis was my first long tour with Phish. At this point I had seen my first show back in 96 and a few shows during fall 97 (Philly and Penn State). I had missed all of 97 summer tour, including ... Read more :

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Melvin Seals and JGB at Middle East next Tuesday (10/23)

Oct 15, 2012, 9:26pm Hip To Be Square

TweetFor all you dead heads out there, the one and only Melvin Seals is headed out way next week where he and his JGB band mates will be rocking out the lower depths of the Middle East Downstairs. Buy tickets ... Read more :

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Vetiver and Here We Go Magic at the Middle East – Pics

Sep 30, 2012, 2:44pm Hip To Be Square

TweetLast week we checked out the Vetiver and Here We Go Magic show at the Middle East Downstairs and took some pics. Here are a few of the shots that I felt were the best (see the full slideshow at ... Read more :

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Page McConnell and The Metermen open up new Harvard Square venue

Sep 17, 2012, 9:46pm Hip To Be Square

TweetThere's a new musical playground called The Sinclair that is going into downtown Harvard Square. This is pretty awesome news since you can never have too many music venue options. Based on the list of bands they have lined up ... Read more :

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Final Phish Summer 2012 Highlight – it doesn’t get much better

Sep 11, 2012, 12:35pm Hip To Be Square

TweetThis basically sums up a lot of what Phish accomplished on this tour. They are so loose and feeling in the groove that I wouldn't be surprised if they got antsy and pull an early winter / late fall tour ... Read more :

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Stream the new The xx album – Coexist

Sep 10, 2012, 10:13pm Hip To Be Square

Tweet These Brits know how to write extremely catchy melodies and unlike some hooky music, these hooks stick around for awhile. They also have a pretty cool site that's tracking the viral effect of just giving the link to their ... Read more :

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Suggested upcoming Cambridge show – Vetiver with Here We Go Magic opening

Sep 10, 2012, 9:45pm Hip To Be Square

TweetShow is Thursday, 9/20. BUY TICKETS

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Little Barrie at O’Briens next Thursday

Aug 24, 2012, 4:13pm Hip To Be Square

Tweet Little Barrie (UK) will be gracing the shores of our grand state for the second time this year. This is after not making it to the states for their entire career, which started in 1999 when they released their ... Read more :

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New Six Organs of Admittance after nearly a decade

Aug 19, 2012, 9:24pm Hip To Be Square

TweetBen Chasney's project, Six Organs of Adimittance, went on hiatus and eventually indefinite pause when he joined Comets on Fire almost a decade ago and I nearly had forgotten it even existed until a recent retweet from Drag City Records. ... Read more :

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New from Wild Nothing “Paradise”

Aug 12, 2012, 9:57pm Hip To Be Square

Tweet Apparently Jack Tatum, the main dude behind Wild Nothing, has this "ideal world" of pop music floating around his head and the new album, Nocturne, is suppose to capture the essence of this world. What ever it is, I'm ... Read more :

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Video for Washed Out’s “A Dedication”

Aug 12, 2012, 9:35pm Hip To Be Square

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Phish 2012 Summer Tour Highlight | Light -> Ghost

Aug 11, 2012, 3:55pm Hip To Be Square

TweetWhat makes this a highlight is not due to a funk dance party, high energy notes from Trey or bass bombs from Gordon. No, instead this is a highlight for the full band conversation that takes place in this "Light" ... Read more :

• Phish - Back on the Train >
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Donnie & Joe Emerson – “Give Me A Chance”

Aug 8, 2012, 10:30pm Hip To Be Square

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Phish Summer 2012 Highlights | DWD -> Sand @ Deer Creek

Aug 4, 2012, 8:43am Hip To Be Square

Tweet A song known for it's jams, "Down With Disease" makes its first appearance in my highlight reel. This was one hot weekend out in Indiana, or so I heard since I was not there. My only trip out to ... Read more :

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