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Last Wednesday, 08/26/09 was another Ryan’s Smashing Life showcase. Show preview was here: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/?s=http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/2009/08/show-crush-rsl-presents-larcenist.html
Larcenist were releasing their CD at this show, they are a group of five songwriters that all sing and sometimes do gang vocals. They veered from street punk to alt-country in a way that made them hard to pin down genre-wise. More photos of Larcenist are located here.
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Static of the Gods are a perfect trio. Everyone contributes to this intense wall of music that allows Johnson’s vocals to wash over the instruments and the crowd. More photos of SOTG are located here.
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The Shondes are from Brooklyn and I hear a similar vocal attack to that of Boston’s own Amanda Palmer. More photos of The Shondes are located here.
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We were running late and missed what we heard was a great set from opener, Ian Adams.