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Watch: Mission of Burma’s remastering process
[embedded YouTube video; if you can’t see it, click here] Matador Records remastered the first three Mission of Burma releases: Signals, Calls and Marches; Vs.; and The Horrible Truth About Burma, to...
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Listen local: Mission of Burma
In case the previous post doesn’t mean much to you… Mission of Burma are arguably Boston’s most significant contribution to rock music, and living proof that the ability to create and perform music...
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Great bands with multiple lead singers
Speaking of Sloan, they made The Onion AV Club‘s recent list of ‘bands with more than one prominent lead singer,’ which also includes z=z favourites Mission of Burma (pictured above) and The New...
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Free Pitchfork Fest downloads at eMusic
Probably the single biggest contributor to having a good time at a live performance is familiarity with the music. The Pitchfork Music Festival grasps this point – as it has for the last couple of...
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Webcast: Pitchfork Music Festival
The Pitchfork Music Festival has finally arrived! It kicks off at 6 pm CDT tonight with z=z local heroes Mission of Burma, performing their album Vs. in its entirety. If you’re not able to attend, the...
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Pitchfork highlights: Friday, Mission of Burma
I’m not going to comprehensively blog the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival; instead I’ll point you here and here and here (and I’m sure you’ll find others, if you’re interested). Rather, I’m just going...
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Advance warning: Mission of Burma
zed equals zee faves Mission of Burma, together with Faces on Film and The Neighborhoods, are doing a show at Somerville Theatre on January 24th. The show is a benefit for Arts at the Armory, a...
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Music and tech news roundup
First off, the zed equals zee happy hour was a rousing success, with lots of terrific conversation. It was fantastic to meet so many Boston musicians and bloggers face to face, including some of the...
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New Mission of Burma single, whoo!
Matador Records just posted a single from the upcoming album by Boston musical heroes Mission of Burma. The Sound the Speed the Light, is scheduled for release on October 6th. If this single, “1, 2,...
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This weekend in live music: z=z picks
This is a killer weekend for live music in Cambridge, at least in the z=z worldview. Friday: Montreal’s Besnard Lakes are headlining at TT the Bear’s, and a lineup of bands including Kingsley Flood...
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