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Concert Wed May 30 2007

A Threesome in a Darkroom

M_fb4da638ca36db894c874b5e5bf87c2eAiriel is one of the band's that has quietly risen to the top of the city's burgeoning Indie music scene.  Using a cooled stew of ambient rock and melodic noise, Airiel is a smooth dance. Thursday they'll be at the Darkroom with A Place To Bury Strangers and La Scala.  Boneshaker Records is showcasing these three bands off their label and Filter Magazine is getting in the mix with 'em.  Show is a low $8.

Brent Kado

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Feature Thu Nov 12 2009

She's Money

By Kara Luger

When talking musical influences with Helen Money, it's easy to forget her instrument of choice: cello. She references Bob Mould's Beaster, with its wall of sound and intense, thought-obliterating guitar work. She speaks of The Who and all the crazy rock bands she was exposed to in the '80s. "The stuff I like sounds like life or death," she reasons. And this coming from a woman with a picture of Jimi Hendrix taped to her cello case like he's a saint.

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