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Melding hooky pop tracks using the muscled approach of the rock band, Words to Cleo shaped in Boston in 1990. Guitarist Greg McKenna in fact started Words to Cleo as another group; when he started looking for a history singer to full his lineup, he discovered Kay Hanley. A powerhouse …

Probably one of the most first and innovative rings to emerge from the punk underground, Converge were formed in the wintertime of 1990-1991, and after several singles, compilation looks, as well as the essential growing discomfort, they released their initial full-length work, Halo inside a Haystack, in 1994. The Boston-based …

The dark and dissonant blues-rock band Come formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1990. The group was led by vocalist/guitarist Thalia Zedek — a recovering heroin addict and experienced from the indie-rock picture whose profession included tenures fronting Live Skull, Uzi, the Harmful Birds and Light Females — and guitarist Chris …

The Magnetic Areas could be a real band, however in most essential respects they’re the project of studio wunderkind Stephin Merritt, who writes, produces, and (generally) sings all the materials. Merritt also takes on lots of the devices, concocting sort of indie pop-synth rock and roll. As the Magnetic Areas’ …