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So many singers are known by their voice—Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon. Although not as widely known, Mike Doughty is no different. His droning, monotone voice is what characterized every song he played last Friday night at the TLA. Haunting, melodic, and just gosh darn beautiful.

Mass Shivers' stated intent: "to create a sound that induced human convulsions in large groupings." We were about to say their second full-lenth, Ecstatic Eyes Glow Glossy, didn't induce any convulsions in us, but we're listening to it as we type this, and we're twitching back and forth and up and down in a pretty alarming fashion, so maybe they're onto something after all. Crazy infectious, mesmerizing, tribal beats and licks form themselves into some seriously fantastic indie rock on this record. Check out the kick-ass first track "Womanizing Metal Studs" and see what you think. Pretty awesome, right? And Mass Shivers will be performing as part of a packed bill this weekend at Danger Danger Gallery in West Philly. So go forth and enjoy!

Entering the empty stage, David Ford began to shake his maracas into the microphone. He stepped away and lowered the maracas, but, as if it was somehow coming from behind the scenes, the sound continued to echo. He then briefly vocalized into the mic and -- same as the maracas -- after the vocalization was over, it eerily continued. At this point, hushed murmurs throughout the crowd could be heard: "What is he doing?" "How is that happening?" What it took the audience a few minutes to understand was that he was looping each sound individually to create a rich texture of music to fill out the entire room with his first song of the night, "Go To Hell." It was truly a mark of high showmanship, but David Ford did it with such grace and understatedness that not only was it entertaining, it was also endearing. Throughout his entire performance, he commanded the stage while also performing with an air of self-consciousness and an honest-to-goodness "Gee shucks I'm so glad to be here" attitude. With his album already having been released in the UK to great success and recently having been released for digital download here in the States (available physically in April), this is a man who is headed swiftly up that daunting hill to stardom. His enthusiasm for performing shined through as he told the crowd that he was glad to be in Philadelphia: "the birthplace of the Constitution and Will Smith."

Looking for something to do tonight? February boring you? Feel a primal need to fight the snow and the ice bearing down on our fair city? Check out The Bravery (with guests The Switches and Your Vegas) at the Fillmore at the TLA. No less than the Village Voice has proclaimed them 'New York's Next Big Thing' and the venerable Auntie Beeb called them 2005's (okay, we know it's 2008) most promising act.

Mike Doughty Ticket Giveaway
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The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. A unique art show opened on Monday in Cleveland, Ohio, and runs until September 29th. It's called the Grumpy Freak Show, and on display are 8-inch vinyl Grumpy Bear dolls customized by over 50 artists. All the dolls will be auctioned to benefit Harvest for Hunger. As with all things these days, the show has a blog. Perhaps not as common,...