October 2010: One of a kind

What happens when two young architects move into a brand-new townhouse, surrounded by dozens of identical townhouses, in a big development where the bulldozers are still at work? If they’re Lowell Morin and Lin Jia, they cheerfully overlook the dust and set to work making their home their own. The pair moved into the Pavilions […]

If The Invisible Hand makes it, how will they get there?

The Invisible Hand is about a month away from releasing its first album, a self-titled, professional effort that rounds the rough edges of the band’s ferocious live show without diminishing the music’s intensity. The album is a 45-minute behemoth that marries the fidgety power pop vision of songwriter Adam Smith with a band eerily suited […]

Low overhead, with room for headbanging

 In late March, the local seven-piece pop band We Are Star Children released a single called “City Saints” on its Bandcamp webpage that allowed friends and fans to buy the track for as much—or as little—as they were willing to pay. On the side of the page was a tiered payment system that offered the […]

Wines we love this season

 Each fall, the fashion industry predicts the hottest trends for the season—from skirt length to nail polish color—and each fall, I care a little bit less