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Bumma?
’NSync’s BMA pronunciation lesson, a night of NEMO, Lot Six hit a thrift store
BY SARAH TOMLINSON

There were no Grammy-like limo discharges onto a red carpet at the 18th Annual Boston Music Awards at Avalon a week ago last Wednesday, where a quick survey suggested that most of the audience had taken public transportation — they knew better than to try to park near the club on game day. Inside, there was more talk about the Sox than there was speculation about BMA winners: at least one presenter gave a game update from the podium. Other than the Sox, the night’s two big topics of conversation were the faux pas made by ’NSync’s Chris Kirkpatrick, who awarded Outstanding Local Male Vocalist to "Jack" Brennan ("Jack couldn’t be here tonight," Jake Brennan quipped), and the stellar, soul-laced performance by Vermont’s Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. Night’s sweetest moment? Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer handing a Hall of Fame Award to the Neighborhoods, who were then introduced by Fenway Recordings honcho Mark Kates (delivering a heartfelt shout out to how instrumental they’d been in inspiring and sustaining his passion for working with music) before dispensing a blistering set to a reverent crowd.

If the goal of NEMO was to expose local artists to new audiences, then it was a good sign to see unfamiliar faces in the crowd at the Middle East last Friday for a showcase boasting some of the local scene’s brightest indie-rock hopes. Eyes Like Knives played a set of atmospheric hard rock downstairs — apparently good enough to inspire an inquiry from Atlantic Records — then popped upstairs to catch the Unbusted, who shouted out ELK and Furvis during a set of hook-laden pop. And the night’s inclusion of a few out-of-town acts, including the Manchester, UK-based trio Nine Black Alps, who borrow from Nirvana in the best possible way, served to remind whoever was watching that Boston’s best can hold their own on an international stage.

As NEMO wound down on Saturday night, it was back to business as usual for local art-punk songsmiths the Lot Six, who played a 23-song set for just over a dozen friends and fans in the basement at the vintage clothing store Planet Aid just because they felt like it. With Dirty Holiday’s Chris Warren doing sound, the casual vibe extended to dragging a couch in front of the low stage. Wearing a fabulous new Larry Hagman-style jacket that he’d bought at the shop that night, Dave Vicini crooned and screamed his way through an eclectic set that included a twangy cover of the Breeders’ "Driving on Nine" and a raw, inflamed version of Gram Parsons’s "Brass Buttons."

Sarah Tomlinson can be reached at stomlins@mindspring.com


Issue Date: October 7 - 13, 2005
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