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Ragnar Kjartansson's 'Song' surprises audience at ICA Boston

February 28

Tucked away in ICA Boston's galleries, the video installation exhibit "RagnarKjartansson: Song" is easy to miss at first. But it would be a shame to overlook this particular exhibition. Organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, the exhibition transports its viewers to a variety of extreme environments, using repetition of sounds, tunes and gestures to play on the line between recorded and live performance, and between fiction and reality.

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Atoms for Peace cultivats dense sonic layering on debut album 'Amok'

February 25

Anyone who saw Atoms for Peace on their last tour in 2009 had a lot to expect from the group's debut album, "Amok." Formed by Radiohead's Thom Yorke to perform his solo album, "The Eraser" (2006), the group sports an eclectic lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, David Byrne's percussionist Mauro Refosco and Joey Waronker, a drummer whose work has appeared in much of Beck's catalogue. The most thrilling achievement of the group was its ability to transform "The Eraser" from a compelling but chilly album into a dance-infused extravaganza on stage. Their debut brings incredible sonic density and some of this energy to the studio, but one can't help but feel some of the band's manic grooves cooled off as the album was being assembled.

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TV Review | 'Suits' still highly entertaining in second season

February 21

The second and final part of the second season of "Suits" has now come to a close, and what a ride it was. The first season introduced us to the unoriginal yet necessary trope of the unlikely duo, Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) and Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Mike is a brilliant bum, taking the LSATs for other people for money, and Harvey just happens to be a very successful lawyer looking for a new assistant. What will happen next? Who knows! It all seems like a horrible cliche - but it isn't the premise that matters: it's the show. The writers of "Suits" are brilliant with dialogue. The seemingly endless amounts of wit at their disposal results in them producing some of the most entertaining dialogue on television. Much like AMC's ever popular "Mad Men," "Suits" must rely completely on this dialogue because, unfortunately, there isn't much action involved in a show about lawyers.

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Rebecca Santiago | Is So Vain

February 18

I've been trying to start this column for a while now, but every time I try to type, I find myself gazing at my keyboard in quizzical fascination instead. Interesting things are happening on my nails right now - things such as microbeads and polishes and postmodern nightmares - and it's just not conducive to writing, man.

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Restaurant Review | 'Neighborhood' prepares food for great value

February 18

In the mood for a breakfast or brunch that will cost under $10 but will keep you full for the rest of the day? The Neighborhood Restaurant and Bakery in Somerville's Union Square has been serving up heaping plates of Portuguese lunches as breakfast foods since the early 1980's. Although the original manager, Mario Borges, died in 2001, the rest of the Borges clan, under his sister Sheila's management, has kept the restaurant going.

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