V. THE MUSICAL THEATRE’s real name is Matty Studivan. I first met him at a BBQ in Chelmsford, where we shared our first bill at one of Olivia Dynamite’s house shows. The Quiet split early and drove back to Cambridge; I hung out and watched Matty wend his way through a dozen songs on his [...]

are something of a rock and roll phenomenon. Justin–guitar and vocals and whatever else he feels like doing–plays a baritone guitar with standard guitar strings through a gigantic bass amp with 18″ speakers. Which, in case you don’t play guitar, is fucking nuts. Their sound is loud and ballsy with a deep, crushing low end, [...]