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			December 1, 2009: Performer Magazine Aloud Cover story "Aloud's cycle has been buoyed from the beginning by their superb songwriting and performing skills. Jen de la Osa is a dynamo on stage and on record. She's a petite woman with a larger-than-life voice and her guitar playing seemingly has its own personality with all its side notes and pick-slides. Her vocals are one of the hallmarks of Aloud's sound; powerful enough to blow the doors down, yet accurate enough to blow just the right doors down. Partner Beguiristain's work has its own personality, one that counterpoints de la Osa's bombast and raw power. Whereas de la Osa rides a chariot of blood and thunder, Beguiristain simply sidles up to your ear with an almost conversational style of lyric and melody." Read more... \| PDF November 17, 2009: Columbus Alive (Columbus, OH) What to do Tuesday Show preview "Aloud is a Boston band with boy-girl vocals and big hooks, but they're more unpredictable than the paint-by-numbers pop band that comes to mind. Jen de la Osa sings like Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom and is nearly as sassy. Henry Beguiristain isn't as endearing, but he sounds great when the pair interlocks in harmonic bliss. The overall feel comes off much like a slightly bluesy take on the New Pornographers' sugar rush pop — a worthy reason to venture to Bernie's, 1896 N. High St., to see them play tonight with Help Is On The Way and Keith Jenkins & the Moving Parts." PDF November 12, 2009: Offbeat Magazine (New Orleans, LA) Preview: Aloud at Cafe Prytania Tonight Article "Boston’s Aloud is appropriately enigmatic for a male/female-fronted rock band with a white, red, and black color scheme. Co-lead vocalists/guitarists Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain have played together for the last 13 years... and though their rock is not so feedback blues-driven, Aloud’s musical energy does recall the White Stripes, if only there were two Jacks, no Meg." Read more... \| PDF November 11, 2009: UWeekly (Columbus, OH) Aloud Show preview "Henry Beguiristain could make elegantly sad young music - so could Jen de la Osa - but when he contemplates being "fatalistic," she rhymes it with "sadistic." Aloud's "Fan The Fury" updates X's Exene Cervenka and John Doe's dynamically domestic civil war, now spilling into the streets and vice versa, as hyper-aware, media-bombarded harmonies and discord fall into place and fly by, between the sheets and screens. The personal and the political trust and bust, while Aloud's co-leaders' voices and guitars insist, “The end will be our beginning,” once again." Read more... \| PDF November 4, 2009: Flagpole Magazine (Athens, GA) Weekly Pics Show preview "Everything I've read about this band's live show suggests a "fiery" "chaotic" and "high-energy" performance. The tunes seem to be all of the above, with a driving rhythm section and bluesy, distorted guitars. Singer Jen de la Osa has some really exceptional pipes, at times forlorn and dreamy like Fiona Apple and at other times roaring like Grace Slick or maybe even a slightly more lilting Janis Joplin. She trades off vocal duties with longtime collaborator Henry Beguirstain who has a more modern rock sound." Read more... \| PDF August 30, 2009: The Philadelphia Inquierer (Philadelphia, PA) 7 Days Show preview "Pure pop for now people. Powered by the twin vocal/guitar attack of Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain, the Boston-based combo Aloud somehow succeeds in uniting chamber pop with rock anthems." Read more... \| PDF August 28, 2009: Teaparty Boston The Search for White Jeans and Other Adventures with Aloud Interview "Aloud played The Luxury’s CD release at the Paradise back in July, which continues to be one of the most talked about Boston events of 2009, and Jessie and I recently caught up with them after their sound check at TT the Bear’s Place before their high-impact show on August 6th with The Lights Out. Henry Beguiristain and Jen de la Osa, the pair behind all things Aloud, left Miami for Boston nearly ten years ago in order to capitalize on their artistic enthusiasm and mutual appreciation for meticulously crafted lyrics and songwriting. They haven’t looked back since." Read more... August 28, 2009: Boston Band Crush Feature Crush: C.D. on Songs, 8/28/09, One Night Band edition Song Review Aloud is one of those groups that has the luxury of having two exquisitely talented vocalists in Henry Beguiristain and Jen de la Osa. This embarrassment of vocal riches means Aloud has to choose who's going to sing lead, but the two work together so well in this particular track that you barely notice the differentiation. Read more... August 05, 2009: Serve The Song Center Stage with Aloud - Part 2 Interview "In part two of my interview with Aloud, Jen and Henry talk about the recording studio, videos and online promotion, and balancing the business end of their music with creative stuff." [Part 2 of 2] Read more... August 03, 2009: Serve The Song Center Stage with Aloud - Part 1 Interview "Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain have been writing, singing, and playing guitar together since they were young. Today they are the core of Boston-based Aloud. The songs on their sophomore album Fan the Fury are an engaging collection of observations, each expressed with urgency and true emotion." [Part 1 of 2] Read more... June 30, 2009: Boston Band Crush Feature Crush: C.D. on Songs, 6/30/09 Song Review "If Neil Young had Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s, Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain of Aloud provide an update of maybe not her status but their own in ‘Hard Up In The 2000s.’ The drums and the chord progression plod ahead like a heart monitor as Doctor de la Osa gives her own prognosis on life in the current century. The once-per-measure piano chords sound out a dirge akin to John Lennon's “Mother,” minus Lennon's atonal primal screaming but plus singer de la Osa's powerful vocal delivery." Read more... April 1, 2009: Pilgrims of Sound All Things Aloud Article "Aloud is, through all the experiment, mood swings, and live shows, a rock band by the Webster’s definition. Their trick is that they’re aware of where and when they are and embrace the warts as well as the gold of the times. They are a statement that through all the bells and whistles at work on music, the heart of American youth remains in the 4 piece, verse-chorus-verse, kids in their mom’s basement and under furbished practice space, rock and roll ideology." Read more... March 13, 2009: The Wire Aloud at the Muddy River, March 5, 2009 Live Review "The four band members demonstrate striking chemistry onstage. Beguiristain occasionally sidles up to Osa to sing into the same microphone, and the pair often meet center-stage to play guitar face to face.… The music is raw rock with a hard punk edge to certain tunes, all rooted around a classic Americana core." Read more... February 12, 2009: The Post and Courier: Preview Preview & Interview "The brainchild of lead guitarist Henry Beguiristain and Jen de La Osa, the band combines two voices for triumphant harmonies. Individually, each singer brings something different to the table. De La Osa's deep, almost Joplin-like voice adds thickness to the songs, while Beguiristain's vocals steadies the John Lennon-inspired tracks." Read more... November 17, 2008: Boston Herald Aloud and clear: It’ll be rockin’ time 'I Just Want To Witness...' Preview & Interview "Aloud knows you like to watch... the local rock band is augmenting its live show with interactive visuals... Carr and the band work to create an Orwellian drama using today’s culture of 24-hour news channels, YouTube awareness, camera phones and prime-time reality shows." Read more... October 8, 2008: The Signal (Ewing, NJ) Aloud vocal on social, political issues Live Review "Aloud creates music for a reason, intending to end poverty and encourage people to stand up for political change. They are not pushovers, asserting, "No is not an option, not where we come from." Read more... June 1, 2008: The Noise Aloud: Fan The Fury Album review "The band’s supporters generally focus on Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain’s vocals, but it’s their shimmering guitar work that gives their voices a platform from which to explode." Read more... May 29, 2008: Revolt Media Aloud: Fan The Fury (4/5 stars) Album review "Aloud brings a strong formula of smart, powerful indie-rock that ranges from slow ballad 'Hard Up In The 2000s' all the way to the pulsing garage-rock tune 'When The Ants Attack The Queen.'" Read more... May 28 , 2008: Claremont Eagle Times/Algorhythms Aloud - You'll Either Love It Or Hate It Album review "The second album from Boston quartet Aloud [is] packed with twentysomething rage, but it also brims with flourishes and crescendos...There’s not much middle ground, and that’s a good thing." Read more... April 29, 2008: Adam Salsman - Dancing in the Moonlight Aloud: Fan The Fury Album review "[Aloud's] got a solid sound, amazing skill, and enough staying power to keep us enthralled for years to come." Read more... March 21, 2008: Ryan's Smashing Life Aloud - Fan The Fury Album review "The joy of rock, the celebration of noise and explosion of spirit and wrap it up into a 2008 package." Read more... March 12, 2008: The Boston Phoenix MP3 of the Week: Aloud Song review "...The hooks are bigger, the lyrics smarter, and the arrangements tighter." Read more... October 17, 2007: Lime Wire CMJ: Band - Aloud Live Review "Last night, I had my first CMJ miracle..." Read more & watch video... July 2007: Northeast Performer Aloud Featured Interview "Exuding a light-hearted demeanor, it’s clear the four members of Aloud don’t take themselves too seriously, even in light of their successful 2006 full-length album debut, Leave Your Light On..." Read more... April 2007: INsite Magazine Living Life Aloud Featured Interview "The strength of Aloud’s album is that hard-rocking sounds don’t take away from quality songwriting..." Read more... February 21, 2007: Claremont Eagle Times/Algorhythms Live Review "Aloud combined the Pretenders’ sass with U2’s sonic fury..." Read more...