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First Amendment battle in the Bucket

A Catholic controversy; Taibbi’s straight talk; dandy Don; wisdom from Warren
As regular readers of this column know, Jorge is a native of Pawtucket. It was with great pride that I attended the celebration at McCoy Stadium this past Tuesday evening, commemorating the 125th anniversary of the city's incorporation.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 24, 2011

The Big Hurt: Johnny's mansion, Noel's singles, Keith's fragrance, Big Boi's boner, Alice's maze, Hype's erotic thriller, Nicki's boob

Music news in brief
Johnny Rotten's mansion burnt down. A tragedy, but made sadder still by the fact that it happened two weeks before the riots, denying anarchists in the UK the chance to properly thank him for appearing in butter commercials and licensing official Sex Pistols perfumes.
By DAVID THORPE | August 16, 2011

Photos: Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie at Rock & Shock

Alice Cooper + Rob Zombie's Halloween Hootenanny Tour show at the DCU Center
Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie perform at the Rock & Shock Horror Convention at the DCU Center on October 16, 2010.
By ANDY WARE | October 18, 2010

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Review: Suck

Alice Cooper, Moby, and Iggy Pop walk into a bar ...
This blood-soaked camp-fest monopolizes on the media-dominating vampire craze, delivering a none-too-subtle jab to the music industry at the same time.
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | September 02, 2010

The Big Hurt: Bieber fever

Plus U2’s purported fans, and Keane hits the green
Of the 45 headlines on mtv.com’s music-news section, nine are about JUSTIN BIEBER . That’s precisely 20 percent.
By DAVID THORPE | March 30, 2010

Hip-hop from Hell

Horrorcore salutes Ice Cube and Alice Cooper
Depraved hip-hop is the biggest thing to hit trailer-trash America since sliced meds.
By CHRIS FARAONE | October 29, 2009

Hip-hop is dead

. . . or undead, rather — just ask Zombie Death Squad
Depraved hip-hop is the biggest thing to hit trailer-trash America since sliced meds — and not just in redneck pockets, where rap music hardly reached before, but in suburban enclaves where acts like Twiztid and Tech N9ne sell out shows with ease.
By CHRIS FARAONE | October 30, 2009

A Fighting Spirit

Laughing to keep from crying at the Projo's follies
The funniest Providence Newspaper Guild's annual Follies of all time.
By PHILLIPE + JORGE | March 04, 2009

Master of ceremony

George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic live at House of Blues, February 25, 2009
As if Ash Wednesday weren't already the best party night of the year in Boston, George Clinton and his motley crew swung their tour bus through Lansdowne Street last night.
By CHRIS FARAONE | March 03, 2009

Interview: Crooked X

Your New Favorite Teenage Rock N Roll High School Metal Music Machine
Before I climb onto the enormo tour bus of Oklahoma modern rockers Crooked X, I meet up with them at a Dunkin' Donuts, and witness their drummer, Boomer, ask his road manager, with a straight face, if they have Egg McMuffins here.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | January 09, 2009

Kicking the habits

The Raveonettes change (for a change)
Anyone familiar with Wagner's œuvre with the Raveonettes (who come to the Paradise next Thursday) should be surprised by the idea that, having created something awesome, he's ready to move on to something different.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | January 09, 2009

2008 Listravaganza Part 2

The lighter side of music in 2008
Everything you wanted to know about the year in music, in tidy lists of 10.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 05, 2009

Going on sale: August 15, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Fleet Foxes, the Spinto Band, Coldplay, Bishop Allen, and Weezer.
By GOING ON SALE | August 12, 2008

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Nadia Oh

Hot Like Wow | Tiger Trax
In relative terms, no music is “good” or “bad” — it just needs to be heard in an appropriate setting.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | April 29, 2008

Boston music news: September 7, 2007

Notes on Gary Cherone's latest musical venture
Two years ago, Extreme frontman Gary Cherone and his guitar-playing younger brother Markus formed a one-off band to cover Who’s Next .
By JIM SULLIVAN | September 04, 2007

Masters of Muppets

The 20 best musical moments on the original Muppet Show .
Here are some of our fave muppet musical moments.
By CARLY CARIOLI AND RYAN STEWART | August 27, 2007

All access pass

Richard McCaffrey’s “Troubadours, Rockers & Punks”
Rock and roll in black-and-white and in color comes to town this week, when Providence-based photographer Richard McCaffrey presents a show of his best work at the Dryden Gallery.
By BOB GULLA | November 15, 2006

Decemberist daddy

Donovan’s endless ’60s
Donovan has never seemed to be quite of this world, since his best-known songs take place either in the skies (“First There Is a Mountain”), underwater (“Atlantis”), or within inner space (“Sunshine Superman”).
By BRETT MILANO | November 13, 2006

Making book on rock 'n' rool

The dean's list
Everybody knows that the first rock critics were those sweaty adolescents who got dragged up to American Bandstand’s Rate-a-Record display by Dick Clark.
By MARK MOSES | November 06, 2006

Going on sale: September 22

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Alice Cooper, G. Love, Brian Wilson, and more.
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The new Web geniuses

How slackers with one dopey idea are getting rich
As the Web has evolved, becoming more and more democratized, capable of being customized and used in ever more ways, a funny thing is happening. Wanna be startin' something?: A five-step guide to being a new web millionaire. By Bill Jensen
By MIKE MILIARD | August 25, 2006

Inside AWAL

A behind-the-scenes look at the men who put the Arctic Monkeys and the Editors on the map
Playing middleman between emerging artists and the digital marketplace, Artists Without a Label is quietly reinventing the music industry, one download at a time.
By IAN SANDS | June 12, 2006