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Review: Norman

Suburban settings
Cancer seems to be the breakout star of indie films this season. In Jonathan Segal's Norman , it gets its hands on the title character's father and is the catalyst for his emotional turmoil and social alienation, though you get the feeling he was never too well adjusted to begin with.
By NINA MASHUROVA | October 18, 2011

Photos: Newport Folk Festival, part three

More from Newport, July 30 - August 1, 2010
Andrew Bird, April Smith, Calexico, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and more
By P. NICK CURRAN AND ADDISON POST | August 06, 2010

Photos: Newport Folk Festival 2010, Part Two

Andrew Bird, the Swell Season, Richie Havens, What Cheer? Brigade and more, live from Newport, July 30 - August 1, 2010
Andrew Bird, the Swell Season, Richie Havens, What Cheer? Brigade and more, live from Newport, July 30 - August 1, 2010
By RICHARD MCCAFFREY | August 06, 2010

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Local Natives | Gorilla Manor

Frenchkiss (2010)
Afropoppy, orchestral and baroque, driven by catchy three-part harmonies, Fleet Foxes/Andrew Bird–inspired, yadda-yadda-yadda.
By CARRIE BATTAN | February 09, 2010

Annie in Wonderland

St. Vincent gives an otherworldly performance on Actor
There wasn't much to know about St. Vincent when I first happened upon her in concert, in the middle of July 2007.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 21, 2009

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Providence Fall Preview Listings 2009

Music, theater, art, festivals and more in the coming months
A page of listings for local music, theater, art, festivals and more this fall.
By PHOENIX STAFF | September 17, 2009

Stars aligned

Cult heroes and superstars dot the region's fall concert calendar
The days are growing shorter, the magazines are (well, barely) getting larger and meatier, and the first batch of cider doughnuts is on the way real soon: all sure signs of autumn, as is the bountiful crop of prestigious concerts coming our way this season.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 16, 2009

Jodi Explodi, Meantone, Tony McNaboe and more

Sibilance
JODI EXPLODI 's Shipyard EP is out and available, after a few delays here and there. It's the first disc from the band since the four-song Demo-Arigato from 2006. It appears to have some kind of zombie theme to it, but we haven't caught a listen yet.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | July 08, 2009

Photos: Sunday at Bonnaroo 2009

Phish, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and more at Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, Tennessee
Phish, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and more at Bonnaroo 2009
By LEXY WINTER | June 18, 2009

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The moving pictures

Pattern Is Movement reanimate the past
If one way that bands tie themselves to the past is through sonic reference — Fleet Foxes calling forth Crosby, Stills and Nash, or Animal Collective channeling the Grateful Dead — then there's been a number of bands who tie themselves to the past through cultural reference.
By DEVIN KING | May 12, 2009

Slideshow: Andrew Bird at the Orpheum

The Orpheum Theatre, January 30, 2009
The Orpheum Theatre, January 30, 2009
By ERIC BAUMANN | February 02, 2009

Andrew Bird's whistled, wily works

Setting the mood
"Steamy, fecund, decaying, kind of mossy, woodsy . . . cloudlike, thick, saturated."
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | January 28, 2009

Y'all come back now . . .

Diminishing returns in 2009
I've always liked the idea of there being some weight to the "nines," meaning: if you're a year, and you're going to perch yourself at the very edge of a decade, you'd better be ready to represent.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | December 31, 2008