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Photos: Yellowbirds Album Release Party at Lily Pad

Yellowbirds | Lilly Pad | February 26, 2011
Sam Cohen (Apollo Sunshine) and his cohorts in Yelllowbirds celebrated the release of debut full-length album The Color at Lily Pad on February 26, 2011.
By ANDREW MCFARLAND | March 01, 2011

The boy with The Thorn in his side

On the record with Jesse Gallagher and Biff Rose
This could be a fairy tale.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | November 23, 2010

Homegrown II: Shea's stadium

Uniting 53 bands under one roof
All too often, our music scene is referred to in the past tense.
By NOLAN GAWRON | October 12, 2010

Haus music

The Whitehaus spares its carpets with Blastfest 3
On a sleepy side street in JP sits the Whitehaus, where, on a recent Saturday evening, muffled electronic gurgles and drones pulse from the basement like the sounds of some secret sci-fi laundromat. It's an experimental electronics night anchored by Boston synth overlord Keith Fullerton Whitman, but it could be any number of scenes that the Whitehaus has welcomed into its living room over the past four years.
By MATT PARISH | March 17, 2010

Going steady

This just in: Drug Rug are insanely good
Whenever Drug Rug come up in the press (which is happening more and more lately), writers seem to find it hard to separate the band from the relationship between founding members Sarah Cronin and Tommy Allen. Cronin and Allen are not crazy about this.
By RYAN STEWART | August 05, 2009

The odd couple

Jesse Gallagher meets Biff Rose
Apollo Sunshine's Jesse Gallagher recently announced that Biff Rose would be traveling from the Big Easy for a rare, one-night-only show this Wednesday at the cozy Lily Pad.
By MATT PARISH | July 10, 2009

Boston music news: January 25, 2008

Notes on Mark Zaleski and Apollo Sunshine
Mark Zaleski is only 22, but the saxophonist, who just began his final semester at New England Conservatory, has played with both Dave Brubeck and Jethro Tull.
By JIM SULLIVAN | January 22, 2008

Star teamz

Ten from Boston’s 2007 pop underground
Mark it, dude: another banner year for the Boston music scene.
By WILL SPITZ | December 18, 2007

Live and kicking

Live reviews: 2007 in review
Yes, we suffer from an embarrassment of riches when it come to live music here in the Boston area.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 17, 2007

Perfect pairing

Drug Rug turn a relationship into a band
Sarah Cronin and Tommy Allen have just opened a box of T-shirts sent by their record label.
By JEFF BREEZE | November 08, 2007

Playlist: September 28, 2007

Jesse Gallagher of Apollo Sunshine: “Top 5 Fresh Foods for Fun Livin’!!!”
Coconut water!, Goji berries!, Kale!, and more.
By JESSE GALLAGHER | September 25, 2007

Singles scene

Local bands dig in with digital
It’s old news: this series of tubes they call the Internet has revolutionized the way music is distributed.
By WILL SPITZ | September 12, 2007

Modest Mouse, buzzing bees

The Download Festival, Tweeter Center, August 18, 2007
“I think this festival is sponsored by large, stinging insects . . . made by Volkswagen,” quipped Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell.
By MIKE MILIARD | August 20, 2007

Download festival?

How about the Tweeter Center line-up instead
It’s a pretty cool line-up of “indie” stars, indie almost-stars, college-rock faves, and local heroes.
By WILL SPITZ | August 14, 2007

So wrong they're Righteous

These brothers make their own rules
Less than two years into their existence, the Self-Righteous Brothers already have a press kit worth of raves.
By BRETT MILANO | July 25, 2007

Boston music news: June 8, 2007

Notes on Angeline, Girl Authority, and Shadows Fall
As Brett Milano detailed in “Cellars by Starlight”, a couple of years back Linda Viens and Emily Grogan were playing their guitars while their kids played together.
By JIM SULLIVAN | June 04, 2007

Round-up

Hot artists who recently hit the Hub
It’s impossible to keep up with the hundreds of noteworthy artists who release CDs every year.
By DAVID DAY | April 09, 2007

No peninsula is an island

Leaving downtown? Portlanders’ music is everywhere you look
Lovers of the nightlife have a great range of choices amid the remarkable density of concert venues in our compact city, but there’s always room for more.
By IAN PAIGE | February 21, 2007

School assembly

Heavy Rotation Record's Annual Epic Event, Berklee Performance Center, February 7, 2007
Beatboxing is overrated.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | February 13, 2007

Cabin fever

Local bands that will get you through the winter
Local-music aficionados were downright spoiled in 2006. Hallelujah the Hills, "Hallelujah the Hills" (mp3) SnowLeopards, "Stuck in the Middle" (mp3) Tulsa, "Whissper" (mp3)
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 02, 2007

The Boston hit list

Ten local bands you need to see
It’s hard to believe Black Helicopter were playing out for a good five years before they hit most people’s radar. Taking Flight: Black Helicopter reach a higher plane of rock. By Matt Ashare
By MATT ASHARE | January 28, 2010

A musical marriage

Guillermo Sexo survive a break-up
Seated across from Jess Barnett and Reuben Bettsak, founders of Cambridge-based foursome Guillermo Sexo, I have little trouble believing that the two were engaged to be married. Guillermo Sexo, "The Cursing, The Drinking, The Crying" (mp3) Guillermo Sexo, "El Viento" (mp3)
By IAN SANDS | July 28, 2006

I'm a believer

Matisyahu crowns part two of the 2006 Best Music Poll Party.
It was one of those nights: Apollo Sunshine brought basketballs, Atmosphere brought an emo band, and Matisyahu played “King Without a Crown” twice .
By Simon W. Vozick-Levinson | May 26, 2006

If it ain’t broke . . .

The local ballot reflects a stable, vital scene
For the past three years, the only real suspense in the local end of the Best Music Poll has been whether the Dresden Dolls or the Dropkick Murphys would win more categories.
By BRETT MILANO | May 26, 2006

Best Music Poll 2006

In our annual readers' poll, the sky's the limit
The results are in for the 18th annual FNX/Phoenix Best Music Poll. Gorillaz, Matisyahu, Dropkick Murphys, Dresden Dolls, and Apollo Sunshine top your charts.
By PHOENIX STAFF | May 18, 2006

Stop the world

Apollo Sunshine try to play their music without losing their heads
To say Apollo Sunshine have skyrocketed to success would be stretching the temptation to equate the Berklee-bred band’s hard-earned accolades with some sort of stratospheric journey.
By JONATHAN PERRY | May 17, 2006