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Photos: Bon Iver at the House of Blues

House of Blues | August 5, 2011
Bon Iver performs at the House of Blues on August 5, 2011.
By NATANYA KHASHAN | August 08, 2011

Bon Iver | Bon Iver

Jagjaguwar (2011)
The deliberation and complexity of this record announces how ludicrously full of ideas Vernon is.
By DEVON MALONEY | June 22, 2011

How the Decemberists ruined indie rock

Colin Meloy's crew have much to answer for
If you're a regular reader of the Phoenix's music section, you'll have noticed a decided uptick in the space devoted to electronic music here lately: electro, laptop lo-fi, chillwave, superstar DJs, and whatever other bullshit genre we're about to hype next week. There's a reason for that: all the writers here (myself especially) have horrible taste.
By LUKE O'NEIL | January 26, 2011

Aleric Nez needs no accompaniment

Ramblin' man
For any songwriter, the urge can be great to add in that string section, that trumpet piece, that bit of backing vocal that’s so easy to hear right at the edge of consciousness.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 27, 2010

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Review: Middle East and Laura Marling at SPACE

Music Seen
At SPACE Gallery, May 11
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 19, 2010

Person and persona

For John Shade, it’s all in the text
Folksie newcomer John Shade says that his songs are focused on identity and anonymity, but there’s also what sounds like an unraveling personal economy lurking beneath: characters steal purses, check classifieds, go it alone with “no safety net,” and generally feel like bums.
By MATT PARISH | May 04, 2010

Review: Jakob Battick and Friends

At Slainte on April 9, 2010
Jakob Battick and Friends at Slainte on April 9, 2010
By BRYAN BRUCHMAN | April 14, 2010

Flanagan’s empire

Native son Bill Flanagan — novelist and MTV executive — discusses big books, musical longevity, Irish Catholicism, and Behind the Music .
Once a staple of the pages of The NewPaper (original incarnation of The Providence Phoenix ), Warwick-born Bill Flanagan went on to become a prominent rock journalist whose credits include U2: At the End of the World , the definitive portrait of one of the world's biggest bands.
By MICHAEL ATCHISON | February 05, 2010

Rear-view mirror

Albums you shouldn't let slip by
After a few days of Indian Summer to remind us of the summer we nearly didn't have, it's timely to shed some warm light on albums released recently that didn't get their proper due.
By SAM PFEIFLE | November 11, 2009

Covering the bottom end - and the bottom line

Newport Jazz comes back with a bang
The biggest news made by the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals the past two weekends was that they happened at all.
By JON GARELICK | August 14, 2009

Best Music Poll 2009: Anything goes

The underground: saved, salvaged, or savaged?
The underground: saved, salvaged, or savaged?
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 30, 2009

In doubt? 'Doo Write'

Dilly dilly sings Of Art and Intention
Dilly dilly was lamenting to me the other day that there's no blueprint for making a living as a musician anymore.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 25, 2009

Photos: Bonnaroo 2009

Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Elvis Costello, and more at Bonnaroo 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Elvis Costello, and more at Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, Tennessee
By LEXY WINTER | June 17, 2009

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Portland Music News: February 27, 2009

Sibilance
Bettencourt, Choate, Moshe all in town
By PORTLAND MUSIC STAFF | February 25, 2009

What's love got to do with it

Audrey Ryan + Strand of Oaks + Lewis & Clarke, Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, February 14, 2009
"Happy Valentine's Day. That was a saint, right? St. Valentine?" mumbled Lewis & Clarke's (wasted?) frontman/sonic adventurer, Lou Rogai.
By MEGAN V. BELL | February 18, 2009

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2008 Listravaganza!

An absolute glut of cruelly reductive Top 10 lists from our dedicated staff of tirelessly enthusiastic writers
We are not at all sick of bands with animal names yet and seem to have a soft spot for Erykah Badu that we kept very hush about all year.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 31, 2008