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Frank Hopkins finds an inner peace (and jam)

Graceland
After three albums of stern lecture, it would seem that Frank Hopkins and his Line of Force have decided to just roll with the punches and turn out a nice dance jam.
By SAM PFEIFLE | May 12, 2011

Spouse frontman goes solo, Spose celebrates 4/20, and more

Sibilance
SPOUSE frontman JOSE AYERVE has a new solo project that ought to shake things up a little.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | April 06, 2011

Video: The 12 acts you should've seen at Bonnaroo 2010

From the xx to Jay-Z
When I told my bosses here at the Phoenix that I was going to need some time off to attend Bonnaroo for my third year in a row, I expected to hear something along the lines of, "Have fun, don't die, and we'll see you when you get back."
By MICHAEL C. WALSH | June 22, 2010

Join the Gypsy caravan

Sibilance
The latest on Gypsy Tailwind, Low-Flying Airplanes, and more
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 05, 2010

The Big Hurt: Lightfoot lives!

Plus Weezy tweets and Mayer backpedals
Last week, the world was gripped in the terror of a GORDON LIGHTFOOT death scare when a realistic-looking Twitter obit was picked up by several Canadian papers.
By DAVID THORPE | March 02, 2010

Working on your heart

Carll Wilkinson starts the whole damn thing all over
With the talent we have in this town, just about anybody can put together a decent-sounding album.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 01, 2009

Making it right

New Orleans drops the guns and dances
Whatever increments of recovery New Orleans has made since Hurricane Katrina, in many ways the city never changes. The only shocker was a lower-left-hand piece, "Crime is down sharply in N.O."
By JON GARELICK | May 05, 2009

Post-steroid baseball

Nine questions that will shape the new season
The bunting is hung. The chalk lines are laid out with Euclidian precision.
By MIKE MILIARD | April 02, 2009

Sizzling frost

Dance heat 2009
The winter dance season starts out promoting international coexistence.
By DEBRA CASH | December 29, 2008

Hearts of gold

Pete Kilpatrick Band make like Obama and hope
Pete Kilpatrick’s burgeoning career is a microcosm of the near-chaos that is the current state of the music industry.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 02, 2008

Dirt merchants

Farm Aid crops up in Massachusetts
In the hegemony of mid-’80s mega-rock-star benefits, Farm Aid stands as the American blue-collar uncle to Live Aid’s international whiz kid.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 16, 2008

The shores of cool

Interview: Liz Phair paddles back to Guyville
I’d love to get all swept up in the hullabaloo surrounding Liz Phair’s 1993, now seminal, now reissued Exile in Guyville , I really would.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 26, 2008

Three in one (more)

New from Marie Moreshead, Adam Kurtz, and Hotel Arrival
Last week, we previewed the releases of three discs. This week, we offer three discs that came out this summer, but didn’t hit my desk till recently.
By SAM PFEIFLE | August 13, 2008

Going on sale: July 25, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Ratatat, Jamie Lidell, Street Dogs, Cut Copy and more.
By GOING ON SALE | July 23, 2008

Here we go, yo

Rock the Bells: Q-Tip reunites A Tribe Called Quest one last time
No Rock the Bells tour would be official without a godlike headliner at the helm.
By CHRIS FARAONE | July 22, 2008

The kids are alright

Faster! Faster! debut with music.sex.coffee
It’s not amateurish at all. It’s just rough around the edges — and enjoyable in its bravado.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 11, 2008

Walking the line

Duke Robillard comes out Swingin’
Duke Robillard comes out Swingin’.
By BOB GULLA | May 28, 2008

Going on sale: March 28, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Alicia Keys, Joe Lally, Ryan Adams, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | March 25, 2008

Willie Nelson: Moment of Forever

Lost Highway
Nelson turns 75 in April, but this disc sounds fresh and timeless next to other recent albums from Nashville’s Music Row.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | February 26, 2008

Other music meccas

By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 29, 2007

Going on sale: March 30, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Album Leaf, Cocorosie, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Village People, and more
By GOING ON SALE | March 27, 2007

Voicing dissent

Letters to the Boston editor: March 23, 2007
I have no beef with your story “ Culture War .”
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | March 21, 2007

Vusi Mahlasela

Guiding Star | ATO
Mahlasela is among Africa’s best singer-songwriters, and here he delivers 16 largely acoustic-based tunes that span kwela, reggae, swing jazz, mbaqanga, and rock.
By BANNING EYRE | March 19, 2007

Keepin' it real

The Roots, Avalon, March 13, 2007
As I was walking up to Avalon a week ago Tuesday to see the Roots, a group of college kids crossed the street in front of me sporting backwards hats and puffy vests.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | March 19, 2007

Jurassic 5

Feedback | Interscope
Major-label “positive” rappers like this decade-old crew have defended the old school like schoolmarms upholding the five principles of hip-hop as if they were as much fun as the three R’s. Jurassic 5, "Work It Out" feat. Dave Matthews Band (Quicktime)
By FRANKLIN SOULTS | August 21, 2006

Rising sun

Guster for grown-ups?
What else could a mid-level, socially conscious band of affable guys writing listenable pop music want? To lose their collegiate reputation.
By JONATHAN STERN | August 07, 2006

Knives out

The new sound of Neo Nouveau; plus Wetlands Preserved
A few years back I raved about a band called Holiday.
By BOB GULLA | August 02, 2006

Jam bandaging

Dave Matthews at Fenway Park
The Dave Matthews Band are an interesting anomaly. Slideshow: Dave Matthews Band and Sheryl Crow at Fenway Stadium, July 7, 2006
By TOM KIELTY | July 10, 2006

D-Tension and Effect

Wϋnder twins: Activate!
Los Wünder Twins Del Rap are like the Tenacious D of old-school rhyme-spitting: supposed brothers, goofball raconteurs, big eaters, crass sex-talkers. Los Wünder Twins Del Rap, "Myspace Bitches" (mp3)
By CAMILLE DODERO | June 15, 2006

Mieka Pauley

Out of Car Wrecks and Hurricanes | Self-Released
For her latest release, local singer-songwriter Mieka Pauley collects five of her best songs on an EP produced by pop maestro John Alagia. Mieka Pauley, "Stronger" (mp3)
By SUE BELL | June 14, 2006