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Eddie Vedder | Ukulele Songs

Monkeywrench (2011)
Unless your name is Tiny Tim or you perform with Michael J. Epstein, you shouldn't be putting out an entire album of ukulele songs; something just feels weird about it.
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | May 27, 2011

Photos: Pearl Jam live at the TD Garden

Pearl Jam, live at the TD Garden, May 17, 2010
Pearl Jam's Boston stop on their 2010 tour
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | May 20, 2010

Excerpt: Evening’s Empire by Bill Flanagan

In this chapter, "The Drugs Don't Work," aging rock star Emerson Cutler and his manager, Jack Flynn, are seeking inspiration — and desperately trying to jumpstart his career.
By BILL FLANAGAN | February 05, 2010

Space cowboys

Sidecar Radio's fiery Dreadnaught Cosmonaut
Sidecar Radio's EP Wave Principal was released in April 2008 and I've pretty much been listening to "Easy Gets So Hard" ever since.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 07, 2009

Going on sale: July 11, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Ra Ra Riot, Of Montreal, Gnarls Barkley, Craig Ferguson and more.
By GOING ON SALE | July 08, 2008

The Huff post

Brad’s Very Hardly Barely is very really worthy
Listening to him now, it’s clear that Brad Huff’s career was just getting started with his former act, the Jim James Band.
By BOB GULLA | March 19, 2008

Voices carry

Stephen Malkmus, plus Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan as the Gutter Twins
Stephen Malkmus never sounds like anyone other than Stephen Malkmus.
By MATT ASHARE | March 05, 2008

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A winning combination

Hot Stove, Cool Music at the Paradise Rock Club, January 5-6
Fans of the Sox and of local rock once had at least one thing in common: a big inferiority complex.
By MATT ASHARE | January 08, 2008

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Keepin' it realtor

Rock and rolling all night is tough with an unforgiving day job. That’s why the shredding set love real estate.
There’s an old Saturday Night Live sketch — not, truth be told, one of the show’s funniest moments — called “Rock & Roll Real-estate Agent.”
By MIKE MILIARD | August 01, 2007

Kurt Cobain

1967-1994
This article originally appeared in the April 15, 1994 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By JON GARELICK | November 14, 2006

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 10

Lotta-palooza

This year’s model offers much more than music
This article originally appeared in the August 14, 1992 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By ROBERT MOSES | October 25, 2006

Rallying cries

Pearl Jam and Neil Young respond to Bush’s war
An increasingly unpopular war, a body count that grows daily even as our commander-in-chief touts our military triumphs, and an increasing sense of uneasiness as it becomes all too apparent that our leaders have been less than candid.
By MATT ASHARE | May 15, 2006

St. Anger

On the racks: Neil Young's Living with War ; Pearl Jam's comeback album
Plus new albums by Jewel, the BellRays, and Rebel Meets Rebel.
By MATT ASHARE | May 02, 2006

Portland scene report, April 14, 2006

Sibilance
Dead Season gets slick promo; Seekonk's CD release; LaMontagne's work hits the big stage; Curtis/Erelli get high praise
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | April 12, 2006

Pearl Jam feeling 'aggressive' on new album

NEW YORK (Billboard) - As it prepares for its maiden tour of South America, which begins November 22 in Santiago, Chile, Pearl Jam is still working on its first studio album since 2002's "Riot Act."
NEW YORK (Billboard) - As it prepares for its maiden tour of South America, which begins November 22 in Santiago, Chile, Pearl Jam is still working on its first studio album since 2002's "Riot Act."
By Jane Simpson | December 18, 2005