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Young Galaxy | Shapeshifting

Paper Bag (2011)
The synthesizer called and Young Galaxy answered. On their third studio full-length, the Canadian indie-pop trio have gone all-out digital, laying down their guitars as sacrificial lambs and bowing to the altar of '80s electro-pop legends like Eurythmics and Depeche Mode.
By RYAN REED | February 16, 2011

Boys meet girls

The four most crucial post-punk boy-girl duos of the '80s
Much of the press tumult over Beach House has focused on how the duo’s idiosyncratic musical style folds into a surging wave of like-minded indie artists eschewing rock histrionics for a gentler path to the hearts of music listeners.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | March 24, 2010

A smooth course

Fenix's breathtaking Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is arguably the Bard's sultriest, silliest, and most gossamer comedy. As such, of course, it is also among the most oft-produced al fresco summer offerings in the whole canon.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | August 12, 2009

Review: Mayhem Fest 2009

Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Killswitch Engage, et al | August 4, 2009 at Comcast Center, Mansfield
A mere 10 minutes after setting foot in the Comcast Center, my editor and I witness our first major act of Mayhem Fest carnage. Actually, we couldn't have missed it -- it was aimed directly at us.
By MICHELLE ABBASCIANO | August 11, 2009

Indoor block party

Diplo at Great Scott, February 23, 2008
I’m white and from rural Connecticut, so I think Saturday night was the closest I’ve ever come to anything resembling a block party.
By MEGAN V. BELL | February 26, 2008

Glamor boy

Mika at the Orpheum Theatre, February 1, 2008
The British dance-pop playboy is still working to find his niche on this side of the Atlantic.
By VICTORIA WELCH | February 04, 2008

Three of a kind

Deborah Harry, Annie Lennox, and Siouxsie Sioux
Deborah Harry admitted that there was no method to the madness involved in making her new solo album, Necessary Evil.
By MIKAEL WOOD | October 08, 2007

Happy endings

Bad news begets good tunes
The end is nigh! And I’m not talking about the mortgage market.
By MATT ASHARE | September 12, 2007

Early and often

Summer heats up quick and stays hot
There’s plenty to get excited about looking forward into the scant three months that make up the only great time to be in Maine.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 13, 2007

The Stones

An essay on the older
This article originally appeared in the August 26, 1994 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By CAMILLE PAGLIA | November 16, 2006

Hunting the wild Klosterman

Things about the pop-culture writer that are true, things that might be true, and something that isn’t true at all
He is Charles John “Chuck” Klosterman: pop-culture critic, four-time author, celebrity profiler, Esquire columnist, ESPN Page 2 sportswriter, former Spin senior editor, unrepentant Billy Joel fan. And he makes girls spit. Chuck Klosterman reads from Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (mp3)
By CAMILLE DODERO | October 05, 2006

Cutting Loose

Nelly Furtado gets promiscuous with Timbaland
Her new third album, Loose , celebrates the emancipation of Nelly Furtado.
By KEN MICALLEF | June 24, 2006

Sunderland Rock City

Field Music's fertile home turf
Whatever it is about post-industrial English cities that lends itself to credible rock music, Sunderland's got it in spades.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 17, 2010