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Joe Gallant purrs through My Own Divide

Smooth operator
Lately, there's been something of a rush of literary, high-minded singer songwriters, but Joe Gallant takes a more well-established track on his debut EP, My Own Divide , delivering smooth pop songs for fans of Howie Day, Jack Johnson, and Harry Connick Jr.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 26, 2011

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The Big Hurt: Vince Neil acts his age

Plus The Situation singled, Drake unsurpassed, Pete Doherty denied, Lou Reed exonerated
By the time you read this, the Situation will have his first single out on iTunes. Yeah, that the Situation.
By DAVID THORPE | June 22, 2010

Portland music news: April 17, 2009

Sibilance
Two big shows to watch coming up: That TOWER OF SONG we've been telling you about got approval from the City Council to put on a big festival May 23. So that's on.
By PORTLAND MUSIC STAFF | April 16, 2009

Yule be sorry

Little gifts lurk among holiday horrors
It eventually occurred to me that most if not all of the Christmas music I listened to, I did so in the service of some ulterior message.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | December 12, 2008

A different Empire

The many sounds of upstate
I grew up in central New York, and I can confirm that anyone who grows up in upstate who wants to do something interesting or awesome usually winds up doing it somewhere else
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 02, 2008

Mixed grill

Scarecrow Mobius, Monique, and Morley
Dave Bryant stood among the folding chairs in the audience before Scarecrow Mobius's gig at Outpost 186 a week ago Monday night, looked at his two-deck keyboard rig, and mused, "Not pretty, but I guess it will do. I had more room at rehearsal."
By JON GARELICK | December 01, 2008

If you don’t have anything nice to say . . .

Five outrageous Immortal Technique moments
Five outrageous Immortal Technique moments
By CHRIS FARAONE | June 24, 2008

Power + glory

The peculiar American brashness of George Bellows
The work of George Bellows has a peculiarly American brashness about it.
By KEN GREENLEAF | April 30, 2008

Tristan Prettyman

Hello | Virgin
This sophomore set by San Diego–based Tristan Prettyman doesn’t warrant its statement-making title.
By MIKAEL WOOD | April 02, 2008

Going on sale: March 14, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Ladyhawk, Lewis Black, Nightmare of You, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | March 12, 2008

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Boxed and ready

The cream of the season’s CD/DVD crop
The cream of the season’s CD/DVD crop
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 14, 2007

Live Earth 2007

Where to go, who to see, what to know — even if you don't have a ticket
So you’re headed to a Live Earth gig somewhere, whether outside New York City or in a remote outpost in Antarctica.
By JEFF INGLIS | July 10, 2007

Three for all

Bertrand Laurence, Kraig Jordan, and Matt Hartke
You hear a lot about local musicians splitting the scene for greener pastures.
By BOB GULLA | February 07, 2007

G. Love

Lemonade | Brushfire/Universal
When in 1994 G. Love emerged as a rapping white-boy Boston transplant from Philadelphia’s old-school blues scene, the temptation was to write him off as a one-shot, “Cold Beverage” curio — a left-field indulgence of the alt-rock era. G Love, "Rhyme for the Summer Time" (mp3) G Love, "Blues Music" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD | August 15, 2006

Live, long and uncut

Columbia opens Miles Davis’s Cellar Door
Here’s Miles performing not in the laboratory of the studio but in front of a live audience, unmediated by the mixing board or the razor blade.
By JON GARELICK | January 12, 2006