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By | January 01, 0001

Review: Jonathan Richman at Middle East upstairs

Jonathan Richman, live at Middle East upstairs, February 18. 2010
The closing show of Jonathan Richman's three-night stand at the Middle East upstairs hit an early peak on the second song. "My Baby Love Love Loves Me" (from 2004's Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love ) smothered the audience with the intensely romantic side of his persona.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | February 24, 2010

Loaded weekend

From Ready Ink to Alec K. Redfearn
The Chelsy Lau Band head to Cat’s in Pawtucket with guests She Rides, Red Lanterns, and The Organ Beats; and more.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 10, 2010

By | January 01, 0001

The way things will be

The Goodnight Process offer a strong debut
The Goodnight Process have a little bit of the next-big-thing about them.
By SAM PFEIFLE | March 11, 2009

Splendid sludgefest

Six Star General soars on Spaceship to Planet Cookie
Six Star General soars on Spaceship to Planet Cookie
By CHRIS CONTI | December 23, 2008

Return of a band’s band

The Feelies at the Roxy, October 11, 2008
Like the Velvet Underground, the Feelies have had a greater impact on other bands than on a general audience.
By STEVEN BEEBER | October 15, 2008

Metal Feathers + Phantom Buffalo

Music seen at SPACE Gallery, July 19
The Year in Cult Maze Spin-Offs has taken yet another auspicious turn.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | July 23, 2008

Going on sale: July 18, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
The Walkmen, Ray LaMontagne, Jonathan Richman, Gang Gang Dance, Paul Weller, and Henry Rollins.
By GOING ON SALE | July 15, 2008

Coverings

Jeffrey Lewis’s Crass, and Dirty Projectors’ Black Flag
If the title teen of Juno can dismiss Sonic Youth as “just noise,” what would a representative of a generation for whom quiet is the new loud make of the even harsher sonic barrages of first-wave punk?
By FRANKLIN BRUNO | March 10, 2008

Going on sale: January 18, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Jonathan Richman, Sons & Daughters, Beach House, and more
By GOING ON SALE | January 16, 2008

Day by Day by Day

A column ends
Two years ago, the Phoenix asked me to write a weekly column about Boston’s growing electronic music and DJ scene.
By DAVID DAY | September 18, 2007

Major threats

Indie-rock weekend: a play in three acts
Ian MacKaye has set quite a model for how a punk rocker ought to grow up.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 20, 2007

Bad mothers

Angeline kick out the folk-rock jams
It’s often been said that inside every punk-rocker is a hippie scratching to get out.
By BRETT MILANO | May 29, 2007

Motley crews

A short history of Boston rock
The history of Boston rock and roll begins with these immortal words: “Ding! Dong! Ding ding dong! Ka-ding dong, ding dong ding!”
By BRETT MILANO | November 15, 2006

Who you callin’ a punk?

Down by law
Jamaica Plain–based freelancer and Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation staffer Steven Lee Beeber was waiting for a plane at the airport a number of years ago when his girlfriend let out a gasp.
By IAN SANDS | November 01, 2006

Metal mixes

Let's dance
Without naming names, I have to say I’m not crazy for all this Franco-filter-metal dance music that’s been making so many indie-dance party playlists lately — lots of overdriven guitars set incongruously to boilerplate four-to-the-floor beats.
By NICK SYLVESTER | August 29, 2006

Flashbacks: May 5, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Chris Brook and Jessica McConnell.
By EDITORIAL | May 03, 2006

The road to Boston

Don Lennon, Rahim, and Pela
Sometimes you just have to hear a band before shelling out that cover charge. Here are four tracks by four artists heading our way this week . . .
By MATT ASHARE | April 24, 2006

Beneficial pop

Bake sale for Baker; roadrunning at P.A.’s
They were calling it the “Who Stole Baker’s Shit!” benefit, but the mood at T.T. the Bear’s Place in Central Square last Tuesday night was more neighborhood spaghetti supper than riled-up rock show.
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 28, 2010

ID Check: Casey Dienel

The grand canary
A 21-year-old Scituate songbird signed to the Decemberists' old label is about to sing her Massachusetts song.
By CAMILLE DODERO | January 04, 2006