Paul Kolderie

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25 years later, Buffalo Tom's frontman looks back at the early days

Career in rock
Buffalo Tom was on its way up. But back then, the farthest imaginable point "up" for a band like us was to be able to tour the States and Europe, maybe headlining places like the Channel or even, in our wildest dreams, the Orpheum. This was P.N. (pre-Nirvana), after all.
By BILL JANOVITZ | November 16, 2011

Photos: New Collisions CD Release at Great Scott

New Collisions, live at Great Scott, on October 9, 2010
The New Collisions perform live at Great Scott on October 9, 2010.
By REYNOLDS AVLON | October 14, 2010

New Collisions rediscover their pop identity

Smashing sound barriers
Ever since Adam and Eve invented pop music by writing the first song, "Snake Is a Jerk," local bands have honored a time-tested structure.
By BARRY THOMPSON | October 04, 2010

Mix nuts

An interview with breakout roots-music production stars the Tremolo Twins
Pop music has a history of great production teams.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | September 23, 2008

Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 07, 2008

Un-Unbusted

The Billionaires escape from the island
Unbusted. If that name rings a bell, chances are you were around Boston three years ago.
By MATT ASHARE | April 22, 2008

Saturday-night special

Radiohead at Harborlights Pavilion
This article originally appeared in the August 28, 1997 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By MATT ASHARE | October 25, 2006

Panic!'s producer

Matt Squire and the rebirth of emo
BU grad and Boston rock vet Matt Squire gave up the guitar for the producer’s chair – and now he’s got his name (and even a songwriting credit) on the hottest Top-40 emo album in America.
By JULIA KAGANSKIY | September 01, 2006

Sex, clubs and rock ’n’ roll

The Dresden Dolls shift into harder-rockin’ mode
The first thing you’d have noticed about the Dresden Dolls’ CD-release show at the Orpheum April 21 was how different it felt to be seated in a theater while the duo played.
By BRETT MILANO | May 02, 2006

Bands to watch out for

Promising local releases in ’06
Winter in Boston is like being grounded. Too many housebound nights, and we’re bored, stir-crazy, and filled with the overwhelming sense of injustice at being stuck in here while the whole world goes on out there.
By SARAH TOMLINSON | December 29, 2005