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By | January 01, 0001

Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire

PAX-AM/Capitol (2011)
Historically, Ryan Adams has released, via labels or for download, every idea he's put down on tape.
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | October 04, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Music you don't want
Despite last month's record sales (the lowest since anyone's been keeping track), some artists still don't get the picture: nobody wants music anymore .
By DAVID THORPE | June 15, 2010

A sister act

In addition to their bio, Tegan and Sara also have songs
High-fives all around: together we made Tegan and Sara rule.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | February 12, 2010

Lightning strikes

Weather the storm with Roy Davis's third LP
When Hank Williams sang a song like "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" he could sell it because he'd been down low: born with spina bifida, father with a paralyzed face thanks to a stroke, brother he never knew because he was already dead.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 20, 2010

Going down the road

John Paul brings Belmont Boulevard back to Maine
When John Paul comes to Slainte in a couple weeks, he'll be returning to the Portland scene where he got his start in the biz,
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 01, 2009

The boy with no name

Travis Kline creates More Time
With a tidy five-song EP, More Time , Travis Kline is the newest entrant in Portland's burgeoning alt-country renaissance.
By SAM PFEIFLE | November 26, 2008

Going on sale: November 21, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Andrew Bird, Patty Griffin, Mötley Crüe, Steve Winwood and more
By GOING ON SALE | November 20, 2008

Portland scene report: November 21, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Sibilance starts now
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 19, 2008

Bonus rounds

Elvis Costello, the Lemonheads, and Whiskeytown get the deluxe treatment
How long before this year’s This Year’s Model becomes last year’s This Year’s Model ?
By MATT ASHARE | April 08, 2008

Going on sale: March 28, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Alicia Keys, Joe Lally, Ryan Adams, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | March 25, 2008

Always a bridesmaid

But Kathleen Edwards steps forward on her third album
Asking for Flowers is the slickest album yet from Kathleen Edwards — the Canadian alt-country songwriter frequently heralded as the next Lucinda Williams — and her most raw.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | March 19, 2008

Crossword: ''Wiig party''

Cast off, cast on
Cast off, cast on
By MATT JONES | March 12, 2008

O, Canada!

Cowboy Junkies, k.d. lang, and Kathleen Edwards are not hockey pucks
You’d be forgiven for assuming that nothing’s been going on in Canada for the last few years beyond the interconnected shenanigans of that country’s indie-rock elite.
By MIKAEL WOOD | February 19, 2008

Guest lists 2007

Phoenix and WFNX staffers submit their ten best albums of the year
Phoenix and WFNX staffers submit their ten best albums of the year
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 21, 2007

Sending in the clowns

Deer Tick’s whiskey-guzzling theater
It sounds like John McCauley hasn’t had a sip of water in months.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 31, 2007

Portland scene report: September 21, 2007

Sibilance starts now
We feel bad for (most of) the paying customers, but hope that they, like us, have a newfound appreciation for what a badass Ryan Adams is.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 19, 2007

Putumayo Presents Americana

Putumayo
Most of what you’ll find here is about as appealing as the disc’s candy-colored cover, which has got to be in the running for one of the ugliest of the year.
By WERNER TRIESCHMANN | September 18, 2007

Easy, tiger

Reconsidering hipsterism, sensitivity, and Ryan Adams’s legacy
It’s been interesting to, however briefly, listen to songs I’ll likely still enjoy in twenty years.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 12, 2007

Hollywood hit

Grace Potter makes a major-label smash
Grace Potter is going to be a star.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | September 04, 2007

Junior miss

Malin’s third solo CD goes over the top
Former glam-rocker Jesse Malin’s 2003 solo debut not only offered proof that he could make it as a singer-songwriter — it was the best thing he’d put out.
By IAN SANDS | July 09, 2007

June tunes

From Beastie Boys to the White Stripes and more
Mark Twain once observed that it’s “better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.”
By MATT ASHARE | June 25, 2007

Something for everybody

This summer, New England’s music calendar offers everything from Neil Sedaka to Lez Zeppelin
As that great philosopher Brian Wilson once observed, summer means fun.
By BRETT MILANO | June 11, 2007

E-hanging out

Curious about: the White Stripes, Ryan Adams, Spoon, and Interpol
Uh, we definitely didn’t download any of the albums illegally and therefore can’t tell you that Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is Spoon’s finest work and a contender for album of the year.
By WILL SPITZ | June 11, 2007