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By | January 01, 0001

Fall Music Preview: Stay positive

The local concert calendar is filled to capacity
The face of the local nightlife landscape undergoes a major change in the form of a renewal this autumn, as the State Theatre’s exhaustively maligned absence ends on October 15, with 10 fall concerts on their docket already. But that’s not the only new venue to look out for.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 15, 2010

By | January 01, 0001

October already!

Folk + blues + noise + alt-pop + Mr. Young
Only 11 weeks and counting of Christmas shopping remain, so head out to some budget-friendly shows in the meantime.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | September 30, 2009

The dark knight

Merry prankster Sir John Hargrave is a square peg at a round table
By his calling card alone, Sir John Hargrave sounds like he may be a world-renowned botanist, or the first man to set foot in some remote part of Papua New Guinea.
By IAN SANDS | July 08, 2009

The Big Hurt: Crashing Pumpkins

Plus Lynched Beatles, and a misleading Baby
I recently had the "was that real, or did I dream that?" feeling about the upcoming Spider-Man musical featuring songs by U2, and I happily concluded that it was a dream.
By DAVID THORPE | April 13, 2009

Bob Dylan Unboxed

Everything you wanted to know about Tell-Tale Signs but were afraid to buy
This October, Columbia Records is releasing Tell-Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 , a collection of recordings by Bob Dylan that are different from recordings issued on the seven studio albums he released in that period.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | October 15, 2008

Arresting developments

Joan As Police Woman lets her guard down
Lack of talent, charisma, and/or personality can prevent a good band from achieving greatness — but too much of a good thing can also be a problem.
By MATT ASHARE | September 16, 2008

Vicious squircles

The Big Hurt: grave errors and virtual disappointments
Someone has made off with Ian Curtis's gravestone.
By DAVID THORPE | July 15, 2008

Going on sale: June 6, 2008

Breaking Boston concert news
Spiritualized, Duffy, The Mars Volta, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | June 03, 2008

Crescent City health report

The New Orleans Jazz + Heritage Festival buoys a wounded community
“Is much better! The tourists is coming back !” That was our cab driver from Louis Armstrong Airport into New Orleans — a transplanted Haitian from Jefferson Parish.
By JON GARELICK | May 06, 2008

Going on sale: April 25, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Feist, Rooney, the Black Angels, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | April 24, 2008

Pants afire

Fakeries and the faking fakers who fake them
The ratio of falsehood to truth in the universe has not, of course, altered one jot since the world began.
By JAMES PARKER | March 13, 2008

Sheryl Crow

Detours | A+M
Cohesion’s where you find it, but headphone delights are everywhere.
By MIKAEL WOOD | February 05, 2008

Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

Rhino
Every so often in Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 you can see the beaming host, Eric Clapton, behind a stack of amps shooting photos of his fellow performers.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | January 22, 2008

Start with some Spice

A recipe for a tuneful 2008
The game is on for the reunited Spice Girls.
By MATT ASHARE | December 26, 2007

Dan Wilson

Free Life | American/Sony
It’s as if he were trying to impress mom while keeping the kids at bay.
By KEN MICALLEF | November 19, 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

War and peace

Cowboy Junkies expand their reach
More often than not, when an artist gets airplay covering a decades-old song, it’s out of desperation — the sign of a career on its way down.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 08, 2007

Media monstrosities

Oddities and ephemera from the week gone by
On April 23, MIT sophomore David Sheets cataloged Web sites that can’t be reached on Boston’s free wireless network due to a screwy filtering program.
By ADAM REILLY | April 25, 2007

Having more fun

Lucinda Williams goes West
By the time Car Wheels on a Gravel Road came out, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, and Tom Petty had all recorded Williams’s songs.
By MATT ASHARE | February 13, 2007

Music City Dos

Where to go in Nashville
Where to go in Nashville
By TED DROZDOWSKI | January 24, 2007

Crossword: 'Cutting corners'

More themeless magic, baby!
More themeless magic, baby!
By MATT JONES | November 15, 2006

Missionary man

The country-rock gospel of Gram Parsons
Parsons’s influence is pervasive, from the Stones to Elvis Costello, Uncle Tupelo, and Wilco.
By MATT ASHARE | August 03, 2006

Jam bandaging

Dave Matthews at Fenway Park
The Dave Matthews Band are an interesting anomaly. Slideshow: Dave Matthews Band and Sheryl Crow at Fenway Stadium, July 7, 2006
By TOM KIELTY | July 10, 2006

Going on sale: June 30, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Double your Kristin Hersh pleasure
By EDITORIAL | June 27, 2006

Rebel Belles

The Dixie Chicks hold their ground and then some
No other performer has been as vilified as the Dixie Chicks were for speaking out — and they wouldn’t have been if they hadn’t made their name in the conservative space of mainstream country music.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | June 06, 2006

St. Anger

On the racks: Neil Young's Living with War ; Pearl Jam's comeback album
Plus new albums by Jewel, the BellRays, and Rebel Meets Rebel.
By MATT ASHARE | May 02, 2006

Going on sale: February 10

Breaking news in the concert-ticket trade
Franz Ferdinand & Death Cab, Thursday, Alkaline Trio, Neko Case, and more.
By WILL SPITZ | February 09, 2006