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Sunderland smoothies

Field Music are ready to soft-rock
"We're two brothers trying to entertain ourselves and have a laugh in the studio," says Peter Bowens. "We have to pretend to be rock musicians."
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 17, 2010

Americana: land of progress

Califone’s peerless take on the future of roots-rock
You can listen to 30 seconds of any Califone song and get a fair idea of what the band is all about.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 14, 2009

Stop making sense

The precision mishmashes of the Fiery Furnaces
"Look, we just think that we, as a band, are very . . . interested. In things, in the world."
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 08, 2009

Rehearsing their choir

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper are easy to find, easy to love
Epically twee, and then simply epic, "Comet Flies Over the Underbelly" — the fourth track on Lady Lamb the Beekeeper's Samples for Handsome Animals — is, for a minute or two, almost unbearable.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | December 31, 2008

Live: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

"Tower of Song," December 5
The first hints of bouncy reverb can be heard from the Stadium on Free Street, and the echo chamber carries all the way to this monthly concert's home at the top of a building at the corner of Congress and High streets.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | December 10, 2008

Dead of Winter + Fiery Furnaces

Music seen at SPACE Gallery, January 18-19
It was a weekend of big acts and big crowds at SPACE Gallery.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 23, 2008

Antic Digression Disorder

The dizzying wormholes of the Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces don’t make things easy on themselves.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 16, 2008

Save the dates, and get your tickets

Music seen: 2008 in preview
Here’s a guide to some you might want to buy early for, a few of which have already been rescheduled due to recent snowstorms.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | December 26, 2007

Fiery Furnaces

Widow City | Thrill Jockey
There’s plenty in the way of ambition on Widow City, but little substance to back it up.
By RICHARD BECK | December 03, 2007

Dax Riggs

We Sing of Only Blood or Love | Fat Possum
One of the best tunes here could almost pass for an outtake from Marilyn Manson’s latest.
By MIKAEL WOOD | November 13, 2007

Perfect pairing

Drug Rug turn a relationship into a band
Sarah Cronin and Tommy Allen have just opened a box of T-shirts sent by their record label.
By JEFF BREEZE | November 08, 2007

Damaged goods

Dirty Projectors reimagine Black Flag, realize their potential
This isn’t the first concept album from Dirty Projectors and I’d be surprised if it were the last.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | August 15, 2007

Guest lists

What 30 of the Phoenix 's music critics liked this year
What small, private lists like this remind us is that big, honking institutional lists are largely fictions, mirages of a consensus that no longer exists, if it ever really did in the first place.
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 02, 2007

Deadboy and the Elephantmen

We Are Night Sky | Fat Possum
If a co-ed blues-punk duo make a sound and no one hears it, will they still elicit comparisons with the White Stripes and the Fiery Furnaces? Yes. Deadboy and the Elephantmen, "Stop, I'm Already Dead" (mp3) Deadboy and the Elephantmen, "Evil Friend" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD | July 11, 2006

Portland scene report, July 7, 2006

Sibilance
Whatnot, Cult Maze, Divine Maggees set to release new CDs; Neil Collins's return to the local stages
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 06, 2006

The Fiery Furnaces

Bitter Tea | Fat Possum
Last fall, Matt Friedberger told me that he and his sister Eleanor had been working on some snappy girl-group love songs for their next album.
By SIMON W. VOZICK-LEVINSON | April 24, 2006