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Review: AoK's solid debut

Start-up
Appropriately, AoK Suicide Forest's self-titled debut record is traveling music; whether a soundtrack for coursing through terrain similar to their grim namesake or a more, uh, cosmic environment, is a decision left to the listener.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | November 11, 2010

52 ways to leave 2009

Get your New Year's Eve down to an Auld Lang science.
Your usual lackadaisical approach to New Year's Eve — just see what happens and go with the flow — is not going to cut it this year. Sure, the end of this decade may not have the same kind of new-millennium pressure riding on it as the last one, but the plunge into 2010 is a milestone nonetheless.
By SHAULA CLARK | December 30, 2009

World's greatest boss

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band at TD Banknorth Garden, April 21
"Is anybody out there alive?" Bruce Springsteen's crack backing band were in the middle of a full-throttle sonic meltdown casually tossed into opening tune "Badlands," with three guitars wildly strumming open frayed chords like Sonic Youth at their most . . . Sonic Youthy. "I said, is anybody out there alive tonight?"
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | April 28, 2009

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Music seen: Never Got Caught, Mess with the Bull + Phantom Glue

Never Got Caught, Mess with the Bull + Phantom Glue, March 14, at O’Brien’s Pub
In the late '90s, Boston (and by extension northern New England) experienced a rock renaissance.
By DAN CLARK | March 18, 2009

Feel the music

We may be the last generation to give tangible tunes for Christmas
I personally find it comforting that the current number-one single in the country has a chorus that goes "I'll gas up the jet for you tonight, and baby we can go wherever you like."
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 11, 2008

Making us stronger

Boston’s What Doesn’t Kill You scores at Toronto
I’m back from the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, where the unexpected hit among discerning critics was a Boston-made crime melodrama.
By GERALD PEARY | September 17, 2008

Murder Weapon, Werewolves on Wheels, Lead Stiletto

Music seen, Geno's, August 28, 2008
Despite a thin crowd, each band was in fine form.
By DAN CLARK | September 05, 2008

Spring cleaning

A grab bag of discs buried by winter snow
Some find it remarkable, but it is nevertheless true that far more local CDs are released than there are weeks in a year.
By SAM PFEIFLE | March 26, 2008

Excellent Italian interview

Steve Albini speaks
Steve Albini is a pretty nerdy guy.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | October 23, 2007

Recapturing the magic

The Police, Fenway Park, July 28, 2007
Watch a slideshow of the Police at Fenway Park.
By BRETT MILANO | July 30, 2007

Going on sale: July 27, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Soulive, ZZ Top, Queens of the Stone Age, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | July 24, 2007

New Orleans notes

A city holds fast to its soul
This year as last, the refrain at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was: “We’re back.”
By JON GARELICK | May 08, 2007

Worldly travelers

Dragonfly and the many sides of Brother Cleve
Recently, Brother Cleve has become something of an international presence, thanks to an eclectic band he plays keyboards in called Dragonfly and to an increasingly successful career as a DJ. Dragonfly, "Blind (Brother Cleve's rock 'n dhol remix)" (mp3)
By JIM SULLIVAN | November 13, 2006

Two guys walk into a bar . . .

The debut of the Union Square Round Table
From the outside, P.A.’s Lounge looks like a place a man in a joke about a bar might think twice about bringing his talking dog into.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | November 13, 2006

Do what they mean

Loverless are a lean Fighter machine
When 2006 wraps up, it’ll be hard to think of another show as fun as the Big Easy’s stage for the Best Music Poll Festival back in May, with Cosades and Loverless opening for Rock Kills Kid.
By SAM PFEIFLE | September 20, 2006

Is the RIAA inoculating itself against viral video?

YouTube under fire
You’ve seen them: the hundreds upon hundreds of homemade clips on YouTube and Google Video where bored teenagers set up a webcam and lip-sync cheekily to their favorite songs.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 21, 2006

Crossword: 'I'm not a doctor!'

But I get this cool title anyway
But I get this cool title anyway
By MATT JONES | May 03, 2006

Sibilance

Portland's local music news for the week of Feb. 3-9
Matt Shardlow; RPM Challenge; impending spring Band Guide
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 02, 2006

Last days of New Alliance

The nerve center of Boston’s rock scene for the past 19 years is packing up and moving across the river
Wandering around the Fenway’s soon-to-be-demolished RFT building feels like spelunking through the bowels of Boston’s hard-rock scene.
By CAMILLE DODERO | January 19, 2006