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Mylene: Queen of Pop This week in the fishwrap, Charles Taylor makes the case for French pop, through the lens of the latest Mrs. Johnny Depp album . Below, longtime Phoenix critic Michael Freedberg, whom we consider our resident expert on the topic,...
What goes around (goes around, goes around) comes all the way back around We have no idea who pitched who on having the Stooges covering Madonna's "Burning Up" at the RNRHOF induction last night, but we want to have this person inducted...
DOWNLOAD: Township, "Sandy" (mp3) It’s been just less than a year since Township cemented their place in Boston rock history , joining the ranks of the Neighborhoods , the Dresden Dolls , and, uh, Slaughter Shack with a victory in the 29th Rock...
DOWNLOAD: Hooray for Earth, "Warm Out" (mp3) Hooray for Earth: odd band. Get 'em drunk, and they're liable to belt out a Justin Timberlake hit , or maybe one of Jacko's . Left on his own, their singer has been known to crank out...
DOWNLOAD: Medicated Kisses, "Kill the Queen" (mp3) When we told you last year to keep an eye on Medicated Kisses , we were thinking that frontwoman Alanna V's soul-fired belt might carry them to the top of the emo-pops: their " A Wolf...
P&N: Putting the amp back in ampersand DOWNLOAD: Pretty and Nice, "Grab Your Nets" (mp3) Pretty and Nice ? No and no, actually -- ugly and raucous is more like it -- but they've got "Your New Favourite Band" written all over...
P&N: Putting the amp back in ampersand DOWNLOAD: Pretty and Nice, "Grab Your Nets" (mp3) Pretty and Nice ? No and no, actually -- ugly and raucous is more like it -- but they've got "Your New Favourite Band" written all over 'em. This Boston-via-Vermont...
Paramore, "Crushcrushcrush" (Live in Boston, 11/24/2007) Paramore, "Pressure" (Live in Boston, 11/24/2007) Paramore, "Misery Business" (Live in Boston, 11/24/2007) We were way late to the Paramore bandwagon, and only picked up on them a few weeks before...
Paramore, "Crushcrushcrush" (Live in Boston, 11/24/2007) Paramore, "Pressure" (Live in Boston, 11/24/2007) Paramore, "Misery Business" (Live in Boston, 11/24/2007) We were way late to the Paramore bandwagon, and only picked...
Come, "Hurricane" (Live at the Middle East, 11/10/2007) Sure, it was only two songs. (Turns out they had a third ready to go, but decided against it. What, the applause wasn't loud enough? "Exactly," said Chris Brokaw.) But since...
VHS or Beta, "Can't Believe a Word" (Live at WFNX) VHS or Beta stopped by the FNX studios last week to play a couple tracks from their neu new record Bring on the Comets . And you thought those guys would be lost without their sequencer...
The Rat's Last Stand: November 15, 1997 Any good scenester can tell you that November 15, 1997 was the date of the final gig ever played at Boston's legendary, notorious punk club, the Rat. The final band onstage was, appropriately enough, Gang...
Foreground: Yoni. Background: the national phallus. DOWNLOAD: Yoni Gordon and the Goods, "Buried in the Basement" [mp3] Remember when Brett Rosenberg's first record came out and you thought he might be the next Ted Leo? Remember how wrong...
The National, Brainy (Live in Boston) The National, Secret Meeting (Live in Boston) The National, Mistaken for Strangers (Live in Boston) It wasn't that long ago that the National sold out the Roxy, so we didn't expect to see them back this soon...
Queens of the Stone Age, In the Fade (Live in Boston) Queens of the Stone Age, 3's & 7's (Live in Boston) Queens of the Stone Age, Hanging Tree (Live in Boston) Josh Homme stopped by to play a few songs for us and about 35 other lucky stiffs...
