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Photos + Review: Pretenders, Cat Power at Pavilion

The Pretenders + Cat Power + Juliette Lewis | August 12, 2009 at Bank of America Pavilion
The Pretenders + Cat Power + Juliette Lewis | August 12, 2009 at Bank of America Pavilion
By MIKE MILIARD  |  August 14, 2009
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PJ Harvey wants your fucking ass

PJ Harvey + John Parish | House of Blues, Boston | June 6, 2009
PJ Harvey's two albums with John Parish are not her best work. (Go ahead and argue it, if you like.) The first, Dance Hall At Louse Point , was a surprise departure from her game-changing To Bring You My Love , an album that sold far less than Madonna records but packed as much cultural impact -- back when rock albums and cultural impact were still on speaking terms.
By CARLY CARIOLI  |  June 08, 2009
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Photos: PJ Harvey at the House of Blues

PJ Harvey, live at the House of Blues, June 6, 2009
PJ Harvey at the House of Blues
By KELLY DAVIDSON  |  June 08, 2009

Letters to the Portland editor: June 12, 2009

Thanks for honesty
I'm writing to thank you for your brief, honest assessment of our band's performance and constitution (see " Bands Come, Go, and Get Bashed ," by Christopher Gray, June 5).
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS  |  June 10, 2009
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Podcastic!

Band in Boston escapes to the web
If you’re flummoxed by the dizzying breadth of our rock scene, a good place to start deflummoxing might be the trifecta of Band in Boston podcasts.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR  |  August 19, 2008

Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 07, 2008
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Variety pack

Six artists at the Chazan and 5 Traverse galleries
Bohyun Yoon’s fascination with the human body has led him in the past to play around with clear plastic clothing and naked models covered with mirrors.
By GREG COOK  |  March 05, 2008
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The year the music thrived

National pop: 2007 in review
Bad times for the big guys have generally been good news for the rest of us.
By MATT ASHARE  |  December 17, 2007
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Desert session

Josh Homme’s lullabies of love
For nearly two decades, Josh Homme has had countless irons in the rock-and-roll fire.
By WILL SPITZ  |  December 16, 2008
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Pop shock

KT Tunstall comes dressed for success
The UK version of American Idol is called Pop Idol — and that’s left Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall with mixed feelings about the whole notion of having a pop hit.
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  October 16, 2007
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White Chalk | Island
As the next 10 songs in this cryptic gothic fairy tale unreel, she experiences a drug-induced nightmare, a moon tide of guilt, and, seemingly, death.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  September 24, 2007
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Happy endings

Bad news begets good tunes
The end is nigh! And I’m not talking about the mortgage market.
By MATT ASHARE  |  September 12, 2007
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Julie Doiron

Woke Myself Up | Secretly Canadian
Canadian singer-songwriter Julie Doiron embarks on a bracing departure from her usual tender, acoustic confessionals with spare accompaniment and an understated æsthetic.
By CHRIS PARKER  |  April 17, 2007

Just the Fax

Kurt Cobain to the Phoenix : ‘F--- off!’
This article originally appeared in the August 13, 1993 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By BRETT MILANO  |  March 29, 2007
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A muse amused

Kristin Hersh discovers the bright side of life
There are a few good reasons to admire Kristin Hersh’s latest solo album, Learn To Sing like a Star . Hersh's bar: The essentials. By Brett Milano
By BRETT MILANO  |  February 27, 2007
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Snoop Dogg

Tha Blue Carpet Treatment | Geffen
That Snoop has made his best album since 1993’s Doggystyle is a painful reminder that the hip-hop ambassador has spent the majority of his career coasting.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER  |  December 11, 2006
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Small-town gold

Sonya Kitchell strikes a major chord
Like most 17-year-olds, Sonya Kitchell is struggling to figure out who she is.
By ADAM GOLD  |  October 27, 2006

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 23

The Who | the Music Hall | August 6, 1971
The Who | the Music Hall | August 6, 1971
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  October 26, 2006

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 21

R.E.M. + Husker Du | Harvard University Indoor Track Center | March 22, 1984
R.E.M. + Husker Du | Harvard University Indoor Track Center | March 22, 1984
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  October 25, 2006

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 22

PJ Harvey | T.T. the Bear’s Place | August 15, 1992
PJ Harvey | T.T. the Bear’s Place | August 15, 1992
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  October 25, 2006
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Gratifying Disappointments

Tall Guy is in a (really good) band!
The Big Disappointments are an important local band for two reasons. One, they kill live. Two, their bassist is arguably the most famous spectator in the last decade of Boston live music. Big Disappointments, "Chemicals" (mp3)
By CAMILLE DODERO  |  October 12, 2006
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Sense in the sound

When it comes to singing (jazz and otherwise), it's about more than words
In Stephen Sondheim’s old formulation, opera is about music and musical theater is about words.
By JON GARELICK  |  September 20, 2006

Portland scene report, June 2, 2006

Sibilance
Now-Is-Now and Dead Season poised for upcoming releases; F2 Beat Alliance debut Sanford Funk Summit ; Jason Hjort boosts the city's electronic music scene
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  May 31, 2006
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On the Racks: May 23, 2006

Def Leppard, Dixie Chicks, Damone
Plus new releases by Osaka Popstar, PJ Harvey, and the American Idol kids.
By MATT ASHARE  |  May 23, 2006
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Wicked games

Hanging with Giant Drag at Coachella
There was a time, not that long ago, when the two-or-three-day rock-festival experience was reserved for the Brits.
By JEFF MILLER  |  May 12, 2006

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Force of nature

KT Tunstall takes the world by storm  
Tunstall aspires to be “a tomboy who can sing pretty if she wants to but has a really kick-ass, gnarly band.”
By KEN MICALLEF  |  March 02, 2006
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Painting the end of the world

But for Dana Schutz, that’s only the beginning
Back in 2001, the artist Dana Schutz had the deliciously harebrained idea to paint “The Last Man on Earth.” She named him Frank.
By GREG COOK  |  February 02, 2006

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