AltWeeklies Wire
How Many Re-issues Does it Take to Screw an Elvis Costello Fan?new
And what does the listener get by reinvesting in new versions of classic albums every couple of years?
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
Dear Hunter Returns With a Backing Bandnew
Casey Crescenzo creates a sprawling album that never settles on one style, changing from full-throttle prog-rock, skittish emo-rock and acoustic-blues excursions.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Music During Wartimenew
Pearl Jam and Neil Young confront an increasingly unpopular war, a body count that grows daily, and an increasing sense of uneasiness as it becomes all too apparent that our leaders have been less than candid.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
05-22-2006 |
Music
Solitary Man?new
It's easy to forget just how hard it’s been to pin down Neil Diamond over the years.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neil Diamond
Going Undergroundnew
Little labels have been reaching heights unheard of since Matador and Sub Pop were at the top of their game. The trend will continue in 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-30-2005 |
Music
Pancultural Playgroundnew
In pop, the age of multiculturalism has come to an end, replaced by a postmodern anything-goes panculturalism.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
Boxing Decadesnew
The box is the big kahuna of the nostalgia factory — the rare opportunity for the A&R folks to make a statement about an artist, a style of music, or, best of all, an entire era.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Beatle Zanianew
Wisconsin-based Beatallica are ruining the Beatle cover-band racket.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beatallica
Men in Blacknew
Bauhaus is back, and whether or not they actually invented goth doesn't really matter.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bauhaus
System of a Down: The Problem With Being Politicalnew
System of a Down talk about music, politics, and being misunderstood.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Burning House of Folknew
X’s acoustic alter ego release their first album in two decades.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Black on Blonde?new
Pixies frontman Frank Black has taken the Pixies' triumphant return as an opportunity to release a Dylan-esque solo album of new material recorded in Nashville with a band of seasoned sessionmen.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frank Black, Honeycomb
Dinosaur Jr. Bury the Hatchetnew
The Phoenix examines the legacy of three geeks from Northampton, goes to rock therapy with the band, and gets the story behind their masterpiece, Bug.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
07-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A New Beginning for Oasis and a Brave New World for Coldplaynew
Perpetual Britpop hopefuls Oasis have found inspiration in bashing Tony Blair while Coldplay have gone off the deep end in pursuit of U2.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
06-14-2005 |
Reviews
Pop in a Hard Placenew
The Phoenix talks with the latter-day piano man about his new CD and rock stardom.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
05-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
