AltWeeklies Wire
Revival Meetingnew
Everywhere you looked during the first weekend of the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the big theme was recovery -- but amid all the optimism, you couldn't overlook the prevalent downside.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
05-11-2006 |
Music
Pop Fundamentalismnew
Matisyahu and Madonna embrace a holy plan.
Boston Phoenix |
Josh Kun |
03-03-2006 |
Music
Hitsville UK?new
Art Brut, the Cribs and Brakes spearhead Britain's new underground.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
02-22-2006 |
Music
Cookie Starts with . . . METAL!new
The Wall Street Journal discovers Sesame Street death metal -- the Phoenix tracks some down.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
02-06-2006 |
Music
Tags: C Is for Cookie, Cookie Monster
Phish-ing tripsnew
What is the lasting influence of a band who saw no barriers?
Boston Phoenix |
Jeff Miller |
01-30-2006 |
Music
The Rise of Reggaetonnew
Make way for reggaeton, the latest Latin musical style to sweep the world and just maybe the one with the most promise of finding a permanent, prominent place in global popular culture.
Boston Phoenix |
Wayne Marshall |
01-19-2006 |
Music
Letters to Brettnew
Former Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley pens "Cellars By Starlight," a tribute to Boston Phoenix scribe Brett Milano.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
01-05-2006 |
Music
Tags: Cellars By Starlight, Kay Hanley
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
Chris Whitley 1960 - 2005new
On November 20, lung cancer claimed singer-songwriter Chris Whitley, whose most recent albums seemed like stream-of-consciousness excursions through his brain and heart, albeit cloaked in tales of lost souls.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
12-08-2005 |
Music
Tags: Chris Whitley
John Lennon 1940-1980new
The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff |
12-02-2005 |
Music
Tags: john lennon
New Standardsnew
Gold Sounds, a collection of Pavement songs performed by accomplished jazz musicians, dramatizes the absence of new "standards" -- contemporary pop songs on which to improvise.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
11-22-2005 |
Music
The Hustlernew
50 Cent gets a little less gangsta and a lot more money.
Boston Phoenix |
Leon Neyfakh |
11-21-2005 |
Music
Tags: 50 Cent
Loud and Proud: R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005new
Rural Burnside began recording in 1967 when musicologist George Mitchell visited his North Mississippi home to make field recordings. He stopped last December, when a heart attack robbed him of his vitality. On Sept. 1, he died.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
09-16-2005 |
Music
Kids Against Combs Nail Sean Hannitynew
Brooklyn indie-politicos Kids Against Combs have fallen into possession of Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity’s home phone number. And they’ve made it the title of their forthcoming album.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Rapstreet Boys: 50 Cent and the Game Diss and Tellnew
The question is this: Outside the WWE, what’s the last time such a massively unimportant feud occurred between two jacked dudes with stage names, shifty alliances, and self-mythologies that are way more entertaining than their actual skills?
Boston Phoenix |
Nick Sylvester |
03-21-2005 |
Music
