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Brit-Hopnew

Mike Skinner's shambling, off-beat delivery -- mistaken by first-time listeners as a defect -- is the perfect voice for his tales of sex, drugs and mortality.
Boston Phoenix  |  Chris Nelson  |  04-25-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Not Bummed Outnew

"Death By Sexy does the two things rock 'n' roll doesn't oft do in the last bunch of years: it's fun and it controls the dance floor. It has tight pants and our singer has a mustache."
Boston Phoenix  |  Will Spitz  |  04-21-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Rio Representernew

DJ Diplo brings baile funk to the U.S.
Boston Phoenix  |  Leon Neyfakh  |  04-06-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Chops and Attitudenew

Like many artists who haven’t previously been associated with protest music, Ben Harper has been polarized by the world's jittery state.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ted Drozdowski  |  04-06-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Force of Naturenew

KT Tunstall aspires to be "a tomboy who can sing pretty if she wants to but has a really kick-ass, gnarly band."
Boston Phoenix  |  Ken Micallef  |  03-03-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Toon Tunesnew

Puffy AmiYumi, the Japanese pop group that Japanese punk-rockers are allowed to like, want to be taken seriously as rock musicians.
Boston Phoenix  |  Michael Alan Goldberg  |  01-12-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

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

The Original Guitar Mannew

The Les Paul guitar, like its skinny cousin the Stratocaster, has become an iconic symbol of rock and roll. And Paul himself, who turned 90 on June 9, is an icon among guitarists. A
Boston Phoenix  |  Ted Drozdowski  |  12-23-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Lost and Foundnew

The light in the eyes of the kids at a Lightning Bolt show, as they press in with blazing faces on the two players, is the light of thrilled recognition or rediscovery: at last, thank God, here it is.
Boston Phoenix  |  James Parker  |  12-16-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Beatle Zanianew

Wisconsin-based Beatallica are ruining the Beatle cover-band racket.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  12-06-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Kingnew

Some fans moan that B.B. King — the most influential guitarist of the 20th century — has been coasting for years, but as long as he can work a magic that only the greatest musicians possess, that’s nitpicking.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ted Drozdowski  |  11-30-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Good Sportsnew

Broken Social Scene are the indie-rock Funkadelic.
Boston Phoenix  |  Camille Dodero  |  11-30-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Canadian Clublandnew

Brooklyn DJ duo Caps & Jones, who have a reverence for good music that a lot of mash-up DJs lack, tour Canada.
Boston Phoenix  |  Chris Nelson  |  11-14-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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

Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley + Sean Paul = Reggae's Next Wavenew

Reggae artists who seek to move the massive at home and reach the masses abroad must strike a balance between international appeal and local taste. Two recent releases reveal different ways of walking this tightrope.
Boston Phoenix  |  Wayne Marshall  |  10-31-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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