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Stephen Malkmus Reveals Himself on Face the Truthnew

The former Pavement frontguy talks to the Phoenix about his new solo CD and his distaste for hippies.
Boston Phoenix  |  Franklin Soults  |  06-02-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Sleater-Kinney: Pushing One Another to the Brink on The Woodsnew

Guitarist Carrie Brownstein talks with the Phoenix about the making of her Northwest band's latest CD.
Boston Phoenix  |  Franklin Soults  |  06-01-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Rebel With Applause: The Belated Return of Billy Idolnew

The Phoenix talks with Billy Idol about his hits, his misses, and his new album.
Boston Phoenix  |  Adam Bregman  |  05-24-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Coveting Cuomonew

On Make Believe, celebrated frontman Rivers Cuomo reaches out beyond Weezer's core audience.
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  05-20-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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

Classy Reunionsnew

The New York Dolls and Gang of Four return to rock. The Phoenix interviews the Dolls's David Johansen and Gang of Four's Hugo Burnham.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  05-10-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Waxing Prophetic: Edan Makes Hip-Hop For Art's Sakenew

"This shit is a majestic art form," Edan maintains of hip-hop, "and it has the potential to encapsulate the most intricate musical ideas."
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  05-06-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Downloading: Why Mercury Rev Embrace Itnew

The way Mercury Rev and their record label, V2, have gone about releasing The Secret Migration, doling out the songs in several small doses, creating an aura of limited-edition collectibility, is unprecedented.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mac Randall  |  05-02-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Can Dizzee Rascal And Co. Turn East London's Hip-Hop Into World Music?new

Although grime is still in its infancy, grime MCs kill hip-hop MCs on the mike -- they’re faster, cleverer, and less burdened by tradition. Dizzee Rascal is touring the U.S. as East London's ambassador of grime.
Boston Phoenix  |  Nick Sylvester  |  04-25-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Garbage: A Band's Struggle To Reinvent Itselfnew

Garbage return with a renewed sense of purpose. Ken Micallef talks with Butch Vig.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ken Micallef  |  04-14-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Conversation Pieces: Tori Amos in Song and Otherwisenew

The quirky diva discusses her new CD, her new book, her many frames of reference, terrorists and orange knickers.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  04-11-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Where the Chords Have No Namesnew

Jon Garelick interviews guitarist Pat Metheny about his group's new magnum opus, The Way Up.
Boston Phoenix  |  Jon Garelick  |  03-30-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Homme Sweet Homme: Queens of the Stone Age Interviewnew

Repetition saturates Queens of the Stone Age's new album Lullabies To Paralyze like a recurring nightmare.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ken Micallef  |  03-24-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Legendary Parts: The Slint Legacy Becomes Realitynew

Slint has reunited for a tour. When they called it quits in 1991, that wasn’t headline news. Over the next dozen years, however, they would take on a legendary, almost sacred status.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  03-23-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Killing Time: Ike Reilly Assassination is America's Best-Kept Secretnew

Critics have had a hard time deciding whether the Ike Reilly Assassination are the best bar band in America or, more potently, a vehicle for a gifted songwriter to fuse the wise-ass ramblings of Dylan with the lovable underachiever fight songs of the Replacements.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  03-11-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

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