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Ghostface Killah; Apollo Kidsnew
If Apollo Kids is a "warm-up," we can expect monster things from Ghost in the New Year.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael C. Walsh |
01-10-2011 |
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Tags: Ghostface Killah
Black EL x Durkin: Color Commentarynew
If you have yet to hear Black EL x Durkin's first project, you've probably never read a hip-hop blog.
Boston Phoenix |
Erin Baldassari |
10-01-2010 |
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Tags: Black EL X Durkin
After 40 years, The Residents Ditch the Scriptnew
Even if they had closed up shop 15 years ago, the Residents would go down as some of rock's most prolific pranksters. They aped the Beatles on their 1974 debut, Meet the Residents. In 1979, they almost snagged a Grammy for a record of fake Eskimo folk tales.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Parish |
02-02-2010 |
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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 |
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Tags: Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
More than Bluesnew
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant team up to lead an Americana resurgence.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-05-2007 |
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Three of a Kindnew
Deborah Harry, Annie Lennox, and Siouxie Sioux all released strong solo albums this month, which succeed on various degrees of clout and cunning.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
10-11-2007 |
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Mark Olson is Kind of a Bummernew
This debut solo album reflects on the former Jayhawks frontman’s divorce from singer-songwriter Victoria Williams, with whom he spent the late ’90s and early ’00s making records as the Creekdippers.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Olson, The Salvation Blues
Against Me! Make Major Label Debut With Neo-Punknew
The quartet from Gainesville, Fla., sound more defiantly punk -- perhaps more stereotypically punk -- even as they reach out to the rock mainstream.
Boston Phoenix |
Franklin Soults |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Against Me!, New Wave
'None Shall Pass' is All About the Deliverynew
Sometimes you don’t have one goddamn clue what misanthropic underground hip-hop king Aesop Rock is talking about. But most of the time you want to rewind and figure it out.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard Beck |
08-30-2007 |
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Tags: Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
Johnny Thunders' Last Standnew
The sound is a little murky, but the DVD captures Thunders' last concert in Japan before the one-time New York Doll and Heartbreaker died of heroin overdose.
Boston Phoenix |
Jim Sullivan |
08-30-2007 |
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Holding Out Hopenew
Freed from the processed, saccharine pap of her contemporaries, Mandy Moore reveals a rich, warm, muscular voice and superb taste on her recent indie release.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mandy Moore, Wild Hope
Evolution Rocknew
Jeff Tweedy takes Wilco to the next level.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
This Is the Best Damn Thing?new
Whatever, Avril Lavigne goes straight to the top.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing
From Her to Eternitynew
There may have existed another woman in the 60s able to claim Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop as lovers, but she can't have been as interesting as Nico.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
04-12-2007 |
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The New Pop Princessnew
Paris, the album, may be evidence that one of the Hilton girls was put on this earth for reasons that go beyond the number of Swarovski crystals glued to her BlackBerry.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
08-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paris Hilton
