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Monkee Businessnew
The Click Five aim to be big — really big, arena big, MTV big.
Boston Phoenix |
Scott Frampton |
08-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deft Punknew
With loud rock guitars, buoyant melodies and touches of electronica, former Husker Du frontman Bob Mould wrestles with his muse in his new solo album.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
08-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Mould, Body of Song
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
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
Rock's Minimalist Master: The Expansive Influence of Brian Enonew
From his first conceptual recording in 1965 -- the slowed-down sound of a metal lamp stand being struck overdubbed with a friend reading a poem -- to his new Another Day on Earth, Brian Eno has had an amazing run as a composer, musician, producer, and sonic artist.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
07-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
DJ Danger Mouse Goes From Grey to Technicolornew
The Grey Album not only put a beatsmith with just one disc to his name on pop culture’s front burner, it got Brian Burton an offer to produce Demon Days, the new album by the faux cartoon band Gorillaz.
Boston Phoenix |
Simon William Vozick-Levinson |
07-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gorillaz, Demon Days
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
Hangar 51 Revisitednew
On a flight chartered by Foo Fighters to Roswell, N.M., the UFO-obsessed town where the band was scheduled to perform, passengers got Milky Way bars and alien-themed coloring books.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeff Miller |
06-28-2005 |
Concerts
Tags: Foo Fighters, In Your Honor
Billy Corgan Unleashes His Inner Hendrixnew
The Phoenix talks with Billy Corgan about his solo debut.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
06-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Punk Elegies for the '00snew
The Warrior's Code takes somber subjects -- war and the soldiers who fight it, urban poverty, fallen friends -- and sets them to the bruising but melodic punk that's the Dropkicks' stock-in-trade.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-21-2005 |
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
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
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
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
