AltWeeklies Wire
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 |
Reviews
Tags: Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
Downbeatnew
BILL, the New England band fronted by Bill Gage, the vocalist with Down syndrome, is not what you expected -- no matter what you expected.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Music of the Spheresnew
Metal is from Mars and girly-pop's from Venus. We have proof -- the yin, the yang, and the whang-dang-doodle.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker and Sharon Steel |
03-20-2008 |
Music
The Big Hurt: Hello, Goodbyenew
Music columnist David Thorpe welcomes himself to the Boston Phoenix and reveals why PETA got off Britney's case.
Boston Phoenix |
David Thorpe |
02-21-2008 |
Music
The Tone Collectornew
Baltimore musician, writer, and record-store owner Ian Nagoski's colection of pre-war 78s offers an enigmatic mix of Northumbrian bagpipe music, Javanese gamelan, Greek rebetika, Laotian Buddhist chants, Spanish flamenco, and Ukrainian folk songs.
Boston Phoenix |
Susanna Bolle |
11-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
More than Bluesnew
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant team up to lead an Americana resurgence.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Excellent Italian Interview: Steve Albini Speaksnew
Albini is a pretty nerdy guy -- it didn't take long in a conversation with him until we were talking about poker chat room culture, CuteOverload.com, and Rick Astley.
Boston Phoenix |
Daniel Brockman |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chronicle of a Death Foretoldnew
Joy Division were rooted in grim finality. Now, through a series of new books, CDs, and films, the band has found new life.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
10-25-2007 |
Music
Tags: Joy Division
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 |
Reviews
Rocker Momsnew
The suburban-mothers rock band Hormone Replacement Therapy (average age 42) comes straight out of the garages of Sharon, Massachusetts.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Lee Beeber |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Bread and Roses Hooked On Sea Shantiesnew
Veteran ska rockers evolve into a nebulous roots band.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
08-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bread and Roses, Deep River Day
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
