AltWeeklies Wire
Bye-Bye Ricnew
How do you revive a legendary band when the frontman isn't interested?
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Milano |
05-31-2006 |
Music
Tags: The New Cars, It's Alive
Springsteen's Back Pagesnew
This collection of Springsteen reviews and articles is from the archives of the Real Paper and the Boston Phoenix.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston critics 1974-2006 |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Bruce Springsteen
Folk Re-Revivalnew
This comes across somewhere between Springsteen's stab at his own Basement Tapes and a boozy, carnal wake.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll 2006new
The Phoenix newspapers announce the reader-selected local and national winners of this year's Phoenix/FNX Best Music Poll.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix staff |
05-22-2006 |
Music
Music During Wartimenew
Pearl Jam and Neil Young confront an increasingly unpopular war, a body count that grows daily, and an increasing sense of uneasiness as it becomes all too apparent that our leaders have been less than candid.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
05-22-2006 |
Music
Revival Meetingnew
Everywhere you looked during the first weekend of the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the big theme was recovery -- but amid all the optimism, you couldn't overlook the prevalent downside.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
05-11-2006 |
Music
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
Tags: Bonde do Role, Melo do Tabaco
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
Tags: Ben Harper, Both Sides of the Gun
Pop Fundamentalismnew
Matisyahu and Madonna embrace a holy plan.
Boston Phoenix |
Josh Kun |
03-03-2006 |
Music
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
Tags: KT Tunstall, Eye to the Telescope
Hitsville UK?new
Art Brut, the Cribs and Brakes spearhead Britain's new underground.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
02-22-2006 |
Music
Cookie Starts with . . . METAL!new
The Wall Street Journal discovers Sesame Street death metal -- the Phoenix tracks some down.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
02-06-2006 |
Music
Tags: C Is for Cookie, Cookie Monster
The Emo Corpsnew
Some young bands dream of the day they'll write a beautiful, searing bundle of truth that persuades parents to have kids, inspires armies to stop fighting, and conjures puppies and kittens from thin air.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
