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Kings of Queens Ante Upnew
Flush conjures a golden era when it wasn’t enough just to say you could out-rhyme opponents -- you had to rep your hood and actually do it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
01-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Punk-as-fuck Punks Fuck Punknew
While the Queers grapple with the tensions between punk rock and commerce, they continue making some of the finest, most foul-mouthed punk rock ever.
Dig Boston |
Barry Thompson |
01-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Queers
Keep Wine-ingnew
San Francisco's the Winechuggers guide listeners through the world of barflies, curmudgeons and beautiful losers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kate Izquierdo |
01-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Singles Going Steadynew
California's Isota Records feeds the vinyl evolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ari Messer |
01-06-2006 |
Music
King of Countrynew
The man who could have been as big as Johnny Cash finally releases his debut album -- at 80.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cast King, Saw Mill Man
Letters to Brettnew
Former Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley pens "Cellars By Starlight," a tribute to Boston Phoenix scribe Brett Milano.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
01-05-2006 |
Music
Tags: Cellars By Starlight, Kay Hanley
Finally Taking Chancesnew
The album won't necessarily up the Strokes' sales or exposure, but it should garner them more respect.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ray Cummings |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Brakhage Homagenew
Recorded at a memorial benefit for experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, this is Sonic Youth at its best -- lost in its own hazy head space somewhere along the sonic journey from strings to pedals to amps to the ether.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Mostly Unswervingnew
This fifth full-length emerges after three years in the void, with a competent and slightly darker hue, balancing atmospheric subtleties with mammoth crescendos and chest-pounding passion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Milemarker, Ominosity
Zeppelin Over Mozartnew
Bobby Yang grew up listening to classic rock while being trained in classical violin, and has now figured out how to mesh two loves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Yang, No. 1 Tribute
Anything Left To Say?new
On First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes sound like a band determined to shed the one-trick-pony tag.
Boston Phoenix |
Will Spitz |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Grave Diggin'new
By the time most rappers drop their fourth album, either everybody’s paying attention or nobody is, but for Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, the truth may be somewhere in between.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Solitary Man?new
It's easy to forget just how hard it’s been to pin down Neil Diamond over the years.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neil Diamond
Luscious Lists, Part Twonew
In the exciting conclusion of a two-part series, our critics recap 2005 faves -- just because they can.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary, Linda Ray and Stephen Seigel |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
Cat's Cradlenew
Bloat-rockers catch suburbia with born-again yarn tricks at December show in New York.
The Village Voice |
Nick Sylvester |
01-04-2006 |
Concerts
