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When the Boss Became 'The Boss'new
Born To Run is the frozen moment in time for many Bruce Springsteen fans. In Wings for Wheels, a documentary included with Columbia's reissue of BTR, Springsteen describes the album as the sound of "one endless summer night."
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
Bringing Real Music to the Toddler Crowdnew
Dan Zanes had a kid and went searching for music for her. When he couldn't find the updated 21st century folk music that was in his head, he made his own.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Zanes, Social Music
Breaking Freenew
Born out of the dot-com bust, Rogue Wave is on the rise.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
12-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Intertwined Voicesnew
Freakwater's first album in five years tackles sad topics without being maudlin.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
12-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Freakwater, Thinking of You
Beatle Zanianew
Wisconsin-based Beatallica are ruining the Beatle cover-band racket.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beatallica
Gwaan Mash Up Di Dancenew
Jamaican dancehall deity Beenie Man talks about his
early days, his good works for the kids and the controversies that dog him.
Montreal Mirror |
Erin MacLeod |
12-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bantam Menacenew
The small time is over for self-described
"multi-talented munchkin" Lady Sovereign. The sassy United Kingdom grime MC is primed to blow up bigger in North America than any before her.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C |
12-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Still Believin'new
Journey's pop-drenched rock unites boomers and scenesters.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Aaron Retka |
12-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Journey
Master and Sacramentnew
In Tribeca, the greatest bluesman standing teases, withholds, and then whams his differentiations all the way home.
The Village Voice |
Robert Christgau |
12-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Heartland Homegirlnew
Brandi Carlile's debut CD offers countrified comforts peppered with a few surprises: warm, sturdy, languorous folk-pop guided by strummed acoustic guitars and a gentle rhythm section with an alt-country lilt.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Brandi Carlile
John Lennon 1940-1980new
The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff |
12-02-2005 |
Music
Tags: john lennon
Age Before Beauty
Fiery Furnaces' new Rehearsing My Choir begins to grow on a critic after she listens to it roughly 23 times. Of course, spending nearly a day of your life with someone else's art-rock quasi-oral history won't appeal to just anybody.
Washington City Paper |
Anne Marson |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
For Better and Worsenew
It's time to give Donovan his due. Often dismissed, he was, when he was good, both distinct and representational, a performer who ingested and then reflected the temper of the times.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Under the Shinfluence
Oakland, Calif.'s, Rogue Wave is a perfect example of the new Sub Pop signee. Its music is mellow, catchy, and rooted in indie-rock tradition. It's not as blue-collar brutal as, say, Tad or Soundgarden, but it's not wholly without aggression or grandiosity, either.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Substance Abusenew
The English band Darkness’s second album, One Way Ticket to Hell . . . And Back , continues the English band's unblinking voyage into the preposterous.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
