Oldies on drugs
Stoner musicians have looked to the past before, but now they are going a lot further back than Pink Floyd. New York metro 4/1/2010 |
The Osbourne identity
'I Am Ozzy' has all the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll you'd hope it would, as well as a touch of remorseful narrative. Boston metro 1/26/2010 |
'Phrazes' and philosophies
Julian Casablancas does the side-Stroke and releases an intelligent and sonically different album 'For the Young.' Boston metro 1/8/2010 |
Developing a 'Blueprint' for the future of music?
With "The Blueprint 3," Jay-Z drafted a third blueprint in more than title alone: This time, it wasn't just for hip-hop, but for popular music as a whole. Boston metro 12/28/2009 |
Punk rock philosophy
With their debut album, “The Airing of Grievances,” New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate title. Boston metro 9/2/2009 |
Primetime for Cutie
Death Cab makes a No. 1 album, graduates to arenas and stays true to themselves. Boston metro 10/3/2008 |
Dropkick Murphys: Root, root for the home team
Dropkick Murphys are not just from Boston. They are Boston. And like any honest rendering of a community, they represent the good, the bad, and the ugly. Meeting up with them this summer, one member in particular seemed committed to representing "the ugly." Boston Metro Uncovered Magazine, Fall, 2008 |
Moving up from middle, MGMT
Ben Goldwasser does not want you to take his band too seriously. The co-founder of MGMT is confounded by fans who are trying to read deeply into the band's current single, "Electric Feel." Boston metro 7/23/2008 |
Indie rock running on empty
Are increases in gas prices limiting summer tour itineraries for smaller bands? Boston metro 6/4/2008 |
Urban cowboy
Bobby Brown asks not what 'Country' can do for him. Philadelphia metro Web site 1/25/2008 |
Who sucked out the feeling?
Superdrag may not have an answer to that question, but they do know that the feeling has returned. Boston metro 11/3/2007 |
'Historical Conquests,' indeed
Josh Ritter gets loose with BB guns on his new disc Boston metro 10/4/2007 |
Falling Slowly
Audiences make a Swell Season for 'Once' Boston metro 7/14/2007 |
Keeping up with Jones
Norah's new act more daring Boston metro 4/16/2007 |
Walkmen walk the walk
Dressing sharp, recording lots and doing timeBoston metro 4/8/2007 |
Return to innocence
Menomena reclaim their youth.Boston metro 3/27/2007 |
Girl Talk on Girl Talk action
The hottest mash-up DJ talks art, secrecy and tooth-breaking live shows.Boston metro and www.metro.us 1/19/2007 |
Lemon fresh
Evan Dando returns with a new LP and a new lineup...obviously.Boston metro 12/15/2006 |
Jingle bell rock alternatives
Yule love this advice on holidownloads.Boston metro 12/1/2006 |
String theory
Joanna Newsom isn't sure you'll like her new album of long, orchestrated songs with big words. We tend to disagree.Boston metro 11/14/2006 |
Semi-conscious party
Ziggy Marley has outlived his father by about two years, but will he ever grow out of his shadow? When we talked to him around noon recently, he was still in bed and he didn't seem to care about such rhetorical questions.Boston metro 11/10/2006 |
Yo Laugh Tengo
Indie vets bring humor closer to the forefront with "...and I Will Beat Your Ass<Boston metro 9/28/2006 |
Honky tonk women
Michelle branches out with the Wreckers...and is having a ball.Boston metro 9/13/2006 |
Different Strokes
Five years after 'Is This It,' the Class of 2001 grows upBoston metro 9/12/2006 |
At peace with the classics
Flaming Lips mine A.M. radio for 'At War with the Mystics'Philadelphia metro 9/6/2006 |
Beirut awakening
Brooklyn band is no Neutral Milk, but that's OK Boston metro 6/23/2006 |
Birdmonster of rock
If you've ever been in a band, you know that it's weirdly similar to being in a romantic relationship. Peter Arcuni is riding high in his first band experience with the San Francisco-based quartet Birdmonster. Boston metro 6/12/2006 |
Light bright
Phosphorescent: Casios with soul
Boston metro 11/11/2005 |
Springsteen surprises
His performance will not be the Bruce you remember. Philadelphia metro 11/8/2005 |
Solo and enchanted
When Stephen Malkmus talks about his latest solo outing Face the Truth, he mentions a lot of names you wouldn’t necessarily expect to hear from the guy who once claimed to be “an island of such great complexity” with his 1990s band Pavement. Boston metro 6/3/2005 |
Big band sensuality
What do you get when you combine eighteen jazz musicians and the daring genre-defying music of Bjork Gudmundsdottir? New York saxophonist Travis Sullivan wanted to find the answer to this question, so he started Bjorkestra.Boston metro 6/8/2005 |
The smoke clears
What's a Wailer without Bob Marley? Nearly broke.
Boston metro 4/8/2005 |
Big in Ecuador, and now getting noticed here
The musical group Roberto Cachimuel started with his siblings is catching on
across
the world. Yarina, a combo that can include anywhere from three to nine
of
his family as members, won the "Best World Music" award for their album "Nawi" last month at the Native American Music Awards.
Boston Globe 3/13/2005 |
Drumsticks and Pizza Slices
Juliana Hatfield, Boston's home-grown indie rocker and Berklee graduate, gives a tour of her old Back Bay neighborhood
The Boston Globe Magazine 8/21/2005
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Under the influence
Lou Reed meets Eazy E in the blended rock of The Hold SteadyBoston metro 2/18/2005 |
Ray of light
Factory worker Ray Lamontagne quit his job to make music. That rocks. Boston metro 1/14/2005 |
My View
Can't turn away from Ashlee's Show
I don't blame Ashlee for her bright burning star; I blame us, the public, for allowing her fame to happen.
Boston metro 1/28/2005 |
'Never been a solo act'
Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer on his band's new name and old hits
Boston metro 11/11/2004 |
Live, on stage, with an actual band
The main difference between these performances and standard karaoke
is that the evening is devoid of the irony - some would say sarcasm - that
sometimes overshadows karaoke.
The Boston Globe 10/10/2004 |
Underground MC Lyrics Born brings back the remix
West Coast rapper enlists help from the heavyweights. New York metro 4/1/2005 |
He's all talk, all game
Blackalicious' Gift of Gab promises a 'party' tonight
Boston metro 9/27/2004 |
The Rock & Roll Curse
When you hear Eamon's No. 1 smooth R & B hit “F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)” on the radio, you don't hear the F-word 25 times. What you do hear is the F-sound, which seems to be an increasing trend in hip-hop and pop music. Weekly Dig 2/18/2004
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THERE'S AN IDEA: Show Times
With Lots of Noise, Providence serves up a friendly website listing concerts by
up-and-coming musicians. Now that's music to our ears.
The Boston Globe Magazine 9/26/2004 |
Krush's groove
Japanese DJ gets down with shakuhachi
Boston metro 9/23/2004 |
CD clubs not seedy clubs
As far as copyright issues are concerned, CD clubs are not exactly legal, but Ian’s philosophy is that he’s under the radar enough to not be noticed by musicians rights pilgrims like Metallica.
The Ruckus Network 9/2004
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The Ticks
The Ticks are girls. And they’re gonna make you love them.
Northeast Performer 6/2004 |
A Lousy Dinner
When our hero meets his hero, a misinterpretation of inspirational lyrics ensues.
The Skyway 12/2002 |
Persistence brings 'freak rock' to its audience
While Ben McOsker can claim to have had more than 100 jobs in his lifetime, the record label he started, Load Records, is one occupation that has remained constant for almost a decade.
Providence Business News 9/23/2001 |
Summer concerts
This summer’s arena and amphitheater concert schedule affirms that 2003 may very well be remembered as the second 1991. Not only are the political similarities eerie, but Lollapalooza is back with Jane’s Addiction headlining. With the exception of a few radio station festivals and ‘odd couple’ double-bills, there’s hardly any performers you wouldn’t have seen on a stadium stage when there was a different George Bush in the White House. But strolling down memory lane isn’t all bad, especially when some of the older bands bring newer performers to warm up their audience.
STUFF@night 5/13/2003 |
Many many men can't see the open road
Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Can rock lead to universal understanding of the human condition?
AS220 Gold Star Series 5/2001 |
I play in a band and all I've got is this lousy t-shirt
If we have learned nothing else from dandruff shampoo commercials we have learned that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Nowhere is this adage more true than onstage with your band. And unless you begin your set behind a curtain or are playing in an arena where there is complete darkness anticipating your set, your audience’s first impression will be based in part on what you’re wearing and not what you sound like.
Northeast Performer 2/2003
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Slater- All My Favorite Rockstars Are Dead
The songs rock with major key enthusiasm and the melodies and harmonies are woven more tightly than a lot of the disposable new punk that’s out there today.
Northeast Performer 3/2003 |
The Pelicans- London Crawling
The songs on London Crawling are patiently recorded and thoughtfully fun, either written in or inspired by London, where Ari Vais lived for 18 months.
Northeast Performer 4/2003 |
Skypaint-A Pop Opera
The music is a dense well-produced landscape of machined tambourines pedaling underneath chunky organ chords and melodies that float over them like stratus clouds. And the words are all about a struggling artist who becomes a robot pet walker in the city, and his girlfriend Laila who sells her soul to a wireless network.
Northeast Performer 5/2003 |
Why I wish Tomorrow Never Happened never happened
I want passion, not fashion.
Northeast Performer 5/2004 |
Goldfrapp- Felt Mountain
The whole disc is a classic James Bond movie. Think about the name too: Goldfrapp. And I am the spy who loved her.
M'Hotel Music 5/2001 |
Sportsguitar-Married, 3 Kids
Isn't that what being in a band is all about? Being friends, having fun and calling yourself something neat like Sportsguitar.
Tongue Zine 7/1997 |
Pavement live at the Middle East, Cambridge, MA 2/11/97
Malkmus always seems to have the problem of choosing which octave he wants to sing in live, because his talk-sing doesn't carry over the PA as well as it does on disc. So he shifts back and forth and decides then and there how he wants to sing it. It doesn't usually work.
Tongue Zine 4/1997 |
Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
It's swing-sational!
Off My Jammy 9/1997 |
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