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BRETT MILANO

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Bunny Ranch

Luna Dance | Transformadores
These garage-rockers from Coimbra, Portugal, get the music exactly right, and the quirks of language only make them more endearing.
By BRETT MILANO  |  October 15, 2007

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Man of the People

Stevie Wonder, Bank of America Pavilion, September 20, 2007
Given the scope of Stevie Wonder’s accomplishments in the ’60s and ’70s, you’d expect him to be writing symphonies by now.
By BRETT MILANO  |  September 24, 2007

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Fallout joys

When the Nirvana explosion rocked Boston
In his newly published The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock & Roll , Phoenix contributor Brett Milano explores the evolution of the local music scene.
By BRETT MILANO  |  September 18, 2007

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From prog to pop

Genesis, TD Banknorth Garden, September 11, 2007
Much of the set came from the post-Gabriel, pre- Touch era, when Genesis mastered their orchestral soundscapes.
By BRETT MILANO  |  September 18, 2007

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The Subdudes

Street Symphony | High Street
It wouldn’t be a Subdudes album without a couple of accordion-led tunes or a soul ballad.
By BRETT MILANO  |  September 12, 2007

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Taking charge

Shepherdess puts Hilken Mancini in the lead
If Hilken Mancini’s ego were bigger, her new album would be billed as the career breakthrough.
By BRETT MILANO  |  September 10, 2007

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Wall of shame

A definitive life of Phil Spector
In a moment of weakness, he licensed the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” for an ad for the erectile-dysfunction drug Cialis.
By BRETT MILANO  |  August 22, 2007

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Magic numbers

The mysterious allure of 27
“I like that Stone Roses song,” one of them noted. “You know the one I mean — ‘I Wanna Be a Door.’ ”
By BRETT MILANO  |  August 14, 2007

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Nick Lowe

At My Age | Yep Rock
It wouldn’t kill his integrity to have a Rockpile-style bash just once.
By BRETT MILANO  |  August 07, 2007

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Recapturing the magic

The Police, Fenway Park, July 28, 2007
Watch a slideshow of the Police at Fenway Park.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 30, 2007

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Hooks, harmony, and heartbreak

Squeeze and Crowded House reunite
Squeeze and Crowded House weren’t just two of the finer pop bands on the charts during the mid ’80s — they were virtually the only bands.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 25, 2007

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So wrong they're Righteous

These brothers make their own rules
Less than two years into their existence, the Self-Righteous Brothers already have a press kit worth of raves.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 25, 2007

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Theryl “Houseman” Declouet

The Truth Iz Out | Self-released
It sounds as if the singer had been through some relationship trouble, or at least had been listening to a lot of later Marvin Gaye.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 17, 2007

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Back to the '80s

Psychedelic Furs, the Fixx, and the Alarm, Avalon, July 10, 2007
If one thing’s changed about the Psychedelic Furs since their heyday in the ’80s, it’s frontman Richard Butler’s stage presence.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 16, 2007

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Papa Grows Funk

Mr. Patterson's Hat | Funky Krewe
The third studio album by this popular New Orleans funk/jam band is in a sense their first studio album.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 09, 2007

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Rockin' neurotic

Cat Power, Avalon, July 8, 2007
Nervously pacing the stage in a baggy T-shirt and jeans, Cat Power’s Chan Marshall is about the last performer you’d ever mistake for Tina Turner.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 09, 2007

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Tried and true

Buffalo Tom find their comfort zone
In a year when every outfit from Smashing Pumpkins to the Police is reuniting, it can be hard to convince people that you never broke up.
By BRETT MILANO  |  July 03, 2007

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The essence of Rush

Rush, Tweeter Center, June 27, 2007
As Frank Zappa once said, you can’t do that on stage anymore.
By BRETT MILANO  |  June 29, 2007

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The Beau Brummels

Beau Brummels '66 | Collectors Choice
This little oddity owes its life to a classically bad mid-’60s A&R decision.
By BRETT MILANO  |  June 27, 2007

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Children at play

Who Shot Hollywood get off to an early start
If you happened into the Middle East for the Fleshtones show two weekends ago, you might have wondered what those kids were doing there.
By BRETT MILANO  |  June 19, 2007
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