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MATT ASHARE

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War and peace

X and the Rollins Band at Avalon, August 19, 2006
One of the nicer developments over the past several years has the straightforwardly quiet reappearance of one of the most productive, powerful, and unique bands to emerge from the punkinspired LA underground two and a half decades ago – X.
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 21, 2006

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On the racks: August 15, 2006

Christina Aguilera, Panic Channel, Skycycle . . .
. . . plus mothafuckin' snakes
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 17, 2006

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Various Artists: Accepted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Shout Factory/Universal
The Pixies kick things off with, appropriately, “U-Mass,” and an A-list of alterna-indie artists (Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Weezer, Ryan Adams, the Chemical Brothers with Beth Orton) all provide top-notch if familiar cuts.
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 15, 2006

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Frank Black

Fast Man Raider Man | Back Porch
There’s a lot to like about Fast Man Raider Man .
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 15, 2006

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Rainer Maria

Catastrophe Keeps Us Together | Grunion
The best thing that’s happened to Rainer Maria over the past decade has nothing to do with Rilke.
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 08, 2006

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio

City Hall Plaza, August 10, 2006
The sun had started to set, the heat of the day has lost its grip on the city, and thousands – 10, 12, 15 thousand — were filing peacefully into City Hall Plaza long before the headlining Yeah Yeah Yeahs were due to take the stage. Slideshow: Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio, August 10, 2006 at City Hall Plaza Slideshow: The Crowd at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio, August 10, 2006 at City Hall Plaza
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 11, 2006

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Missionary man

The country-rock gospel of Gram Parsons
Parsons’s influence is pervasive, from the Stones to Elvis Costello, Uncle Tupelo, and Wilco.
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 03, 2006

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Tom Petty

Highway Companion | American/Columbia
If it sometimes seems that Tom Petty’s been writing the same song — or at least the same album — for the past two decades, that’s because, well, he sorta has been. Tom Petty media player with songs and a video from a Highway Companion
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 24, 2006

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On the racks: July 18, 2006

Golden Smog, Helmet, Billy Ray Cyrus
Plus MSTRKRFT and Lily Allen
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 20, 2006

Peaches

Impeach My Bush | XL
Peaches sharpens her synth hooks, varies the electrogrooves, and serves up 13 tracks that are just amusing enough in their risqué behavior to keep the smiles coming.
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 18, 2006

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Some girls

Is it last call for Freda Love and Juliana Hatfield?
Some Girls thrive on the tension between Hatfield’s introspection and the outgoing personalities of Love and Gluck. Juliana's Web: a look back at Hatfield's career . By Matt Ashare
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 18, 2006

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Hot Stove Cool Music

Rock and rain at Fenway
It would be as unfair to call the second annual Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert at Fenway Park a week ago last Wednesday a disaster as it would be to confirm that it was an unqualified success. Slideshow: Hot Stove Cool Music, July 12, 2006
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 14, 2006

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On the racks: July 12, 2006

Thom Yorke, Some Girls, Peaches . . .
Plus Sao Paulo sextet CSS and Bad Religion's Greg Graffin.
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 11, 2006

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Taking a bite out of Apple?

eMusic makes a bid for your attention
eMusic is making some major waves as an alternative to iTunes.
By MATT ASHARE  |  July 05, 2006

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On the racks: June 27, 2006

Dashboard Confessional, India.Irie, Shawnna, Grant Lee Phillips . . .
. . . and all sorts of guest stars.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 27, 2006

Beyond Bush bashing

Laughing liberally at Jimmy Tingle’s
Drawing on comedians from NYC and Boston, the political-comedy extravaganza Laughing Liberally had landed at Tingle’s for a two-week stay that includes four more shows this weekend.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 20, 2006

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Young and restless

The Arctic Monkeys at Avalon
It’s the lack of studied self-consciousness that makes the Arctic Monkeys so uniquely likeable. Arctic Monkeys at Avalon, June 15, 2006
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 16, 2006

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On the racks: June 13

 
Joan Jett, Futureheads, Hot Chip, Sonic Youth, Matthew Sweet, and more. Sonic Youth, "Incinerate" (mp3)
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 14, 2006

On the racks

June 20
Nelly Furtado, Frank Black, Pearl Jam, Fatboy Slim, and Luna.
By MATT ASHARE  |  October 27, 2008

Giuliani Time

Behind the Music-style chronicling of the former mayor's career
Kevin Keating’s balanced yet blistering documentary casts the trajectory of his subject’s career in a format familiar to any student of Behind the Music.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 07, 2006
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