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Road worriers

Obscene gas prices, stolen equipment, broken vans, no sleep -- so why do bands still go on tour?
Right around this time 10 years ago, our van died in the desert plains of Arizona on some godless stretch of I-8.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 04, 2008

Home grown

The Viva La Vinal Fest blooms again
To maximize summer fun before winter comes in and ruins everything for everybody, Audrey Ryan and a committee have organized the 3rd Annual Viva La Vinal Festival.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 02, 2008

Train gang

C. Kellam Scott and Richard Garet at Axiom
Julie Madden and Autumn Ahn. C. Kellam Scott and Richard Garet are a pair inspired by everyday noise, but, I’m happy to say, they’re far more inspiring.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 02, 2008

Boston music news: September 5, 2008

Notes on the Dirty Truckers and the Kickbacks
I’m not one to gossip, so you didn’t hear it from me, but . . .

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 03, 2008

The shores of cool

Interview: Liz Phair paddles back to Guyville
I’d love to get all swept up in the hullabaloo surrounding Liz Phair’s 1993, now seminal, now reissued Exile in Guyville , I really would.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 26, 2008

The beat goes on

DFA’s heyday may be a whole heydecade
It’s been seven years since DFA Records authorized scads of ostensibly soulless hipsters to relax a little and shake their asses the way young people ought to.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 26, 2008

Boston music news: August 29, 2008

Notes on Therefore I Am and Self-Righteous Brothers.
Attn, emo nation: prepare to claw at your tear-streaked cheeks with joyous envy.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 26, 2008

I think I’m gonna throw down

The Motion Sick make us feel all woozy
Wanna get in on the music-licensing boom? Be smart like the Motion Sick.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 20, 2008

Gnarls Barkley + Hercules and Love Affair

Wilbur Theatre, August 6, 2008
To the cynic, the scene milling around in front of the sold-out Wilbur could merely have been proof of the power of a hit single.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 12, 2008

Alien lanes

Free candlepin Mondays at the Milky Way
By 9 pm last Monday, the Milky Way’s seven lanes were thoroughly stuffed.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 12, 2008

Podcastic!

Band in Boston escapes to the web
If you’re flummoxed by the dizzying breadth of our rock scene, a good place to start deflummoxing might be the trifecta of Band in Boston podcasts.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 19, 2008

Poni Hoax

Images of Sigrid | Tigersushi
Poni Hoax are, it’s clear, out to crash the increasingly humdrum post-disco party (just with better supplies), so it’s only fair that you crash theirs.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 12, 2008

Boston music news: August 15, 2008

Notes on Grimis and 30 years of Boston punk
Broken River Prophets, Grimis, Basement Band, and more.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 12, 2008

Luminous sadness

Alina Simone sings Yanka Dyagileva
“Part of my goal is to just fucking force Americans to listen to Russian rock.”

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 05, 2008

Bumpin' crop

A summer harvest of New England Product
This Friday, August 8, our FNX homies have gathered five of Boston’s best rock bands for a spectacular blowout at the Middle East Downstairs.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 05, 2008

Boston music news: August 8, 2008

Notes on Disappearer, Vagiant, the American Idols Live Tour, Steven Brodsky, and more
Three ways to feel good about going out at night — or three ways to feel like utter shit in the morning. Whichever.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 05, 2008

Anti-Bush league

The No More Bush Tour rolls in
It’s crucial that we maintain clarity by holding fast to simple truths — like how our president is kind of a dick.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | July 29, 2008

Late bloomer

George Michael at TD Banknorth Garden, July 27, 2008
Word came: “George Michael is in the building!” — and the place roared and squeed.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | July 29, 2008

Boston music news: August 1, 2008

Notes on the Living Sea, Hangman's Alphabet, and the Luxury
Two promising local indie-rock up-and-comers have up and come out with new CDs for your enjoyment.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | July 29, 2008

Out of Africa

Extra Golden swipe their visas
Writing about Extra Golden, you’re tempted to focus on the novelty: two indie-rock dudes taking off to Nairobi to jam with a pair of benga masters sounds like the premise for some awful Jack Black movie. (Please don’t please don’t.)

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | July 22, 2008

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