In Pictures

Photos: New Hampshire Primaries: Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Occupy the Primaries continues, Gringrich speaks, and Supreme supporters look on
Occupy the Primaries continues, Gringrich speaks, and Supreme supporters look on.

By: JEREMIAH ROBINSON AND ARIEL SHEARER | January 09, 2012

Photos: New Hampshire Primary, Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Occupy the Primaries, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and love from Vermin Supreme
The New Hampshire primaries, Saturday, January 7th, 2012.

By: JEREMIAH ROBINSON AND ARIEL SHEARER | January 09, 2012

Photos: New Hampshire Primaries, Friday, January 6th, 2012

Ron Paul and Rick Santorum speak to packed houses
Ron Paul and Rick Santorum speak to packed houses in New Hampshire for the first day of the weekend primary.

By: JEREMIAH ROBINSON | January 09, 2012

Photos: Caspian at the Middle East Downstairs

Caspian + Constants + Defeater | December 30, 2011
Caspian, Constants and Defeater perform live as part of the 9th Annual Last Night On Earth party at the Middle East Downstairs on December 30, 2011.

By: ANDY WARE | January 09, 2012

Photos: Insane Clown Posse's New Year's Eve Ninja Party 2012

December 31, 2011–January 1, 2012 | Worcester Palladium
The Insane Clown Posse threw a 2012 New Year's Eve Ninja Party at the Worcester Palladium.

By: DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | January 05, 2012

Photos: Juggalo Championship Wrestling at ICP's New Year's Eve Ninja Party

Juggalo Championship Wrestling | Worcester Palladium | December 31, 2011
The Insane Clown Posse host Juggalo Championship Wrestling at the 2012 New Year's Eve Ninja Party.

By: DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | January 05, 2012

Class of 2012: Boston's 12 best new bands

A dozen fresh faces on Boston's music scene
If 2012 truly represents the End Times, then it's best to go out with a sonic bang.

By: MICHAEL MAROTTA | January 05, 2012

Photos: Solstice Circus welcome winter at Plough & Stars

Solstice Circus | Plough & Stars | December 22, 2011
Solstice Circus celebrated this year's winter solstice at Plough & Stars in Cambridge on December 22, 2011.

By: DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | December 30, 2011

Photos: Give Up the Ghost at the Wonderland Ballroom

Give Up the Ghost | Wonderland Ballroom | December 29, 2011
Give Up the Ghost/American Nightmare reunite for two gigs after almost eight years -- with their first show ravaging a hearty crowd at Revere's Wonderland Ballroom on December 29.

By: MIKE JOHNSON | December 30, 2011

Four weather-proof shows to kick off 2012

Although new records are sure to warm the soul this winter, some of us do eventually need to leave the house
Four shows worth abandoning the safe haven of home for.

By: MICHAEL MAROTTA AND LIZ PELLY | December 28, 2011

A new Gardner, plus landscapes, performance art, and RAD

Shapeshifting
Greater Boston's art-museum building boom continues with the debut of an expanded Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in January.

By: GREG COOK | December 30, 2011

ON SPOTIFY: Guest lists 2011: Phoenix critics weigh in on the year in music

Listen to the jams, albums, and mixes that got our writers through 2011
If there's a theme to our "Best of" lists this year, it's this: There is no fucking theme.

By: BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 28, 2011

Sexiest video game studs of 2011

If only they were real
Here's our annual list of the hot men video games have offered up this past year.

By: MADDY MYERS | December 22, 2011

Boston arts institutions flexed their muscles in 2011

Boom town!
The following rundown of the best art exhibits of 2011 shows how greater Boston is now consistently offering some of the richest institutional art exhibition programs in the country.

By: GREG COOK | December 28, 2011

Photos: #OWS protesters attempt to re-occupy NYC

Occupy Wall Street #D17 day of action | Duarte Square, NYC | December 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered at Manhattan’s Duarte Square on December 17, 2011 (#D17 day of action) to celebrate the original protest’s 3-month anniversary by attempting to reclaim a space.

By: ARIEL SHEARER | December 30, 2011