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Rebirth of a prince

Digging RZA in 36 steps
I recently took the Greyhound to Montreal for a RZA concert.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | August 19, 2008

Roll credits

Mad Man Films finish what they started
“Boston has a way of being a little too comfortable for bands,” says Zak Longo as he sits in his Brighton kitchen.

By: MATT PARISH | August 19, 2008

Guitar solos?

Obits go back to basics
“It actually feels really liberating, like a moment where you’re like, ‘Boy, am I glad to be an adult!’"

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 19, 2008

The Big Hurt: Reconstructive criticism

How music can be better
The job of any great music critic (e.g., me) is to provide useful suggestions to musicians, thus advancing the art.

By: DAVID THORPE | August 19, 2008

Interview: Shane West

Too late to stop
The actor discusses the Germs . . . and ER.

By: JIM SULLIVAN | August 19, 2008

Back Door Slam rejuvenate a British tradition
A guitar howls through the streets of downtown Chattanooga just as the sun begins to set, pealing out an elaborately improvised solo pasted onto the end of “Red House.”

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | August 19, 2008

Audiophiles unite!

The New England Phonographers Union + the BSC
This Tuesday marks the debut of the New England Phonographers Union.

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | August 19, 2008

AOR with ADD

The Coke Dares take a minute to rock you
I’m told there’s an epidemic of shrinking attention spans, yet our demand for rock remains unchanged.

By: BARRY THOMPSON | August 14, 2008

The Big Hurt: More bad news in brief

DMX spits, Lou spills, Kelly leaks, Keane sucks
Police pulled over Snoop Dogg’s tour bus and — gasp! — smelled marijuana!

By: DAVID THORPE | August 13, 2008

Retro active

The Regeneration Tour reheats the ’80s
The ’80s, pop culture’s most tenacious decade, were a mix of greed, technological breakthrough, and hope for a bright future.

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 12, 2008

State of the art

Newport's Jazz ID check
You could find just about any kind of jazz you wanted on the three stages at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport last weekend.

By: JON GARELICK | August 14, 2008

Laugh at the end of the world

The grim punch lines of Clawjob
The two guys who make up Clawjob have an unnerving tendency to describe something as funny when it’s anything but.

By: WILL SPITZ | August 19, 2008

At home away from home

CSS take on the world — again
“We love all the pop stuff.” says Sá. “We do love the Pixies, but we also love Mariah, you know?"

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 05, 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

Hollerpalooza

Eli Reed says he’s better than Otis
Eli “Paperboy” Reed seems dubious about my following him for a few hours before and after his five o’clock Lollapalooza show in Chicago’s Grant Park last Sunday.

By: DEVIN KING | August 05, 2008

The Big Hurt: Playing with fire

Lil Wayne runs afoul of the ABKCO juggernaut
Milli-selling rapgoblin Lil Wayne probably didn’t worry too much about borrowing the Rolling Stones’ “Play with Fire” for the hook of his track “Playing with Fire.”

By: DAVID THORPE | August 05, 2008

Unstoppable force

The sludgy juggernaut of the Melvins
“Basically it’s like, if you get what we’re doing, then no explanation is necessary, and if you don’t, then no explanation is possible.”

By: MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | August 08, 2008

Risky business

Santogold finds her own way
I know I can’t be the only person whose ears perked up earlier this year on hearing the chorus of the then-new Ashlee Simpson single “Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya).”

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 29, 2008

The week in boners

Ross exposed, FCC hosed, hicks opposed
With his new album expected to hit #1 on the Billboard charts this week, I think (Nasty) Nas is getting a bit swell-headed.

By: DAVID THORPE | July 28, 2008

Cinematic

Empirical go to the movies, plus the Hot 8
Talking with Nathaniel Facey, the alto-saxophonist in the London band Empirical, you find it difficult at first to pin down where and how the quintet developed their unusual compositional style.

By: JON GARELICK | July 28, 2008

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Steve Coogan: no holds bard
Outside The Frame | August 21, 2008 at 4:55 PM

Flashbacks: when Nathaniel met Herman, a tribute to Boston’s “other” team, and sportswriter Michael Gee nominates himself to be baseball’s newest commissioner
phlog | August 21, 2008 at 11:28 AM

Follow Me To Denver
Talking Politics | August 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM

Some perspective on Clay
Sox Blog | August 21, 2008 at 10:01 AM

Dear Kevin Cullen
Dont Quote Me | August 21, 2008 at 6:41 AM