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Free-improv festivities

The first annual Smash Palace
The first annual Smash Palace

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | November 24, 2008

Surly you jest

The other side of Big Shug’s game
He might be the toughest veteran on Boston’s hip-hop scene, but Shug is a phenomenal dinner guest.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | November 24, 2008

Punk buccaneer

Jonee Earthquake rumbles below the surface
Jonee Earthquake rumbles below the surface

By: BARRY THOMPSON | November 24, 2008

A fest for the brain

The triumphant second coming of Brainwaves
Before there was Pitchfork, Stereogum, Popmatters, or almost any other music site you can think of, there was Brainwashed.

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | November 19, 2008

Shirts off their backs

How To Dress Like a Rock Star
How To Dress Like a Rock Star

By: JIM SULLIVAN | November 20, 2008

Speakers and listeners

Odd Couple at the Speaker Project; Ouest at Open Sound
With the three-day Brainwaves festival in town, you'd think there'd be little room for anything else this week.

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | November 18, 2008

It could be verse

Subtle outdo their story on ExitingARM
Subtle outdo their story on ExitingARM

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | November 17, 2008

Millenium thug

Rough, rugged, raw reality rap essentials from a redefining year
Forgive me for listing only New York classics here.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | November 11, 2008

Say it ain't so, Joe

Breaking: Biden resigns the vice-presidency amid Wentzgate scandal
Breaking: Biden resigns the vice-presidency amid Wentzgate scandal

By: DAVID THORPE | November 14, 2008

Joe the rapper

Joe Budden, Freeway, and the enduring authority of street rap
"One thing I've learned is that if you write about reality, you'll never run out of material."

By: CHRIS FARAONE | November 17, 2008

Mob rules

Bang Camaro gang up for round II
Bang Camaro gang up for round II

By: BARRY THOMPSON | November 11, 2008

Riot act

Girl Talk plays a little bit of everything
Girl Talk plays a little bit of everything

By: MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | November 17, 2008

Interview: Girl Talk

David Thorpe chats up Gregg Gillis
David Thorpe chats up Gregg Gillis

By: DAVID THORPE | November 14, 2008

Rock and rote

Three decades in, AC/DC’s conservatism pays off
Three decades in, AC/DC’s conservatism pays off

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | November 10, 2008

Market demand

Deerhunter’s redistribution of rock
The first time I saw Deerhunter was two years ago at Emo’s in Austin, as part of SxSW.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | November 10, 2008

Heavy mettle

Hel Toro are just brutal enough
It might have been in Lake Station, Indiana, that Hel Toro realized that, no, they were not all that metal.

By: MATT PARISH | November 04, 2008

The Drive-By Truckers veer from the brink
Alabama offspring Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have been making raucous rock and roll together in one band or another for the past 23 years, about the same time it takes most offspring to grow up and get real jobs.

By: FRANKLIN SOULTS | November 03, 2008

McCain in the membrane

The Maverick-iest candidate has hip-hop support from R.A. the Rugged Man
Four tracks into his Monday Monster Jam performance, Brooklyn rap czar Jay-Z stops the music and points to a freeze-frame image of George W. Bush on the titanic screen above the TD Banknorth Garden stage.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | November 03, 2008