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Boston music news: July 11, 2008

Notes on the New Year
The New Year, a band the Kadanes started with Chris Brokaw on drums a decade ago, are still a going concern.
By MATT ASHARE | July 08, 2008

Fortunate one

Chris Brokaw is booked solid
It was no surprise to find Chris Brokaw in Hawaii last week, just two Saturdays before he’s due back in Cambridge to pull a double shift upstairs at the Middle East.
By MATT ASHARE | July 07, 2008

Zedek’s æsthetic

Thalia continues to move beyond Come
Thalia Zedek is hunched over a pint at the Cambridge Brewing Company, looking a bit like a grizzled veteran of some sort of mythical rock-and-roll war.
By MATT ASHARE | April 29, 2008

Maximum volume

Major Stars turn it up on their Drag City debut
With their triple-guitar heroics, lavish use of feedback, rock-hard rhythm section, and charismatic lead singer, Cambridge’s Major Stars are an explosive rock band.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | November 19, 2007

Still rockin'

The Middle East Celebrates 20
“You remember what happened — I threw a fuckin’ party that got too fuckin’ big.”
By BRETT MILANO | November 13, 2007

Going on sale: October 26, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Dillinger Escape Plan, Street Dogs, Michael Ian Black, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | October 24, 2007

Trees outside the museum

Video: Thurston Moore live at the MFA

By BOSTON PHOENIX VIDEO | October 04, 2007

Boston music news: September 21, 2007

Notes on Chris Brokaw and Session Americana
For the better part of a decade,Chris Brokaw was best known as Thalia Zedek’s guitar foil in the local band Come.
By JIM SULLIVAN | September 18, 2007

Download festival?

How about the Tweeter Center line-up instead
It’s a pretty cool line-up of “indie” stars, indie almost-stars, college-rock faves, and local heroes.
By WILL SPITZ | August 14, 2007

Boston music news: August 17, 2007

Notes on Dave Derby's new project
Dave Derby, the now NYC-based former frontman of Boston’s Dambuilders, thinks of his newly released second solo album as a “bridge.”
By JIM SULLIVAN | August 13, 2007

That’s just super(groups)

Some ideas for bands that may never be, but should
You know, ideas are the easy part. It’s the execution that gets tricky.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 03, 2007

Boston Music News: July 14, 2006

Notes on Ryan Lee and the Mindless, plus Somerville ArtBeat 2006
Ryan Lee Crosby wrote his newest, “Everyday Escape,” for his younger brother Adam, who now plays drums in Crosby’s backing band, the Mindless. Ryan Lee and the Mindless, "Obey Me" (mp3)
By SARAH TOMLINSON | July 10, 2006