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Counter culture

Record Store Day at Newbury Comics
Like an e-mail from a long-lost ex, Record Store Day was designed to remind shoppers around the world that record stores still exist.
By LUKE O’NEIL | April 23, 2008

Fallout joys

When the Nirvana explosion rocked Boston
In his newly published The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock & Roll , Phoenix contributor Brett Milano explores the evolution of the local music scene.
By BRETT MILANO | September 18, 2007

Children at play

Who Shot Hollywood get off to an early start
If you happened into the Middle East for the Fleshtones show two weekends ago, you might have wondered what those kids were doing there.
By BRETT MILANO | June 19, 2007

All dolled up

Yes, Virginia, but there’s more to the local scene than Amanda and Brian
We have seen the face of Boston rock and roll, and it’s got painted-on eyebrows.
By BRETT MILANO | June 06, 2007

I think I have the vapors

Dennis Brennan CD release bash, Lizard Lounge, May 19, 2007
Listen and learn, people.
By JON GARELICK | May 23, 2007

F****n’ great

Dennis Brennan by his own cool self
Dennis Brennan isn’t much into blowing his own horn, and any questions about his local-legend status are likely to be met with an embarrassed shrug.
By BRETT MILANO | May 08, 2007

Too many shows

A hot winter concert season
If this winter’s concert scene were a crazy tag-team wrestling match, rock would be the ass-kicking king of the ring.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 28, 2006

Life is a cabaret

The Dolls, the Rudds, d’Elf, and more shake it up this fall
The Dresden Dolls have been crazy busy since the release, earlier this year, of Yes, Virginia (Roadrunner), and their autumn itinerary ensures they’ll be applying the pancake make-up well into winter.
By JONATHAN PERRY | September 13, 2006