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Bold and beautiful

A Fine Frenzy emerges, swift as a shadow
Alison Sudol, the LA-based artist who records and performs as A Fine Frenzy, just loves it when I bring up the first show of her first-ever tour.
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG  |  October 27, 2009
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Running with the Devil

Making a connection with Brown Bird
The surge of locally-harvested folk/roots/Americana acts flourishing in Rhode Island continues.
By CHRIS CONTI  |  October 29, 2009
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The Big Hurt: Release yo’ delf

The week in horrendous press releases
Every slow pop week has a silver lining: it’s a great chance to catch up on the thrilling world of useless press releases.
By DAVID THORPE  |  October 22, 2009
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Newport’s rock royalty

The diePods — straight outta the City by the Sea
If 75orLess Records CEO (and Six Star General bassist) Mark MacDougall decided to host an East Bay Desert Sessions, the diePods would be the 3 am headliner.
By CHRIS CONTI  |  October 21, 2009
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The Big Hurt: A healthy death

Music news in brief
A member of the recently reunited BACKSTREET BOYS — the really Christian one who looks like the Beast from that 1980s Beauty and the Beast TV show — has swine flu. That doesn't even come close to being sufficient punishment for his many aesthetic atrocities (which include his face), but it'll do for the moment.
By DAVID THORPE  |  October 13, 2009
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Boycott Blues | Irony

Brick (2009)
Here’s one way to interpret the title of the debut disc from Boycott Blues: on one paw, he’s a street cat who says “fuck it” for a fast ducat; on the other, this Roxbury beast laments the residual effects that come from poisoning his people and advancing cyclical oppression in the “concrete Congo.”
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 14, 2009
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The Flaming Lips | Embryonic

Warner Bros. (2009)
If new albums by Super Furry Animals, 50 Foot Wave, and the Flaming Lips are any indication, 2009 is smack in the middle of a new psychedelic age.
By ZETH LUNDY  |  October 19, 2009
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The Big Hurt: Season's bleatings

Plus unholy names and office shredders
One of the great things about being in the music industry is that you get to change your name. So why are we hearing records from a guy named Landon Pigg?
By DAVID THORPE  |  September 28, 2009
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Review: Bebel Gilberto | All In One

Verve (2009)
There couldn’t be a more apropos title than the one Bebel Gilberto has given her fourth album.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  September 24, 2009
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Stars aligned

Cult heroes and superstars dot the region's fall concert calendar
The days are growing shorter, the magazines are (well, barely) getting larger and meatier, and the first batch of cider doughnuts is on the way real soon: all sure signs of autumn, as is the bountiful crop of prestigious concerts coming our way this season.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  September 16, 2009
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In the red

SEXCoffee amp it up on The Morning After
A handful of Phoenix readers questioned the parameters of what exactly defined a "Breakthrough Act" in our recent Best Music Poll, decided in dominant fashion by alt-rock quartet SEXCoffee. What exactly constitutes a band playing together for six years as finally "breaking through?" Well, it isn't titled "Best "New" Act," if that helps.
By CHRIS CONTI  |  September 02, 2009
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The Big Hurt: Taking on pain, cooling on wangs

Music news in brief
Weezer's forthcoming album will be titled Raditude . I almost want to pep them up: "Come on, Weezer, you're not that bad." But they are.
By DAVID THORPE  |  August 31, 2009

Machigonne Festival wrap-up

Sibilance
The MACHIGONNE FESTIVAL was a major success, despite the best efforts of Hurricane Danny.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  September 02, 2009

Rock'n'Roll birthday party!

Sibilance
While you're out celebrating MARK BELANGER 's birthday August 21 — at Geno's, of course — make sure to catch the set by WHITCOMB , who are shaping up to be the next supergroup of sorts.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  August 19, 2009
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High-powered hybrid

Roz Raskin and the Rice Cakes set sail on  The Friend Ship
"It's pretty much impossible for us to have a predictable sound," said Rosalind Raskin earlier this week while discussing The Friend Ship (Moose Proof Records), the full-length debut from Roz Raskin and the Rice Cakes ( MySpace.com/RozRaskin ).
By CHRIS CONTI  |  August 18, 2009

Music Seen: Man-Witch CD-release at Geno's


Anyone who doesn't like Man-Witch either didn't watch enough Saturday-morning TV as a kid, or is an incurable sourpuss.
By DAN CLARK  |  August 05, 2009

Ziggy lives!

And FH13 offers a little bit of everything
Club Hell starts the weekend off THURSDAY (the 6th) with an early-bird experimental rock show featuring Houston's SCALE THE SUMMIT (currently on tour opening for Dream Theater) with Cranston's CALIFORNIA SMILE , who are reportedly finishing a new record.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF  |  August 04, 2009
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Song of herself

Kaki King adds her voice to the mix
"Listen, I will go on record saying I love Feist, I love Neko Case. I love that music. But that shit's easy listening for the twentysomethings. It fucking is. It's not hard to listen to any of that stuff."
By RICHARD BECK  |  August 05, 2009
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Review: Howling Bells | Radio Wars

Independiente/Nettwerk (2009)
Australian dream-rock dudes (and dudette) toured North America earlier this year with Coldplay — and like Chris Martin's not-so-merry men, Howling Bells on their sophomore album attempt to dress up what might otherwise be a clutch of dour, namby-pamby white-person ditties with all manner of spicy studio-side textures.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 03, 2009

Rotors to Rust, WePushButtons, Gypsy Tailwind

Sibilance
• The ROTORS TO RUST show last weekend wasn't a one-off. The band have plans to release a new disc at the end of summer on MARK CURDO 's LABOR DAY RECORDS . Bassist JASON GROSSO says the new material is more loose and creative than you've heard from the three-piece before.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  July 24, 2009

Rotors to Rust, WePushButtons, Gypsy Tailwind

Sibilance
• The ROTORS TO RUST show last weekend wasn't a one-off. The band have plans to release a new disc at the end of summer on MARK CURDO 's LABOR DAY RECORDS . Bassist JASON GROSSO says the new material is more loose and creative than you've heard from the three-piece before.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  July 24, 2009

Rotors to Rust, WePushButtons, Gypsy Tailwind

Sibilance
• The ROTORS TO RUST show last weekend wasn't a one-off. The band have plans to release a new disc at the end of summer on MARK CURDO 's LABOR DAY RECORDS . Bassist JASON GROSSO says the new material is more loose and creative than you've heard from the three-piece before.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  July 24, 2009

IndieArts mania!

So much to do, all at once
Head down to the Greenwich Hotel THURSDAY (the 16th) and lounge with local acoustic troubadour DANIEL CHASE and Boston's SARAH BORRELLO (her piano-driven cover of "White Rabbit" is insane); never a cover and always 21+, call 401.884.4200 for more.
By PROVIDENCE ARTS STAFF  |  July 15, 2009

Tower of Song Festival, Eric Bettencourt, and the Outsiders

Sibilance
This is shaping up to be one of the best summers in a long time when it comes to outdoor and festival-type shows.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF  |  July 15, 2009
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Back in action

Multitasking with Senior Discount 
Veteran punk rock quartet Senior Discount returns to the live circuit this weekend, starting with the big Lupo's/WBRU Block Party on Friday and an early-bird slot at Club Hell on Saturday. And national retailer Hot Topic has invited the band to play a string of acoustic shows around New England throughout the summer (check  myspace.com/seniordiscount  for the full schedule).
By CHRIS CONTI  |  July 08, 2009

Music Seen: Lost Cause Desperados

and Johnie 3, DeeCRACKS, The New 45 at Geno's, July 2
Lost Cause Desperados have kept a low profile over the last few months, with gigs few and far between. None of that downtime has gone to waste, however, as Portland's kings of warp-speed garage-punk have been hard at work on their upcoming album, Desert of Broken Glass.
By DAN CLARK  |  July 08, 2009
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Bibio | Ambivalence Avenue

Warp (2009)
Since this new record by Wolverhampton's Stephen James Wilkinson (a/k/a Bibio) has done nothing but delight me, I'm going to honor the sentiments posted to his MySpace blog and spare him the f-word and all variants thereof.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR  |  July 01, 2009
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Gods of rock

Let the Black Light, White Lines wash over you
SPACE Gallery will be awfully loud Thursday, with the CD release of Sun Gods in Exile's Black Light, White Lines, supported by Ogre and the debut of Murcielago. Last Friday's L'Animaux Tryst showcase and this show are sonic polar opposites on the SPACE spectrum, but good for them for giving some boot-stomping guitar-rock a chance.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  June 24, 2009
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Sunset Rubdown | Dragonslayer

Jagjaguwar (2009)
Sunset Rubdown's 2007 release, Random Spirit Lover , is an underappreciated tour de force , a sprawling indie-rock epic imbued with a spirit of anarchic glee. Their third album is as ambitious as its predecessors but mutes the joy in favor of a more serious tone and tighter focus.
By RYAN STEWART  |  June 15, 2009

Letters to the Portland editor: June 5, 2009

In praise of Pfeifle
I can't tell you how much it means to have such a thoughtful, well written review of my new CD.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS  |  June 03, 2009

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