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Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 07, 2008

Democratic pig pile

Hillary’s victimization rap is Clintonian politics at its best and worst
Oh, are the other Democratic candidates “piling on” poor little Hillary Clinton?
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 07, 2007

Portland scene report: August 24, 2007

Sibilance starts now
Harrington, who also publishes the local uber-zine Kapital Ink, is nothing if not elbow-deep in rock.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 22, 2007

Editors' pick: Drinking game/guessing game

Maxim Gorky’s 1902 play, The Lower Depths , is a character-driven work dwelling on the underbelly of Russian society.
By PHOENIX STAFF | April 19, 2007

Who you callin’ a punk?

Down by law
Jamaica Plain–based freelancer and Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation staffer Steven Lee Beeber was waiting for a plane at the airport a number of years ago when his girlfriend let out a gasp.
By IAN SANDS | November 01, 2006

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 31

The Strokes | Gallery Bershad | April 21, 2001

By PHOENIX STAFF | October 25, 2006

Hollywood holidaze

The Minutemen and the LA they endured
Punk rock had jetpacked the Minutemen into a synæsthetic sound world where ideas had the same value as chords, where Reagan’s policy in Central America could be related directly to the setting of your amp.
By JAMES PARKER | June 24, 2006

On the Racks: May 23, 2006

Def Leppard, Dixie Chicks, Damone
Plus new releases by Osaka Popstar, PJ Harvey, and the American Idol kids.
By MATT ASHARE | May 23, 2006

Flaming out

Has Elvis Costello become Yes?
Elvis Costello’s My Flame Burns Blue (Deutsche Grammophon) disappoints me. I don’t mean critically as much as personally.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | February 21, 2006

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