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Two for the road

The Watson Twins escape the shadows
Most music fans discovered the Watson Twins — 31-year-old identical sisters Leigh and Chandra — via their backing vocal appearance on Rabbit Fur Coat , the 2006 solo debut from Jenny Lewis.
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | July 07, 2008

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Momofuku | Lost Highway
“I’m a limited primitive kind of man,” Costello sings in “Drum & Bone,” and for better and worse, that’s the truth.
By ZETH LUNDY | May 12, 2008

Solo shot

Gary Louris leaves the Jayhawks behind
Gary Louris had no grand designs for the beginning of his solo career.
By MIKAEL WOOD | March 25, 2008

Going on sale: March 14, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Ladyhawk, Lewis Black, Nightmare of You, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | March 12, 2008

Guest lists 2007

Phoenix and WFNX staffers submit their ten best albums of the year

By PHOENIX STAFF | December 21, 2007

Listen up

Providence national pop + jazz picks: 2007 in review
It’s the first year a long time where I truly felt like I didn’t listen to enough music.
By JIM MACNIE | December 18, 2007

Trash talk

Who knew recycling, shorter showers, and organic spinach could cause such angst?
Trash night. Trash night, trash night, trash night. Abfallnacht , as they probably call it in Germany.
By JAMES PARKER | November 07, 2007

Chairmen of the boards

Our critics pick the 14 producers with the fattest, meanest beats
Not unlike Swedish, Tagalog, and Esperanto, music is a language, with its own conjugations and (lewdly) dangling participles.
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 18, 2007

2006-11-17 VIDEO

By | September 27, 2007

Silver linings

VIDEO: Rilo Kiley performs live at First Act Guitar Studio

By BOSTON PHOENIX VIDEO | September 26, 2007

Going on sale: July 20, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Tesla, Nick Lowe, Spoon, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | July 16, 2007

Folk heroics

Or, how M. Ward became such a big deal
“Why is he such a big deal right now?” a friend asked with some exasperation earlier this month when I mentioned that I had a phone date with M. Ward. M. Ward, "To Go Home" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD | June 19, 2007

Watson Twins

Southern Manners | www.thewatsontwins.com
The Watson Twins are Chandra and Leigh, two Kentucky-raised, LA-based sisters who’ve spent the past year doing a heck of a job singing back-up in Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis’s country-pop solo act.
By MIKAEL WOOD | October 02, 2006