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Parsing the Poll II

The Best Music Poll’s Sex Pistols moment
We had a Sex Pistols moment here at the Phoenix last week.
By BOB GULLA  |  May 16, 2006

Hearing it out

The Goners, Anomalous, and more
Here are some releases that I’ve been meaning to get to. There’s no time like now.
By BOB GULLA  |  May 10, 2006

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Thumb’s up

Andy Arch and the Latter Day Saints’ masterful EP
When Tom Thumb, aka Andy Arch, last put a record out, it was a solo acoustic outing, bedroom folk music, one guitar and one voice.
By BOB GULLA  |  May 02, 2006

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Good ’n’ Evil

The Stumbleweeds cut loose on their hot new platter  
Five years to the month since the Stumbleweeds released their debut, the sassy Boston/Providence hayseeds have at last spit another record out.
By BOB GULLA  |  April 26, 2006

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An aural adventure

Terrastock 6’s psychedelic invasion
The sounds are dark, but sometimes light.
By BOB GULLA  |  April 18, 2006

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Feelin’ groovy

The scene is springing back to life
Maybe it’s the spring sun. Maybe it’s my new chainsaw.
By BOB GULLA  |  April 11, 2006

Parsing the Poll

Behind the scenes at Best Music Central
Every year at this paper we produce something called the Best Music Poll ballot — you’ve seen it — and every year we encounter a new crop of challenges in putting it together.
By BOB GULLA  |  April 04, 2006

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Running the gamut

Johnny Juxo rocks and rolls and swings and . . .
You may have seen him recently sitting in with Black Honey, but didn’t realize it.
By BOB GULLA  |  March 29, 2006

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Local heroes

Rhode Island bands make a good showing at SXSW
The set time, 9 pm, wasn’t ideal, but everything else came together perfectly for Zox as they made their inaugural appearance at the music industry blitzkrieg known as South by Southwest.
By BOB GULLA  |  March 21, 2006

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Plugged in

Digging into the digital realm with Tim O’Keefe  
The Providence music scene is a pie chart of musical wedges.
By BOB GULLA  |  March 14, 2006

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Our kinda Blue

Diane’s masterful Here I Am ; Monty's goes national  
She may currently live outside of Boston, but Diane Blue is, in her heart and on record, an Ocean Stater.
By BOB GULLA  |  March 08, 2006

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The return of Terrastock

‘ Outsiders’ gather in Providence; plus, Black Honey
This April 21-23, serious music fans in Providence are in for a real treat.
By BOB GULLA  |  March 01, 2006

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Wishin’ ’n’ hopin’

The Sleazies top Resin and Street Credit at the ’BRU Rock Hunt
You couldn’t have assembled a more diverse lineup for the finals of this year’s WBRU Rock Hunt.
By BOB GULLA  |  February 22, 2006

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Sass and roll

Bumpin’ ’n’ grindin’ with Jessica Sciullo and Johnny Carlevale
This weekend at Jake’s, roots/rockabilly mainman Johnny Carlevale will be hosting a show featuring rising stars Thru the Keyhole Burlesque, just one of the many burlesque acts in the region that are putting the vintage entertainment style back on the map.
By BOB GULLA  |  February 15, 2006

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The contenders

Meet the WBRURock Hunt semifinalists
The ’06 edition of the WBRU Rock Hunt is upon us.
By BOB GULLA  |  February 09, 2006

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Long time coming

Thom Enright’s Intoxicated is a heady concoction
This Friday night at Chan’s you’ll be able to catch Thom Enright and his band the Night Drinkers, with Marty Ballou on bass, Marty Richards on drums, Steve Burke on keys, and Tom Ferraro on guitar.
By BOB GULLA  |  February 01, 2006

Goodbye, cruel world

Jo Jo Gator bids farewell after two decades in the music biz  
The other day an e-mail arrived from Jo Jo Gator, a guy some of you may know is a local and national pop music impresario.
By BOB GULLA  |  January 25, 2006

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Bully for Woolly

Honeyhander’s Mannerisms is gripping and fully realized
If U2 played regularly at late, lamented underground mill spaces like Fort Thunder, they’d be lucky to sound something like Honeyhander
By BOB GULLA  |  January 18, 2006

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Barry Cowsill, 1954-2005

Plus, the Entrance, and a new name for Planet Groove
We wanted to bid a formal adieu to Rhode Island legend Barry Cowsill, whose death was reported last week.
By BOB GULLA  |  January 18, 2006

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Fury and serenity

Providence scene and heard: Verbana Darvell
Frenzied post-hardcore a la At the Drive-In, with throat-strangling screams interspersed with near-classical violin passages.
By BOB GULLA  |  January 09, 2006
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