Music

Unplugged

Arcadia Landing call it quits
Four friends, two bands, and nine years laer, Arcadia Landing is closed for business, according to a statement posted on their MySpace page on July 25.

By: CHRIS CONTI | August 27, 2008

The Big Hurt: Earnest goes to camp

Plus baby comes from Clay and Bizkit defects to Manson
Hey: when the Verve play shows in America, they should start out their set with a cover of “The Freshman,” just so everyone’s like, “Wait a minute, I thought I had this shit figured out.”

By: DAVID THORPE | August 26, 2008

Nervous energy

The unlikely rise of Does It Offend You, Yeah?
“If I actually stopped to think about what’s going on, I’d probably shit myself,” says James Rushent, singer/bassist for UK electro-rock quartet Does It Offend You, Yeah?

By: MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | August 26, 2008

Heart and soul

Penrose and friends bring the heat
The Cranston-based quartet Penrose continues to impress, delivering a fervent set at Lupo’s last Friday. The crew has been busy since they swept two categories in this year’s Best Music Poll.

By: CHRIS CONTI | August 20, 2008

Blues juniors

Back Door Slam rejuvenate a British tradition
A guitar howls through the streets of downtown Chattanooga just as the sun begins to set, pealing out an elaborately improvised solo pasted onto the end of “Red House.”

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | August 19, 2008

Seriously fun

Awesome Brothers give all they got
“We wanted to be like the Righteous Brothers, but more awesome.”

By: CHRIS CONTI | August 13, 2008

Retro active

The Regeneration Tour reheats the ’80s
The ’80s, pop culture’s most tenacious decade, were a mix of greed, technological breakthrough, and hope for a bright future.

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 12, 2008

Flobots merge music and activism

Culture
Social justice will be an integral part of Flobots’ Providence visit this weekend.

By: MATT JERZYK | August 06, 2008

Pushing his buttons

Joe Beats heads back to the lab
“My number one priority is getting more of my music out there.”

By: CHRIS CONTI | August 05, 2008

At home away from home

CSS take on the world — again
“We love all the pop stuff.” says Sá. “We do love the Pixies, but we also love Mariah, you know?"

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 05, 2008

It takes two

makeupbreakup are ready to make their move
The makeupbreakup machine officially gets cranking on August 19 when their debut EP, We Prefer Not To . . . (s.a.f. records), is released. Call it electro-surf power-pop?

By: CHRIS CONTI | July 30, 2008

A team effort

Everyone’s gonna find out about Hello Mahalo
Yes, the name sounds familiar and no, they don’t play Hawaiian music.

By: CHRIS CONTI | July 23, 2008

Here we go, yo

Rock the Bells: Q-Tip reunites A Tribe Called Quest one last time
No Rock the Bells tour would be official without a godlike headliner at the helm.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | July 22, 2008

Vote the rock

Prince bows to King Dylan
The Republican and Democratic conventions are still more than a month away, but that doesn’t mean the summer has been an electoral wasteland.

By: LANCE GOULD | July 16, 2008

Fresh tracks

New discs by Someday Providence and Suicide Bill
It’s a big deal when Someday Providence gets new music out. Their new EP extends the band’s dedication to breezy pop, but also adds depth, dimension, and a wee bit of heaviness.

By: BOB GULLA | July 16, 2008

The new girl

Katy Perry storms the boys’ club
“I am the pink in a sea of darkness.”

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 15, 2008

Old souls

The Bouncing Souls stay relevant
“The very first Bouncing Souls show was a battle of the bands in high school. We took third place out of four bands. We sucked, though — we were terrible. Horrible ."

By: MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | July 15, 2008

Musical melee

Update: Dylan vs. Prince
An old, grizzled white guy, once considered a maverick but now an entrenched member of the establishment, is challenged by a younger, popular African-American upstart.

By: LANCE GOULD | July 09, 2008

Keep a knockin’

Mike Dinallo helps Eddie Floyd get back in action
Mike Dinallo has been in and around R&B, roots, blues, and rock since I started writing this column, most notably with the Radio Kings a while back.

By: BOB GULLA | July 09, 2008

Towns on the edge of darkness

The Hold Steady explore the shadows on Stay Positive
If 2006’s Boys and Girls in America was the Hold Steady’s Born to Run, Stay Positive is their Darkness On the Edge of Town , where the cocksure auteur grows older and less certain of his place in the world.

By: MICHAEL ATCHISON | July 14, 2008