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Moving on with Stephie Coplan & the Pedestrians

Turning the page
When Stephie Coplan was 14 years old, the empty pages in her first songwriting book were as much an escape as they were a creative outlet.

By MICHAEL MAROTTA | February 15, 2012

In Flames craft an evolving breed of metal

Still spreading
Face it: metal bands are just brands, and to the headbanging hordes, you are only as good as your last breakdown — unless you can concoct a memorable musical identity to stand above the competition.

By DANIEL BROCKMAN | February 15, 2012

Identifying with the sonic haze of Crocodiles

Psychic reaction
There are loads of bands out there that defy, don't want, and often downright despise categorization.

By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | February 15, 2012

The Overdub Tampering Committee

How a group of Boston musicians exacted their weird price from the world of online music sharing — without actually doing a thing
Armed with an idea, a hastily written manifesto, a press release, and some software to disguise my computer's IP address, I was able to raise the question, "How do you know that what you're illegally downloading is the actual music it claims to be?" This is a story about how my pop-music infatuation led me to fabricating a web of lies I called the Overdub Tampering Committee.

By RYAN WALSH | February 15, 2012

At home with Sharon Van Etten

Lady and her Tramp
Sharon Van Etten is peeling an orange in her South Brooklyn apartment.

By LIZ PELLY | February 15, 2012

[in memoriam] Whitney Houston, 1963-2012

"The biggest devil is me," is how Houston famously summed up her life's dilemma
Whitney Houston, who passed away this weekend of still-to-be-determined causes at the too-young age of 48, made an art out of depicting heroic triumph over adversity in her music

By DANIEL BROCKMAN | February 13, 2012

The Top 100 Emo Songs of All Time

A bummer ... but in an awesome way
Emo is a lot like pornography ...

By PHOENIX STAFF | February 09, 2012

A punk phenomenon grows up

Punk is dead, right?
It's time we faced it: the vanguards of rock have gotten really old.

By DANIEL BROCKMAN | February 08, 2012

All emo is local

Five scenes that grew organically
Remember the years before blog-rock, when scenes and sounds developed geographically?

By LIZ PELLY | February 08, 2012

Emo: it might as well be a four-letter word

De-evolution
Back in 2001, when Bleed American was exploding all over modern-rock radio, I sat down with Jimmy Eat World guitarist Tom Linton and frontman Jim Adkins and asked about the emo label with which their group had been saddled.

By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | February 08, 2012

Inside the theatric folk appeal of You Won't

Willing Participants
"It's about trying to let things come without judgment," says You Won't frontman Josh Arnoudse.

By RYAN REED | February 07, 2012

Davis Square gets a new venue

Play Spaces
Play Spaces

By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 08, 2012

From nukes to necro with Toxic Holocaust

Thrash and glow
Once in a while, a name can conveniently give you an accurate sketch of what a band sounds like.

By REYAN ALI | February 07, 2012

Creaturos spin in the center of a creative orbit

Sum of their Parts
Boston is a city built on pride. Our music, our sports, our accents: whatever it is, good or bad, it is ours .

By P. NICK CURRAN | February 02, 2012

Have you heard of Lana Del Rey?

A promising new voice
Once in a while, an editor will ask you to review an album by someone you've never heard of — just as a favor.

By DAN WEISS | February 01, 2012

Cate Le Bon stars in her own folk reality

Life vérité
There is a trend among critics to describe the songs of Welsh performer Cate Le Bon as something new, but with a bit of listening the music of the 28-year-old songwriter is actually pleasantly familiar.

By JONATHAN DONALDSON | January 31, 2012

Spreading once again, The Darkness are back

Rendezvous
I don't remember where I was the first time I heard "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," but I do know that I hated it.

By REYAN ALI | January 31, 2012

Ladyfest is coming!

. . . and it's not just for ladies!
Chris Strunk was 15 years old when he experienced the "fairly life-changing" momentum of the early-'90s riot-grrrl movement, escaping the conservative suburbs of Philadelphia for Huggy Bear and Bikini Kill shows in the city.

By LIZ PELLY | January 25, 2012

For Coyote Kolb, the roots come together

State of mind
Johnny Cash's baleful self-portrait "Ain't No Grave" oozes into my skull through a Sailor Jerry haze.

By BARRY THOMPSON | January 24, 2012

Powering up with the Smith Westerns

Bye-bye lo-fi
Sometimes when we settle into the tattered sofa of lo-fi pop music, it's easy to imagine that the artists intended for it to be made this way.

By JONATHAN DONALDSON | January 25, 2012

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