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by Nate Dow
The once-rich Boston blues scene may be a little threadbare, but thanks to one entrepreneur, the blues...
by Christopher John Treacy / Review
Anyone thinking of Ray LaMontagne as a one-trick pony is in for a surprise.
Thursday, at the first show of his two-night stand at the Opera...
by Chris Riemenschneider / Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
It’s not the most conventional band there ever was. But at the same time, it’s not that hard to figure out.’
That’s...
by Dave Wedge
MSTRKRFT co-mastermind Jesse F. Keeler was on the cusp of breaking big with his former band, Death from...
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by Martin Caballero
It’s easier to categorize the Brazilian Girls in terms of what they are not. They aren’t Brazilian. They aren’t girls, with...
by Bob Young
Get ready for a brassier Honkfest to turn up the volume in Somerville’s Davis Square this weekend.
The event that launched a thousand...
by Jed Gottlieb
Dr. Dog’s just another band ripping off the classics.
The Philadelphia five-piece - which plays a sold-out Middle East tonight -...
by Michael Marotta / Hotline
Letters to Cleo was always known for the hit single “Here and Now.” Two decades after its formation in the Boston college rock scene,...
by Ira Kantor
Coming on the heels of a newly released seventh solo album and reunion tour with former Yaz bandmate Vince Clarke, UK songbird Alison Moyet seemed...
by Christopher John Treacy
If at first these 11 one-take songs - rattled off in just 12 days - sound hastily assembled, repeated listening reveals it’s the best Pretenders...
by Jed Gottlieb
Like good beer and bad teeth, the oh-so-British Oasis will never be huge in America. But it’s fun to watch the band try. On the Gallagher...
by Jed Gottlieb
If you’re a politico punk who’s never heard Bad Religion (if you indeed exist), you’ll dig Rise Against’s fifth LP. It’s...
by Dave Wedge
The pre-release hype on the latest from scream queen Maria Brink and company was intense, but the Los Angeles band more than meets expectations....
by Bill Brotherton
Is there anything Damon Albarn can’t do? Not content with fronting the premier ’80s Britpop band (Blur), he helped create the world’s...
