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It's virtually impossible not to hold a so-called "comeback record" up against a band's past, and it's useless not to judge Suede's sixth studio effort, Bloodsports , out March 19 on INgrooves / Suede Ltd, against the UK rock band's 1990s history.
What's F'n Next?
The best parts of South by Southwest are the unexpected.
Go nine songs deep into Gozu's new The Fury of a Patient Man — from the stoner chug of opener "Bald Bull" to the buzzing boogie of "Salty Thumb" to the upright guitar crunch of "Disco Related Injury" — and there's barely any room to breathe.
Peter Hook is in a peculiar situation.
Pregame show begins Saturday at 9 am. Hosted by Gene Genie.
Pregame show begins Saturday at 9 am. Hosted by Gene Genie.
A baker’s dozen of the best new bands in Boston — and slightly beyond
What was once a stodgy rock-and-roll town swallowed up by its participants' mutual disdain for one another has given way to a community fostering relentless creativity and support.
On the Download
It was a pretty great year of Boston music in 2012.
There are freak accidents, and then there's the case of Jonathan Toubin.
Ultimately unfounded threats of the Mayan apocalypse are in the rearview, but this winter's new Boston music survey starts with a Cult and ends with a Flood.
The best music from our city was cultivated within the clubs of Cambridge, Allston DIY spaces, squares of Somerville, and way across the pike in Western Mass.
By now it's cliché to write about music having a "driving" force, or describing it taking you to a certain place where mundane daily occurrences could not.
Cellars by Starlight
Few things that happen so frequently are as revered as nightfall.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The kaleidoscopic neon-pop of Stepdad, which shares some sonic DNA with the Double-P, has unpredictably blown out of Grand Rapids.
The formation of Tanlines was as inevitable as it was organic.
Live DJs return tonight at 9 pm for a special relaunch broadcast. Click for details.
Live DJs return tonight at 9 pm for a special relaunch broadcast. Click for details.
No more than two seconds into Saint Etienne's latest album (their first in seven years), Words And Music (Heavenly/Universal UMC), angelic-voiced Sarah Cracknell opens "Over the Border" with a spoken-word confession over a soft acoustic guitar: "When I was 10, I wanted to explore the world."
For the Sydney-based Presets' third album, Pacifica , the attitude shifts from night to day, because after every party comes a new morning.
Boston’s only indie alternative station relaunches tonight with live DJs. Click here to listen the evolution of radio. It’s What’s F’n Next.
Boston’s only indie alternative station relaunches tonight with live DJs. Click here to listen the evolution of radio. It’s What’s F’n Next.
Stockholm, Sweden
Of all the near-perfect things to emerge out of Sweden over the past few decades, from IKEA’s meatballs to Peter Forsberg’s playoff beard, perhaps the country’s most impressive import has been electro-pop.
Long accustomed to repeating herself, Julia Easterlin is finally done explaining.
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