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50 shows to get you through the long freeze

Get off your ass and out the door
Ward off the winter doldrums with Boston Fun Shit’s top 50 reasons to bundle up and get the eff out on the town.
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | January 24, 2012

Four weather-proof shows to kick off 2012

Although new records are sure to warm the soul this winter, some of us do eventually need to leave the house
Four shows worth abandoning the safe haven of home for.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA AND LIZ PELLY | December 28, 2011

On the eve of a Codeine reunion, Chris Brokaw reflects on an ultra-prolific path

Promiscuous love
When it comes to making music, Chris Brokaw is an easy lover.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | December 29, 2011

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ON SPOTIFY: Guest lists 2011: Phoenix critics weigh in on the year in music

Listen to the jams, albums, and mixes that got our writers through 2011
If there's a theme to our "Best of" lists this year, it's this: There is no fucking theme.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 28, 2011

If I Hear This Comment One More Time Dept.

Failure
Failure
By KARL STEVENS | December 07, 2011

URI stages Chekhov’s head-spinning Seagull

Writing what he knows
A loves B but marries C because B loves D, who loves E but eventually returns to B. Meanwhile, K, L, and M . . . . It's that sort of plot.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 07, 2011

URI stages Chekhov’s head-spinning Seagull

Writing what he knows
A loves B but marries C because B loves D, who loves E but eventually returns to B. Meanwhile, K, L, and M . . . . It's that sort of plot.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 07, 2011

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Photos: Scenes from the 2011 Boston Music Awards

Scenes from the BMAs at the Liberty Hotel | November 20, 2011
The Liberty Hotel was once again a posh crock-pot of the city’s increasingly diverse music scene, allowing normally disconnected tribes to mix and mingle in a space in which they’d probably otherwise not be welcome.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | December 03, 2011

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Review: George Li, plus Gidon Kremer and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos with the BSO

Lightness of being
Sixteen-year-old Boston pianist George Li is prodigious in more than one way. He's not merely a technical wizard, but a thoughtful and serious musician.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | November 02, 2011

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The evolving conceptual sounds of Neon Indian

Heightened Era
Chillwave, a genre that blends bedroom-level production values with glowing synth-based atmospherics and vocals focused more on disconnected drizzle than tangible emotion, is the embodiment of how to disappear completely. At the forefront is Neon Indian's Alan Palomo: an Afro'd, baby-faced 23-year-old with two acclaimed LPs under his belt, including last month's excellent Era Extrana (Mom + Pop).
By RYAN REED | October 12, 2011

Thorpe nabs Deems Taylor Award

Blowing Our Own Horn Dept.
Phoenix columnist David Thorpe has been named one of the winners of this year's ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for writing about music.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | October 14, 2011

Doomriders continue their forward march

On the grind
It's hard to begrudge Doomriders' front man Nate Newton when he stops in the midst of rattling off the band's tours with the likes of Red Sparowes, Clutch, and Disfear, among others, in the two years since the release of Darkness Come Alive off Salem-based Deathwish Inc.
By JANSSEN MCCORMICK | October 13, 2011

The Strokes a decade after the debut

That was it
Let's face it: popular music is a lie. But it's the lie we crave: that the Beatles taught us how to love, that the Pistols taught us to be fierce, and that the Strokes — with their debut long-player released 10 years ago this week — delivered us from a nu-metal and boy-band purgatory into a sleek and sexy modern age.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | October 12, 2011

Photos: Marshmallow Fluff Festival | September 24, 2011

Marshmallow Fluff Festival in Union Square on September 24, 2011
Union Square hosts the Marshmallow Fluff Festival on September 24, 2011.
By K BONAMI | September 28, 2011

Photos: Peter Hook plays the Paradise | September 20, 2011

Peter Hook plays the Paradise on September 20, 2011
The Joy Division co-founder takes the stage at the Paradise Rock Club.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | September 28, 2011

Photos: Tree play the 22nd Annual Freedom Rally

Boston Common | September 17, 2011
Tree play the Freedom Rally main stage on September 17, 2011.
By ARIEL SHEARER | September 19, 2011

Photos: Dropkick Murphys at Royale

Royale | September 6, 2011
It’s no secret that the Dropkick Murphys are New England’s fifth major-league sports team. This week, they brought the Bruins and the Stanley Cup to Royale, before shipping up to Fenway Park for two nights.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | September 08, 2011

Photos: Dropkick Murphys and Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Fenway Park, Night 1

Dropkick Murphys + Mighty Mighty Bosstones + Street Dogs | Fenway Park | September 8
Dropkick Murphys, Bosstones, and Street Dogs rock Fenway Park for the first of two bagpipe-and-scally-cap-filled concerts.
By DAN WATKINS | September 09, 2011

Videos: Mornin' Old Sport pop-up show in the Back Bay

Pop-up video
On August 2nd, Mornin' Old Sport and the Boston Phoenix teamed up to produce the Phoenix's first pop-up show on Mass Ave.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | September 14, 2011

Jonah Bokaer takes chances

Charting chaos
Bokaer didn't provide any grandiose program notes or play up the profound implications in his dances, but by the end of the performance we'd seen small transformations and beautiful visions, and even confronted big questions about control and randomness, civilization and nature.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | August 09, 2011