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Nicole Atkins finds peace in her darkness

Fade to black
A lot seemed to go wrong for Atkins after Columbia Records released her classic-pop imbued debut Neptune City four years ago. The singer of the newly rechristened Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea watched everyone responsible for getting her signed to a coveted major label deal get fired within months.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | August 09, 2011

Fountains of Wayne | Sky Full of Holes

Yep Roc (2011)
Sky Full of Holes, the first Fountains album in four years, is another reminder of why the band deserve some limelight of their own.
By RYAN REED | August 03, 2011

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Fall Music Preview: Stay positive

The local concert calendar is filled to capacity
The face of the local nightlife landscape undergoes a major change in the form of a renewal this autumn, as the State Theatre’s exhaustively maligned absence ends on October 15, with 10 fall concerts on their docket already. But that’s not the only new venue to look out for.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 15, 2010

The Big Hurt: Sub-super supergroups, INXS excess, and unsaved unsavories

Music news in brief
I think we can agree that "supergroups" have a history of underperforming in the superness department.
By DAVID THORPE | March 06, 2009

Going on sale: December 5, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Semi Precious Weapons, Lenka, Slipknot and more
By GOING ON SALE | December 03, 2008

Pop-powered

Neo Nouveau’s crafty Courtyard
Big chord changes and bigger melodies mark Neo Nouveau’s second stellar album, Courtyard , released a few weeks back.
By BOB GULLA | May 13, 2008

New kids on the rock

The Click Five struggle with the new world disorder
Back on June 20, three tour buses were lined up like impregnable traveling fortresses behind the House of Blues in Cleveland.
By FRANKLIN SOULTS | June 29, 2007

Crossword: 'Boardin' boredom'

Note the starred entries; I wrote this in an airport.
Note the starred entries; I wrote this in an airport.
By MATT JONES | April 04, 2007

Elixir of youth

Fountains of Wayne push their expiration date
After 11 seesaw years in the pop music marketplace, Fountains of Wayne return on a fourth studio album as an unparalleled American pop-rock phenomenon.
By FRANKLIN SOULTS | March 27, 2007

Facing the music

Pandora works roughly half the time
There’s a fine distinction between “music snob” and “music connoisseur.”
By IAN PAIGE | January 31, 2007

Indie springs forward

Clap your hands and say Axl
For years we waited. And then we started making jokes about it. And then the jokes got old. So we waited some more. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, "Love Song No. 7" (mp3)
By MATT ASHARE | January 02, 2007

The Hold Steady

Boys And Girls In America | Vagrant
Like many of America’s smartest rock bands — from Fountains of Wayne to the Drive-By Truckers — this Minneapolis-to-Brooklyn quintet are an anomaly. The Hold Steady, "Killer Parties Remix"
By FRANKLIN SOULTS | November 13, 2006

On the racks: August 8, 2006

Dirty Pretty Things, Ani DiFranco, and the Cure
Plus Blood Meridian, the Gin Blossoms, and Bernard Fanning.
By MATT ASHARE | August 08, 2006

Kay Hanley

Homecoming queen
Kay Hanley may have relocated to LA, but when she returned to T.T. the Bear’s Place, she was greeted by a packed crowd who hadn’t forgotten past triumphs.
By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 13, 2006