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A Rush and a push

Carrying the metal torch at MainesXtremeRadio.com
When a thousand people turned out at the Skowhegan Fair last weekend to watch Sinfist, Loki, Salvo, and Colon Blow battle it out for $1000 and a fair bit of bragging rights (Sinfist won), it was a sweet night to savor for Chris Rush.
By SAM PFEIFLE | August 24, 2011

DevilDriver | Beast

Roadrunner (2011)
Would it be blasphemous to compare DevilDriver with the almighty Pantera? Sure, perhaps. But the only reference for the bludgeoning brutality of Beast is the latter days of the Texas-based metal militants and their pushing of the envelope into breakneck energy, aggression, and power
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | March 09, 2011

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Vampire Weekend | Contra

XL (2010)
There are a few words I did not expect to use in describing Vampire Weekend's second album. Paul-Simony-er is one of them.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | January 11, 2010

Review: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

Guitar Hero does its greatest hits
When evaluating a new Guitar Hero — or any music-related game — it helps to picture a Venh Diagram consisting of three circles: "Good Songs," "Challenging Songs," and "Songs that are fun to play on plastic instruments."
By RYAN STEWART | July 13, 2009

Can’t we be Civil?

Outside of Portland, a Battle Within rages
What’s that you say? Never heard of them?
By SAM PFEIFLE | February 13, 2008

Portland scene report: February 8, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Anybody catch their January 25 appearance at the Battle of the Bands?
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 06, 2008

Repackaged treasures

The ongoing survival of the box set
Repackaging music in box-set format and in newer, more-deluxe versions is a marketing ploy that’s been around at least since the dawn of the CD age.
By MATT ASHARE | December 11, 2007

Triumph of the will

Thy Will Be Done are forging a new kind of metal
Just a few years ago, they were known as Kobalt, and things weren’t going as planned.
By BOB GULLA | October 30, 2007

Mae

Singularity | Capitol
Virginia Beach–based Mae play catchy, pretty pop-rock perfect for kids whose parents won’t let them wear their Death Cab for Cutie T-shirts to Sunday school.
By MIKAEL WOOD | August 07, 2007

Music with a message

Providence Rockers for Life takes on drunk driving
It’s impossible to not take note the alarmingly high number of teen traffic fatalities.
By BOB GULLA | July 31, 2007

iPhone home

Could be verse: poetry ripped from the headlines
Lines upon the Multimedia and Internet-enabled Mobile Phone Newly Produced by the Apple Corporation
By JAMES PARKER | July 06, 2007

And it Stones me

Everybody get UltraViolent at the Deering Grange
Hey, someone’s got to keep the flame alive.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 02, 2007

Two’s company

Dynamic duos: Lightening Bolt, the Body, and more
When Lightning Bolt debuted oh-so-many years ago, it’s pretty likely they had no idea what kind of zany spell they’d cast over the city’s music scene.
By BOB GULLA | February 27, 2007

The next action sport

Say hello to the new breed of pro athlete — and goodbye to their grassroots
At New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in mid October, hundreds of people are squished into bleachers, staring at cyborg super-soldiers who’re killing each other.
By CAMILLE DODERO | November 21, 2006

Gigantourism

All for the love of Opeth
You don’t get in a fistfight over Opeth — you wilt, and shed a few petals.
By JAMES PARKER | October 10, 2006

St. Anger

On the racks: Neil Young's Living with War ; Pearl Jam's comeback album
Plus new albums by Jewel, the BellRays, and Rebel Meets Rebel.
By MATT ASHARE | May 02, 2006