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The Big Hurt: Alex James's cheese, the Chili Peppers' video, Noel and Liam's suit, Nicole Scherzinger's Killer Love, Sammy Hagar's Chickenfoot III

Music news in brief
James is on the vanguard of a truly extraordinary future: now that cheese has been infused with the flavor of ketchup, it's only a matter of time before entire cheeseburgers — with beef, onions, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and all — are compressed into pre-sliced cheese singles so you can carry them around in your wallet.
By DAVID THORPE | August 31, 2011

The Big Hurt: Kiedis's new look; plus, Incubus, Moz, Bieber, and Robbie Williams

Music news in brief
Beware: the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS have a new track called "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie."
By DAVID THORPE | July 27, 2011

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WFNX's top 101 songs of the decade

The top 101 songs of the decade from WFNX 101.7 FM
Video of WFNX's top 101 songs of the decade
By WFNX AND PHOENIX STAFF | January 06, 2010

WFNX's top 101 songs in 2009

WFNX's most popular songs in 2009
Videos of the 101 most requested songs on WFNX in 2009
By WFNX AND PHOENIX STAFF | January 03, 2011

Linda Oh Trio | Entry

Linda Oh Trio (2009)
Chinese-Australian bassist Linda Oh (now living in NYC) favors a spare setting on this debut: trumpet, bass, and drums.
By JON GARELICK | September 28, 2009

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The Big Hurt: Broken bones and stripper poles

The Big Hurt: Music news in brief
Only a few weeks ago, I was making fun of Aerosmith for their inability to present Aerosmith in their Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Presents Aerosmith tour.
By DAVID THORPE | August 18, 2009

Fast-breaking music

You heard it here first
WFNX has always been a maverick radio station.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 03, 2008

Stayin’ alive

How to survive without resorting to disco
Once in a while, usually during slow rock weeks, some strange little “quirky news” story will get stuck in the media craw and bounce around uselessly to pretty much every outlet.
By DAVID THORPE | October 28, 2008

Crossword: ''Wear some protection''

Heavy, man
Heavy, man
By MATT JONES | September 10, 2008

Murder in six degrees

Peter Ivers — pals with john Belushi to the Circle Jerks — was killed in 1983. A new book recalls his fascinating life — and mysterious death.
You’ve probably never heard of Peter Ivers.
By MIKE MILIARD | September 10, 2008

A team effort

Everyone’s gonna find out about Hello Mahalo
Yes, the name sounds familiar and no, they don’t play Hawaiian music.
By CHRIS CONTI | July 23, 2008

Portland scene report: June 27, 2008

Sibilance
One obvious omission from last week’s summer preview article was Dominic and the Lucid’s much-anticipated third album, Season of the Sun .
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 25, 2008

A night in Guantánamo

Staying in a replica cell, with no waterboarding included
I’d volunteered to spend the night in the replica cell (which is modeled on the ones at Gitmo) because we’ve all heard stories about unlivable conditions at Gitmo but can’t come close to imagining what it must be like.
By JEFF INGLIS | June 18, 2008

’Round the outside

The most popular artists in our BMP have indie roots
Although music isn’t necessarily getting more political in content these days, it does seem to be borrowing a trope from the political world.
By MATT ASHARE | May 19, 2008

Mining the past

The classic sounds of the Mars Volta and Louis XIV
John Coltrane acid blasts rage through the Mars Volta’s new The Bedlam in Goliath.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | February 12, 2008

Roots on the go

The Liberty Elm; plus, Hello Mahalo, more
We wish Kip and the gang all the best as they embark on this magical food service/gig room gestalt.
By BOB GULLA | November 06, 2007

Live Earth 2007

Where to go, who to see, what to know — even if you don't have a ticket
So you’re headed to a Live Earth gig somewhere, whether outside New York City or in a remote outpost in Antarctica.
By JEFF INGLIS | July 10, 2007

June tunes

From Beastie Boys to the White Stripes and more
Mark Twain once observed that it’s “better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.”
By MATT ASHARE | June 25, 2007

Crossword: 'The Final Kurtin'''

I Vonnegut serious this week and remember a literary giant.
I Vonnegut serious this week and remember a literary giant.
By MATT JONES | May 02, 2007

Heard it first

Coachella no-names
I decided to check out four bands on the bill whom I’d never heard.
By WILL SPITZ | February 07, 2007

The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 4

Lotta-palooza

This year’s model offers much more than music
This article originally appeared in the August 14, 1992 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By ROBERT MOSES | October 25, 2006

Flashbacks: September 29, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Dan Peleschuk, Ian Sands, and Eva Wolchover.
By PHOENIX FLASHBACKS | September 27, 2006

Freedom songs

The sonic growth of the Mars Volta
The Mars Volta’s new Amputechture (Universal) is the first album the Los Angeles–based prog-punk ensemble have made that doesn’t have a unifying story line.
By MIKAEL WOOD | September 26, 2006

On the racks: September 12

Basement Jaxx, Brazilian Girls, Black Keys, Junior Boys, and more. . .
Hard to believe it’s been over a decade since Basement Jaxx first scored a club hit with a little “Samba Magic.”
By MATT ASHARE | September 13, 2006

Five jewels in the Rubin crown

Five Rubin classics
Since launching the pioneering rap label Def Jam out of his NYU dorm room, Rubin has threaded his fingers through almost every genre, from the dirty boogie of the Black Crowes to the metal of Danzig to the pop ephemera of God Lives Underwater to, well, Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 27, 2006