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Review: Joyful Noise

Rafter-rocking gospel singing
There's not much joy but there's plenty of noise of the rafter-rocking gospel singing variety in Tony Graff's musical dramedy.
By TOM MEEK | January 10, 2012

New music for Boston's winter of discontent

Cold brewed
Here are 10 record-release parties from both newcomers and veterans of our city, dropping new music from now until March's thaw.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | December 30, 2011

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Boston rock bands together for Crash Safely

Landing spot
If music can be a refuge for the open-minded, it should also be able to take the lead in changing entrenched attitudes.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | September 14, 2011

Tommy Keene | Behind the Parade

Second Motion Records (2011)
For nearly 30 years Tommy Keene has been a go-to guy for fans of guitar-driven pop rock.
By NICK A. ZAINO III | August 30, 2011

Rowan Joffe's adaptation of Graham Greene's 1939 novel
For Graham Greene, the Catholic Church served more as a scourge than a comfort, but in Rowan Joffe's dreary, incoherent adaptation of Greene's 1939 novel, it merely offers an excuse to add choirs to the soundtrack.
By PETER KEOUGH | August 23, 2011

Newton's New Art Center exposes heavy metal from within

The black art
Named for a Candlemass song, staged in a former church, and curated by a pair of noise-loving MassArt grads, the upcoming group show "We Still See the Black" brings a thunderous charge of wrathful, subtle, beguiling, and teeming contemporary art to Newton's New Art Center beginning September 15.
By CARLY CARIOLI | August 24, 2011

Kool Keith had a purple keyboard and green synth

Odd past
Keith's ubiquitous props are often trumpeted on rap sites and comment boards, where he's cited as the chief influence behind everyone from Tech N9ne to Tyler, the Creator.
By CHRIS FARAONE | August 04, 2011

Acaro find empowerment through aggressive metal

Crafting a legacy
Acaro are arguably the hungriest metal band in Boston.
By JANSSEN MCCORMICK | July 19, 2011

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Random Axe | Random Axe

Duck Down (2011)
It's no wonder that it takes a 10-ton Uzi to get rap fans psyched about posse cuts these days.
By CHRIS FARAONE | July 12, 2011

Varsity Drag's Ben Deily carves his own path to happiness

School of rock
Even after 25 years, Deily's voice and style remain remarkably similar to that of his teenage years with the Lemonheads: his hybrid of anxious punk delivery and sentimental pop prowess are as earnest and honest now as they were then.
By NOLAN GAWRON | July 13, 2011

Review: Doubt at Roger Williams University

The Accused
To say that John Patrick Shanley's Doubt is an essay in action is misleading, since we're more aware of watching the human dilemmas unfold than we are of learning from the play.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 12, 2011

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Death Ray Vision emerge from scrap metal

Veteran thrashers
Metal, being a musical genre based on extremes, embodies an ongoing war between conservative and radical forces.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | April 19, 2011

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Photos: Winter Rock Formal at Church, with Gene Dante and Parlour Bells

Winter Rock Formal | Church, Boston | February 18, 2011
Gene Dante & the Future Starlets and Parlour Bells play the Winter Rock Formal at Church on February 18, 2011.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | February 23, 2011

Americana tours and the next heavy-rock thing

Sibilance
Looks like Portland's THIS WAY will be the only Maine band featured as part of the NEW ENGLAND AMERICANA FESTIVAL , playing April 1 at the Boston club Church.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 23, 2011

Life still sounds good for GNR's Tommy Stinson

Modern-day replacement
Stinson's legacy isn't entirely based on playing back-up. He's also chiseled out a side career as a guitarist and singer, creating a repertoire of hooky alt-rock songs in side projects Bash & Pop and Perfect and, most recently, in work released under his own name.
By REYAN ALI | February 18, 2011

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