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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

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

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