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Mob rules

Bang Camaro gang up for round II
Bang Camaro gang up for round II
By BARRY THOMPSON | November 11, 2008

Market demand

Deerhunter’s redistribution of rock
The first time I saw Deerhunter was two years ago at Emo’s in Austin, as part of SxSW.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | November 10, 2008

Going on sale: October 24, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Raveonettes, Duncan Sheik, Jim Gaffigan, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | October 24, 2008

Molten ’core

The triumphant return of Shudder To Think
You might not buy this, but Fitchburg was pretty happening 15 years ago.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | October 08, 2008

Robert Pollard’s Boston Spaceships at the Paradise, September 30, 2008
It’s refreshing that Pollard isn’t trying to rewrite the two-minute power pop of GbV’s heyday, and his relentless (and hyperprolific) pursuits are admirable.
By RYAN WALSH | October 08, 2008

Groop therapy

Stereolab do it again for the first time
I can say without fear of clogging next week’s Letters section that Chemical Chords (the new Stereolab album, and their first on 4AD) is right up there in the top three Stereolab albums evah.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | October 01, 2008

A real cut-up

An interview with Robert Pollard on the occasion of the landing of Boston Spaceships
Robert Pollard is a Renaissance man.
By MIKE MILIARD | September 23, 2008

Pedal pushers

A Place To Bury Strangers have it in for your earbones
The history of rock is littered with crazies who have craved nothing more than volume on top of volume, who have short-circuited themselves in the pursuit of the purity of noise.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 08, 2008

Photos: Liz Phair, Exile in Boston (2008)

August 29, 2008 at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA

By KELLY DAVIDSON | August 31, 2008

Unstoppable force

The sludgy juggernaut of the Melvins
“Basically it’s like, if you get what we’re doing, then no explanation is necessary, and if you don’t, then no explanation is possible.”
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | August 08, 2008

The call of the wild

Wolf Parade get instinctual
It’s not easy being in a band whose two primary songwriters have quite different ideas about how to write an indie-rock song.
By BEN WESTHOFF | July 28, 2008

For olde times’ sake

The return of the Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers aren’t just a cult band — they’re practically a cult.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | July 15, 2008

Future perfect

Ladytron at the Paradise, June 30, 2008
If you stood close to the stage, your torso bones rattled along with the backbeat.
By BARRY THOMPSON | July 07, 2008

Diminishing returns

The Hold Steady make it hard to Stay Positive
For a while, Hold Steady lead singer Craig Finn wrote terrific stories.
By RICHARD BECK | July 09, 2008

Raw deals

The Breeders at the Paradise, June 5, 2008
How could I ever think that Kim and Kelley would let me down?
By MEGAN V. BELL | June 10, 2008

Remasters of the universe

The ‘definitive’ Mission of Burma
The adage “All things come to those who wait” tends not to find too many useful applications in rock and roll.
By MATT ASHARE | June 09, 2008

Toeing the Party Line

The B-52's at Paradise Rock Club, April 23, 2008
The B-52’s may have surfaced during the new-wave storm of ’79, but they’re not on the oldies circuit quite yet.
By JIM SULLIVAN | April 30, 2008

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