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Photos: Sunday at Bonnaroo 2009

Phish, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and more at Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, Tennessee
Phish, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and more at Bonnaroo 2009
By LEXY WINTER  |  June 18, 2009
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The Big Hurt: Weezy goes free, Miley turns bitter, Martin still lame

Music news in brief
The good news: the 2006 drug charges against   Lil Wayne   have been dropped after a judge ruled that the search leading to his arrest wasn't proper.
By DAVID THORPE  |  March 19, 2009
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Primordial stages

Boston's open mics: Launch pads or crash sites?
Boston's open mics: Launch pads or crash sites?
By MATT PARISH  |  November 24, 2008

Gabba gabba, hey! One of us!

Politics and other mistakes
I was surprised to learn that I’ll be making my selection for president based not on the issues, but on the Republican vice-presidential candidate’s preferences in recreational activities.  
By AL DIAMON  |  October 22, 2008
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Mike Gordon

The Green Sparrow | Rounder
Phish phans biding their time for the jam band’s all-but-confirmed reunion should find plenty to occupy themselves with on this second solo album by bassist Mike Gordon.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 29, 2008
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Dude, you got any green?

Winter woes
I feel like I’m back in college, trying to score some decent weed.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  July 23, 2008
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Here we go, yo

Rock the Bells: Q-Tip reunites A Tribe Called Quest one last time
No Rock the Bells tour would be official without a godlike headliner at the helm.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 22, 2008
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Will Harvard drop acid again?

Psychedelic research returns to Crimsonland
In a moment of delightful whimsy in the annals of drug history, Albert Hofmann, after purposely ingesting LSD for the first time, rode his bicycle home and experienced all manner of beatific and hellish visions.
By PETER BEBERGAL  |  June 09, 2008
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Bouncing back

Good news for Black Rep and Stone Soup
There couldn’t be a more deserving venue.
By BOB GULLA  |  January 29, 2008
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Northeast newgrass

The rootsy routes of Hot Day at the Zoo
Lowell is known for Kerouac, its historic canal system, and the Industrial Revolution, not the “high and lonesome” sound of bluegrass.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 22, 2008
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Piano man

Kevin Roper sets himself free
If you haven’t heard from Kevin Roper lately, maybe it’s because he was busy getting married.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 09, 2008
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Boston, beer, and Bobby Brown

The 20th-Anniversary BMAs
Last weekend at the Orpheum, Bobby Brown was not indicted but inducted.
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  December 09, 2007
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The live rap album

There are a few, and Mr. Lif has one of the best
December is the time of year when the new album well dries up and gives way to a deluge of novelty releases.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  December 05, 2007
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Plaid to the bone

The return of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Dicky Barrett is on his cellphone from Atlanta.
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  October 23, 2007
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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
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Blues plus

Ryan Montbleau finds a home in the jam scene
Boston’s Ryan Montbleau doesn’t mind if you call his quintet a jam outfit. Ryan Montbleau Band, "Inspired By No One" (mp3)
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 25, 2007
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True believer

Dispatch reunite for a good cause
Dispatch aren’t even supposed to be a band anymore.
By MATT ASHARE  |  June 04, 2007
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Eclectic collective

HUMANWINE emerge as Boston’s next big concept in rock
The house that HUMANWINE founders Holly Brewer and M@ (i.e., Matt) McNiss share in Jamaica Plain looks like a gallery that’s exploded. HUMANWINE, "Rivolta Silenziosa" (mp3)
By BRETT MILANO  |  March 27, 2007

Bishop Allen

Music seen, March 1, Jack McGee’s Pub, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
The kids aren’t all right. They’re obnoxious, ignorant alcoholics, and they ruined my night.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 07, 2007
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To jam or not to jam

The Slip, the Paradise, February 23, 2007
Ah, the power of Guitar Hero .
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  February 27, 2007
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How Jewish is it?

Rockin’ out with Matisyahu, the LeeVees, and other mensches
In addition to the usual fare of Messiah and Nutcracker performances and bands dressed up in Santa suits this past holiday season, Boston got an unusually large dose of Jewish culture — far more than the electric menorah in Kenmore Square or the klezmer rendition of “Chanukah Oh Chanukah” on the Holiday Pops program.
By ADAM GOLD  |  January 17, 2007
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Boston music news: January 5, 2007

Notes on Dave Tree's latest pursuits, plus Hallelujah the Hills
Dave Tree, who took his surname from the band he fronted for 13 years, wears two hats: musician and artist. SuperPower, "Ass Pilot" (mp3)
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  January 02, 2007
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Guitar heroes too

The Slip fall into the rock
“People simply can’t describe our music,” says drummer Andrew Barr of the Boston-based trio the Slip as he looks back over the band’s past decade together. The Slip, "Children of December" (mp3)
By KEN MICALLEF  |  December 07, 2006
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Living Wage

Living Wage
I had a girlfriend once who claimed to experience actual orgasms every time Phish played “Chalkdust Torture.”
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 01, 2006
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Knives out

The new sound of Neo Nouveau; plus Wetlands Preserved
A few years back I raved about a band called Holiday.
By BOB GULLA  |  August 02, 2006

Flashbacks: May 19, 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 Chris Brook and Ian Sands.
By EDITORIAL  |  May 17, 2006
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Revival meeting

Music, T-shirts, and other matters of life and death in post-Katrina New Orleans
Everywhere you looked during the first weekend of the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the big theme was, of course, recovery.
By JON GARELICK  |  May 10, 2006

All about the G.O.D.

Letters to the Boston editor, March 17, 2006
Are you for real? People of color, and Johnny Cash, have been singing about the G.O.D. for a long-ass time (“ God Rocks ,” March 3).
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Phantoms in the night

It’s time for everyone to get Buffalo’d
I’m here to tell you right now that Phantom Buffalo are the best band in Portland. Hands down.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  March 15, 2006
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Pop fundamentalism

Matisyahu and Madonna embrace a holy plan
I keep waiting for Madonna to have her James Frey moment.
By JOSH KUN  |  March 02, 2006

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