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McCain in the membrane

The Maverick-iest candidate has hip-hop support from R.A. the Rugged Man
Four tracks into his Monday Monster Jam performance, Brooklyn rap czar Jay-Z stops the music and points to a freeze-frame image of George W. Bush on the titanic screen above the TD Banknorth Garden stage.
By CHRIS FARAONE | November 03, 2008

30 lists

Looking forward and looking back, list-style
30 things mentioned in the first issue of the Newpaper, 30 things that we miss, 30 things that weren't around 30 years ago, and more.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 23, 2008

Bubble and scrape

Chocolate Monk at P.A.’s, Preliminary Saturation at the Piano Factory

By SUSANNA BOLLE | October 09, 2008

Time of Rivers returns

Round two of the (mostly) solo guitar, (mostly) unplugged destination festival
The surprising success of the Time of Rivers Festival can be credited both to shrewd marketing and Portland’s increasingly robust presence in a niche music scene.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 09, 2008

Dark days on Fountain Street

With a parting shot, MacKay joins the exodus from the once-mighty BeloJo
There are black umbrellas in the poolside Pernod and grapefruits at Casa Diablo upon our having learned that ace reporter Scott MacKay has taken the Urinal’s buyout package.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 27, 2008

Photos: Neil Diamond at Fenway Park

August 23, 2008 at Fenway Park, Boston, MA

By BRYAN MASTERGEORGE | August 27, 2008

Towns on the edge of darkness

The Hold Steady explore the shadows on Stay Positive
If 2006’s Boys and Girls in America was the Hold Steady’s Born to Run, Stay Positive is their Darkness On the Edge of Town , where the cocksure auteur grows older and less certain of his place in the world.
By MICHAEL ATCHISON | July 14, 2008

Fuming through the dog days

Five new albums to soundtrack a passive-aggressive summer
In preparation for another three months of endless days and sweaty nights, here are five new albums to get you through the summer.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 18, 2008

Walking the line

Duke Robillard comes out Swingin’
Duke Robillard comes out Swingin’.
By BOB GULLA | May 28, 2008

Winning losers

Stand up for your write(-ins)
Every last one of you who votes in our Best Music Poll is a treasure; but blessed are those who write-in.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | May 07, 2008

Cult Maze

Music seen at Geno’s + SPACE Gallery, April 4 + April 6, 2008
Early on in Cult Maze’s all-too-brief tenure as Portland’s best indie-rock band — probably when they were still called The Funeral — I offered to buy Joshua Loring a beer before his set.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | April 09, 2008

Going on sale: April 4, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Kate Walsh, Adam Green, R.E.M., and more.
By GOING ON SALE | April 02, 2008

Defending the universally loathed

The Phoenix looks with loving eyes at some of the worst people, places, and things in the world — and gives them a big hug
Forsaken entities deserve a second chance.
By PHOENIX STAFF | January 14, 2008

Guest lists 2007

Phoenix and WFNX staffers submit their ten best albums of the year

By PHOENIX STAFF | December 21, 2007

Rock And Roll Photographs by Lynn Goldsmith

Abrams | 304 pages | $50.00

By JAMES PARKER | December 03, 2007

Never poor in spirit

Homeless, not rootless
The prospect of New England gospel-soul singer Mighty Sam McClain recording a duet with Jon Bon Jovi or performing onstage with Natalie Merchant seems improbable.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | November 14, 2007

In a bit of a jam

The follow-up to video-game smash Guitar Hero lets everybody play — even the weakest link
To suck at an electronic endeavor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of all places, is analogous to sucking at, say, making soup at cooking school.
By RYAN STEWART | November 14, 2007