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Fortunate one

Chris Brokaw is booked solid
It was no surprise to find Chris Brokaw in Hawaii last week, just two Saturdays before he’s due back in Cambridge to pull a double shift upstairs at the Middle East.
By MATT ASHARE | July 07, 2008

Jazz hands

Geoff Farina’s new Glorytellers
There was a time when it was easy to hate Geoff Farina. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word.
By MATT ASHARE | May 19, 2008

Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 07, 2008

Zedek’s æsthetic

Thalia continues to move beyond Come
Thalia Zedek is hunched over a pint at the Cambridge Brewing Company, looking a bit like a grizzled veteran of some sort of mythical rock-and-roll war.
By MATT ASHARE | April 29, 2008

Wired for sound

Spring Arts Preview: The Boston scene gets ready to bust out
Spring may bring with it a surplus of sneezing fits, muddy puddles, and questionable tank-top choices, but it also packs a bevy of new releases.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | March 10, 2008

Somber shadows

The blue side of Six Organs of Admittance
Ben Chasny, the creative force behind Six Organs of Admittance, has been tarred as “avant-folk,” but this guitarist is not so easily pigeonholed.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | January 22, 2008

Salty dogs

The wide wake of Victory at Sea
Reflect on a band like Victory at Sea and the ocean metaphors roll in.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | January 03, 2008

Still rockin'

The Middle East Celebrates 20
“You remember what happened — I threw a fuckin’ party that got too fuckin’ big.”
By BRETT MILANO | November 13, 2007

Celebrating the blues

Plus, new discs from Becky Chace and Mary Ann Rossoni
The seed of a new festival in Providence has begun to germinate, thanks to Mark Millof.
By BOB GULLA | October 09, 2007

Boston music news: September 21, 2007

Notes on Chris Brokaw and Session Americana
For the better part of a decade,Chris Brokaw was best known as Thalia Zedek’s guitar foil in the local band Come.
By JIM SULLIVAN | September 18, 2007

Taking charge

Shepherdess puts Hilken Mancini in the lead
If Hilken Mancini’s ego were bigger, her new album would be billed as the career breakthrough.
By BRETT MILANO | September 10, 2007

Boston music news: June 29, 2007

Notes on the Big Disappointments and a new booker at the Middle East
Call your band the Big Disappointments and you win both ways.
By JIM SULLIVAN | June 25, 2007

Sound samples

Baylies Band, Lucky 57, Fred Kendall Abong, and more
Spinning the local music CD lazy susan has turned up some pretty cool surprises.
By BOB GULLA | March 27, 2007

Gratifying Disappointments

Tall Guy is in a (really good) band!
The Big Disappointments are an important local band for two reasons. One, they kill live. Two, their bassist is arguably the most famous spectator in the last decade of Boston live music. Big Disappointments, "Chemicals" (mp3)
By CAMILLE DODERO | October 12, 2006

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