The Receiving End of Sirens

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Star teamz

Ten from Boston’s 2007 pop underground
Mark it, dude: another banner year for the Boston music scene.
By WILL SPITZ | December 18, 2007

Our critics pick the 14 producers with the fattest, meanest beats
Not unlike Swedish, Tagalog, and Esperanto, music is a language, with its own conjugations and (lewdly) dangling participles.
By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 18, 2007

Let's just call it emo

Scary Kids Scaring Kids + Dear Hunter, Axis, August 30, 2007
The scariest thing about Scary Kids Scaring Kids is keyboardist Pouyan Afkary.
By MATT ASHARE | September 04, 2007

Is it in the stars?

The rise of Casey Crescenzo’s the Dear Hunter
When Casey Crescenzo, frontman of the Dear Hunter, was a kid, he gave Nirvana a shot. It didn’t take.
By MATT ASHARE | August 29, 2007

Top 10 local CDs: August 31, 2007

As reported by Newbury Comics
Lori McKenna, Termanology, Receiving End of Sirens, and more.
By TOP 10 LOCAL CDS | August 28, 2007

Planetary rock

The celestial sounds of the Receiving End of Sirens
In 1619, Johannes Kepler — the famous astronomer dude — published his Harmonices Mundi, or “Harmony of the Worlds.”
By MATT ASHARE | August 01, 2007

Going on sale: June 22, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Hanson, Rusus Wainwright, Gov't Mule, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | June 18, 2007

2007 Best Boston New Act

Boys Like Girls

By JEFF BREEZE | May 31, 2007

Christians and Lions, 'Gimme Diction'

From More Songs for Dreamsleepers & the Very Awake

By BOSTON PHOENIX VIDEO | March 09, 2007

Hunting season

The Dear Hunter set their sights on opera, Boston, and the Receiving End of Sirens
"Any shows in Boston feel like home," says Casey Crescenzo.
By SAM MACLAUGHLIN | December 28, 2006

Boston's 10 best

A year in local music
There are good times for the Boston music scene and there are bad times.
By MATT ASHARE | December 19, 2006

Take two

Ben Potrykus gets a second shot with Christians & Lions
In 2003, Ben Potrykus, then a freshman at Emerson College and the singer of the post-hardcore band the Receiving End of Sirens, made a decision that most aspiring musicians would call crazy: he turned down a major-label record deal to stay in school. VIDEO: Behind the scenes with Christians and Lions Christians and Lions, "Sexton Under Glass" (mp3)
By WILL SPITZ | November 27, 2006

Saturday's night's alright (for Sunday)

Taking Back Sunday and the Receiving End of Sirens, September 9 at City Hall Plaza
In gestures that pass for typical punk fashion, tens of thousands of TBS fans showed the extent of their enthusiasm by pelting each other with anything they could get their grubby little hands on and stepping up the shoving match in the pit every time the band played a radio single. Slideshow: Disorientation 2006, September 9, 2006.
By JULIA KAGANSKIY | September 12, 2006

Synapses firing

The Receiving End of Sirens have their own Fenway faithful
Back on Monday August 14, when Kenmore Square was the usual pre–Red Sox game Tasmanian clusterfuck, a smaller but no less devoted crowd began to form outside Avalon. Receiving End of Sirens, "Planning a Prison Break" (mp3)
By SAM MACLAUGHLIN | September 08, 2006

Panic!'s producer

Matt Squire and the rebirth of emo
BU grad and Boston rock vet Matt Squire gave up the guitar for the producer’s chair – and now he’s got his name (and even a songwriting credit) on the hottest Top-40 emo album in America.
By JULIA KAGANSKIY | September 01, 2006

Siren song

Keating, Portugal. The Man, The Receiving End of Sirens, and Circa Survive at Avalon, August 14, 2006
When the Receiving End of Sirens took the stage, coming out to the “Cheers” theme (“Sometimes you want to go….”) and the screams of a packed Avalon, it was clear that it was good to be back.
By SAM MACLAUGHLIN | August 15, 2006

Ready for action!

Monty Are I go national with Wall of People
It’s hard to say how many showers they’ve missed or how many T-shirts they’ve gone through in the month-plus they’ve been on the road this summer, but it’s safe to say that the van they’re crisscrossing the country in is rife with man-stink.
By BOB GULLA | July 25, 2006